72 MIDDLESEX FLORA. 



COLLINSONIA, L. 



C. Canadensis, L. Rich-weed. Stone-koot. 

 Ashby (L. L. Dame); Dracut (Dr. C. W. Swan). Rare. July- 

 Aug. 



Salvia, L. 



S. tilioefolia, Vahl. 

 Cambridge, rubbish-heap, 1885 (Walter Deane ; specimen in herb, 

 of). Adv. from S. America. 



"Stem herbaceous, erect, smootliish or slightl}' pubescent, leaves 

 broadly ovate, crenate, truncate or sub-cordate at the base, softly 

 wrinkled and pubescent, with scattered hairs; the floral leaves 

 membranaceous, lanceolate, deciduous; racemes simple; whorls 

 loose, approximate, 6-10 flowered ; calyx tubular with ciliate 

 nerves ; teeth 3, ovate-lanceolate, acute ; corolla scarcely exceed- 

 ing the calyx; lobes of the style subequal, subulate, or the upper 

 longer; corolla blue." DC. Prodr. XII, p. 299. 



MONARDA, L. 



*M. didyma, L. Oswego Tea. 

 Concord, escaped (Minot Pratt); Framingham (Rev. J. H. 

 Temple). Rare. July. Adv. from farther West. 



M. fistulosa, L. Bergamot. 

 Lowell (Dr. C. W. Swan) ; Medford and Winchester (Mrs. P. D. 

 Richards) ; Melrose (Rev. Thos. Morong) ; Concord, introduced 

 from 111. by Minot Pratt. Rare. July-Aug. A form with crim- 

 son flowers, approaching var. ru bra has been reported at Littleton, 

 a possible hybrid. 



M. fistulosa, L., var. mollis, Benth. 

 Lowell (Dr. C W. Swan). July-Aug. 



"Corolla from flesh-color to lilac, glandular, and its upper lip hairy 

 outside, or more bearded at the tip : leaves paler, soft-pubescent 

 beneath, often shorter petioled." Syn. Fl. N. A. 



Blephilia, Raf. 

 B. ciliata, Raf. 

 Ashland (Rev. Thos. Morong; specimen in herb. of). Very rare 

 in New England, common farther south. June-July. 



. LOPHANTHUS, Benth. 

 *L. anisatus, Benth. 



Concord, introduced from Wisconsin by Minot Pratt. 



Nepeta, L. 

 N. Cataria, L. Catnip. 

 Common. Roadsides, and occasionally scattered over adjacent 

 pastures. July-Aug. Nat. from Eu. 



