MONARDA. XCIll. LABIAT.E, 417 



spineless, usually 4, shorter than the achenia. — A plant as widely diffused as 

 the preceding, growing in wet soils. Stem smooth, obtusely 4-angled, with the 

 sides concave, 12 — 18' high, usually simple, bearing small whorls of minute, 

 purplish flowers. Leaves with coarse, tooth-like serralures, sessile. The 

 whole plant often changes to purple. It is reputed a remedy lor blood-spit- 

 ting. July, Aug. 



Tribes. MOXARDEJ3.— Corolla bilabiate ; tube exserted. Stamens 2, fer- 

 tile, ascending, the upper pair abortive; anthers linear with the 2 cells con- 

 tiguous, or halved with the 2 cells widely separated on opposite ends of a 

 long, transverse connectile. 



7. MONARDA. 

 Name in honor of Monardus, a Spanish botanist of the 16th century. 



Calyx elongated, cylindric, striate, subequally 5-toothed ; cor. rin- 

 gent, tubular, upper lip linear, lower lip reflexed, 3-lobed, the middle 

 lobe narrowest ; sta. 2, fertile, ascending beneath the upper lip, and 

 mostly exserted ; anth. cells divaricate at base, connate at apex. — '^i- 



1. M. DiDYMA. (M. purpurea. Z/arn,. M. coccmea. Mickx.) Mountain Mint. 

 St. acutely 4-angled ; lis. broadly ovate, acuminate, somewhat rough and 



villous, on short petioles, veins and veinlets hairy beneath ; Jls. in terminal, 

 often proliferous heads ; bracts colored. — A handsome, fragrant plant, 2 — 3f 

 high, with crimson or scarlet flowers. Stem mostly branching. Leaves 2 — 5' 

 long, very broad a-t base, oiten cordate, serrate, with scattered hairs above, and 

 prominent, hairy 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 

 Su'amps, Can. to Ga. 



2. M. FisTULOsA. (M. oblongata, rugosa, clinopodia, allophylla, mollis, pur- 

 purea, of autkors?) Horseniint. Wild Bergamot. — Lvs. ovate-lanceofate, 



acute or acuminate, petiolate, more or less pubescent ; hds. of Jls. terminal, few, 

 but many-flowered ; bracts sessile ; cal. slightly curved with the throat hirsute. — 

 A handsome, variable plant, growing in hedges, thickets, rocky banks, Mass. 

 to Ga. W. to the Saskatchawan. The stem is 2 — 4f high, quadrangular with 

 the sides somewhat concave, hollow in various degrees, nearly smooth or pubes- 

 cent above, simple or with a few opposite branches. Leaves obtuse at base, 

 ovate or oblong-lanceolate, mostly acuminate, acutely serrate, nearly smooth, 

 2 — 4' long and on petioles | their length. Flowers in involucrate,' terminal 

 heads, 20 — 50 in a head. Outer bracts leafy, often partially colored. Calyx 

 slender, i' 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. Jl. Aug. 



a. St. simple, hollow; hds. simple or proliferous; cor. pale yellow. 



0. (M. allophylla. Mz.) S/. branched, hollow, or solid with pith ; Zr5. oblong- 

 lanceolate; hds. simple; bracts partially colored; car. pale blue. 



y. (M. clinopodia. L.) St. solid; lvs. tapering at base, remotely serrate; 

 hds. simple; cal. short; mr. pale purple. 



t. purpurea. St. tall (3 — 5f ), glabrous, dark purple.- la. ! common. 



^. nwllis. Lvs. softly pubescent; upper lip of cor. densely bearded. 



3. M. PUNCTATA. (M. lutea. Mickt.) Horsemint. 



Nearly glabrous ; st. obtusely angled, hoary-pubescent; lvs. oblong-lan- 

 ceolate to oblong, remotely and obscurely serrate; verticils axillary, dense; 

 bracts lanceolate, colored, longer than the verticils; cal. teeth unoqual. Pine 

 barrens, N.J. , common, toCar. and Western States. Stem2 — 3f liigh, brancheJ. 

 Leaves punctate. Corolla yellow, with brown spots, upper lip villous at the 

 apex. Bracts large, yellow and red. Sept. — It contains an essential oil which 

 ii valuable in medicine. 



