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Flowers almost sessile, in scattered whorls ; stamens 4, with all 

 the anthers 2-celled ; corolla with tube not dilated at the 

 throat, upper lip arched, the lower spreading, 3-lobed ; peren- 

 nial herbs Stachys, Woundwort. 



Annuals or perennials. Flowers in dense, usually i-sided axil- 

 lary cymes ; corolla with slender tube, 5-parted, the divisions 

 in bud forming a roundish ball which encloses the stamens ; 

 stamens 4, spirally coiled in the bud, conspicuously protruding 

 from the open corolla. . . Trichostema, Blue Curls. 



Monardella odoratissima Benth. Perennial, from a woody 

 root. Stems many from the root, generally simple, a foot or two 

 high ; whole plant canescent with a pale, close pubescence. 

 Leaves opposite, ovate, more or less distant, varying much in 

 size, on short petioles. Flowers in heads terminating the stems ; 

 calyx teeth clothed with fine, dense hairs within and without. 

 Corolla lavender or rose color, 2-lipped, the upper lip entire, the 

 lower 3-cleft. Stamens 4, extending beyond the corolla. This 

 has a strong odor of pennyroyal. Bubbs Creek and Converse 

 Basin, and General Grant Park. 



Monardella lanceolata Gray. Annual, a foot or so high, 

 with widely spreading opposite branches, few-leaved, slightly 

 canescent ; leaves lanceolate, an inch or so long, narrow, on short 

 petioles. Heads terminating the branches, with bracts of the 

 involucre ovate, tinged with rose color, marked with longitudinal 

 veins crossed with veinlets. Calyx teeth hairy. Corolla rose 

 color, longer than the calyx. Stamens 4, together with the style 

 extending beyond the corolla. Millwood, Bubbs Creek. 



Lophanthus urticifolius Benth. Stems tall, erect, simple or 

 branching. Leaves distant, ovate, pointed, dentate, canescent, 

 on short petioles. Blades 1-2 inches long, 1-1.5 inches wide. 

 Flowers clustered in long spikes somewhat interrupted at the 

 base, and with clusters often in the lower leaf axils. Calyx teeth 

 white or rose color, membranous, narrowly pointed ; upper lip of 

 rose-colored corolla 2-lobed, lower 3-cleft, its broad, middle lobe 

 crenate. Stamens 4, in two pairs which cross each other, much 

 exserted. Millwood and Bubbs Creek. 



Scutellaria siphocampyloides Vatke. Stems less than a 

 foot high, clothed with glandular hairs ; leaves linear-oblong, 

 those at base cordate and toothed. Flowers purplish-blue ; calyx 

 with conspicuous spur ; corolla tube slender, half as long as the 

 whole, the lower lip not hairy on the inner side, only slightly 

 pubescent. Bubbs Creek, Millwood. 



