70 MIDDLESEX FLORA. 



Melampykum, Tourn. 



M. Americanum, Michx. Cow- wheat. 

 Common. May-Sept. 



VERBENACE>^. VERVAIN FAMILY. 



Verbena, L. 

 V. hastata, T^- Blue Vervain. 



ComiiioTi. A form with j)ink flowers at Winchester (Mi'S. P. D. 



Richards). June-Sept. 

 V. urticaefolia, L. White Vervain. 



Common. July-Sept. 

 * V. officinalis, L. European Vervain. 



Frainingham (Rev. J. H. Temple). Adv. from Eu. 

 V. bracteosa, Michx. 



Lowell (Dr. C. W. Swan); Cambridge (C. E. Perkins). Aug. 



Adv. from the West. 



Phrtma, L. 



P. Leptostachya, L. Lopseed. 



Maiden, Arlington, Woburn, et al. Not common. June-July. 



LABIATy^. MINT FAMILY. 



Teucrium, L. 

 T. Canadense, L. Germander. Wood Sage. 

 Lowell (Dr. C. W. Swan) ; Framingham (Rev. J. H. Temple) ; 

 Cambridge, Watertown, Medford, et al. Not uncommon near salt 

 water, but rare elsewhere. July-Aug. 



Trichostema, L. 



T. dichotomum, L. Blue Curls. 

 Common. July-Sept. 



Mentha, L. 



M. viRiDis, L. Spearmint. 



Rather common. July-Aug. Nat. from Eu. 

 M. piperita, L. Peppermint. 



Rather common. July-Sept. Nat. from Eu. 

 M. sativa, L, Whorled Mint. 



Chelmsford, roadside (Dr. C. W. Swan). Adv. from Eu. 

 M. ARVENSis, L. Corn Mint. 



Cambridge, (^cZe specimen in Gray Herb.) ; Wakefield (F. S. Collins) ; 



Nat. from Eu. 



