34 DIDTNAMIA. GYMAOSPERMIA, 



pltuli larg-e and terminal; lanceolate bractes and calix 

 canesccntly Villous, botli awnkso; corolla j;ubtscejit; sta- 

 mina exsened. Ubs. A spccifs more nearly allied to P. 

 %Hi'gi7UCum tlian P. muticunif but disiinci apparently irom 

 both. Stem a litt.e branched towards the summit; brac- 

 tes shorter than tiiC cal.x, acute, but not awned; dentures 

 of tiie cuiix minute, onfice of the corolla and its external 

 surface pubescci.t, imniaculatc; isccds unbearded, 'i aste 

 and scent similar to J^lenthu Pulegium. Hab. In the 

 glades of Kentucky and Tennessee. 



10. * nudim. Very smooth; stem nearly simple; leaves 

 oblong-ovate, entire, erect and se.ss,le,mar{jin partly revo- 

 lute; capiluli pedicellate, few-fiowered, naked; fiowers 

 distinct; smooth lanceolate br^ctes and calix awnless, 

 both c(jnsjjicaoasly covered with resinous punctures, den- 

 tures bearded, mmute. Obs. About 2 icet high; leaves 

 very smooth, about an inch long, prominenll) \eined, and 

 opaque; capituli numerous and sniall, subtended by brac- 

 tes about the same length; orifice and exterior of tiie co- 

 rolla pubescent, lobes of the lower lip nearly equal; sta- 

 mina exserted; seeds smooth. Hab. In the mountains of 

 Carolina and Georgia. Aroma similar to that oi Sutureja 

 kortensis. 



A North American genus. 



f f CalLr bilabiate. 



410. CLINOPODIUM. L, (Wild Basil.) 

 Verticil I surrouiidL'tl by a setaceous involu- 



cnuu. — Uj»ijef lip ol the corolla flat, obcordate 

 and siraiglit. 



riowers in a terminal capitulate cyme; segments of the 

 Calix and bractes setaceous, divaricately and conspicuous- 

 ly pilose; leaves ovate. 



Steciej. 1. C. r?/.^-a?-e. Truly indigenous to Norik 

 Amencaas well as Lurope. 



411. ORIGANUM. L. (Marjoram.) 



Flowers collected into a 4-sided strobilus or 



dense spike U{>per lip of the corolla erect, 



flat; lower S-parted; segments equal. 



Peduncles axillary and terminal, each supporting seve- 

 r;il spikes; flov.ers separated from each*other by broad. 

 bracLes. 



