273 BLEPHILIA. 



Tribe 3. MONARDE.E. 



CnroUa bilabiate : tube exserted. Stamens 2 fertile, ascending, the upper pair abortive ; anthers 



linear, with the two celts contiguous, or halved with the 2 cells widely separated on opposite ends 



of a long, transverse connectile. 



6. MONA'RDA. 



Corolla ringent, tubular, upper lip linear, involving the 

 filament; stamens 2, mostly exserted from the upper lip. 



Name in honor of Monardes, a Spanish botanist of the IGth century. Cal. 

 elongated, cylindric, striate, sub-equally 5-tootiied. Upper lip of cor. lance- 

 linear, lower lip reflexed, 3-lobed, the middle lobe narrower ; tube slender, 

 mostly exserted. Anth. 2-celled, cells divaricate at base, connate at apex. 



1. M. di'dyma, 



&'em acutely 4-angled ; leaves broadly ovate, acuminate, somewhat rough 

 and villous, on short petioles, midribs and veins hairy beneath ; flowers in 

 terminal, often proliferous heads; bracts colored. A handsome, fragrant 

 plant, 2 — 3 feet high, with crimson or scarlet flowers. Stem mostly branch- 

 ing. Leaves 2 — 5 inches lonff, very broad at base, often cordate, serrate, with 

 scattered hairs above and prominent, haiiy veins beneath. Flowers in heads 

 which are often proliferous, with large, ovate lanceolate bracts tinged with 

 the same color as the corollas. Calyx colored. Corollas large and showy. 

 Styles 4, 2 of which are minute and abortive ; hence the specific name. A 

 beautiful plant in cultivation. Swamps. July. Aug. Per. Mountain Mint. 



2. M. FISTULO'SA. L. 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, petiolate, more or less pubes- 

 cent ; heads of flotccrs terminal, few, but many-flowered ; irac^s sessile , calyx 

 slightly curved with the throat hirsute. A handsome, variable plant, growing 

 in hedges, thickets, rocky banks, «fec., most common in N. York. The stem 

 is 2 — 3 feet high, quadrangular with the sides somewhat concave, hollow in 

 various degress, nearly smooth or pubescent above, simple or with a few 

 opposite branches. Leaves obtuse at base, ovate or oblong-lanceolate, mostly 

 acuminate, acutely serrate, nearly smooth, 2 — 4 inches long and on petioles 

 one fifth their length. Flowers in involucrate, terminal heads, 20 — 50 in a 

 head. Outer bracts leafy, often partially colored. Calyx slender, one half 

 inch in length. Corolla much exserted, varying from greenish white and 

 pale purple to blue, the upper lip long and linear, enfolding the 2 stamens, 

 which, with the style are somewhat exserted at its end. July, Aug. Per. 



a. Stem simple, hollow; heads simple or proliferous ; corolla pale yellow. 



/3 (M. allophylla. Mx.) ; stem branched, hollow, or solid with pith ; leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate; heads simple ; bracts paitially colored ; corolla pale blue. 



y. (M. clinopodia. L ) ; stem solid ; leaves tapering at base, remotely ser- 

 rate ; heads simple ; calyx short ; corolla pale purple. 



7. BLEPHI'LIA. 



Calyx 13-nervecl, bilabiate, upper lip 3-toothecl, lower lip 

 shorter, 2-tootlied, the teeth setaceous 5 corolla bilabiate, upper 

 lip short, erect, oblong, obtuse, entire ; lower lip of 3 unequal, 

 spreading lobes, the lateral ones orbicular ; stamens 2, fertile, 

 ascending, exserted. 



Gr. fi>.i(^»Qii, the eye-lash; probably referiing to the ciliate bracts. 



