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petiole ; whorls 6-flowered, shorter than the leaves ; lower lip of the calyx hispid. 
—Dry hills in the upper districts. June- Sept.— Stem 1° high. Leaves 1! 
long. Corolla small, pale blue. 
9. MICROMERIA, Benth. 
Calyx tubular, 13-nerved, nearly equally 5-toothed, mostly hairy in the throat. 
Corolla 2-lipped ; the upper lip flat, notched or entire, the lower spreading, 3- 
lobed ; the straight tube commonly shorter than the calyx. Stamens 4, didyna- 
mous, arching inward: anther-cells parallel, or at length diverging, Nutlets 
smooth. — Herbs, with the small white or purple flowers solitary, or few in a 
whorl, chiefly axillary. 
1. M. Brownei, Benth. Smooth; stem prostrate or ascending, mostly 
simple; leaves round-ovate, obtuse, crenate or entire, short-petioled ; flowers sol- 
itary, opposite, on widely spreading peduncles, exceeding the leaves, erect, pur- 
ple. — River-banks, Florida. July and Aug.— Stem 6/-12! long. Leaves 4" 
~6" long. 
10. CALAMINTHA, Benth. 
Calyx tubular, 13-nerved, 2-lipped ; the upper lip spreading, 3-toothed, the 
lower 2-cleft, bearded or naked in the throat. Corolla 2-lipped, open at the 
throat; the upper lip notched or entire, the lower 3-lobed, the tube’ commonly 
exserted. Stamens 4, didynamous, arching inward: anther-cells at length 
diverging. Nutlets smooth. — Herbs or shrubby plants, with white, scarlet, or 
purple flowers ; 
$1. CaramıxtHa. Herbs: cymes peduncled, compound, small-bracted ; the upper 
ones forming a l-sided compound raceme : flowers small. 
1l. C. Nepeta, Link. Villous; stem much branched, ascending; leaves 
small, ovate, obtuse, serrate, petioled ; cymes numerous, dichotomous, loose- 
flowered ; calyx bearded in the throat, half as long as the purple corolla. — 
Waste places and road-sides, Georgia to North Carolina, introduced. July - 
Sept. — Stem 1°- 20 long. Leaves }/ long. 
$2. Caromerissa. Shrubs: cymes nearly sessile, axillary, few-flowered, often 
leafy-bracted : pedicels elongated: throat of the calyx bearded : flowers showy. — 
2. C. Caroliniana, Sweet. Stem much branched, closely pubescent; 
leaves rigid, smooth, oval or oblong, obtuse, crenate, finely dotted, narrowed into 
* slender petiole; axillary leaves small and clustered; cymes 6-flowered, the 
lower bracts leafy ; corolla white or purple, spotted. — Sandy or rocky banks, 
Florida to North Carolina. Aug. and Sept. — Shrub 19 -2? high, the flowering 
simple. Leaves 1'-1j'long. Corolla 1’ long. 
3. C. coccinea, Benth. Smooth or minutely pubescent ; leaves obovate- 
. Oblong, obtuse, entire or obscurely crenate, tapering into a short pétiole; flowers — 
Solitary, or in 3-flowered bracted cymes ; corolla large, scarlet. — Sandy shores - d 
(Of St. Andrew's Bay, West Florida. Oct. and Nov.— Stem 2° high the outer — 
