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— Swamps, South Carolina, and northward. June - Aug. — Stem 1^° - 2° high. 

 Leaves 2' - 3' long. Corolla purple. 



2. S. hyssopifolia, Michx. Smooth or nearly so; stem erect, slender; 

 leaves sessile, lanceolate or linear, obtuse, entire or sparingly serrate ; raceme 

 short, of few 4 - Gflowcred whorls ; calyx smooth, with spiny spreading teeth, 

 J - J as long as the smooth violet corolla. — Wet pine barrens, in the middle 

 districts of South Carolina, and northward. June - Aug. — Stem 1° - H° high. 

 Leaves 1 ' - 2' long. 



* * Annual. 



3. S. Ploridana, Shuttl. Smooth or hirsute ; stem slender, erect ; leaves 

 lanceolate or oblong, petioled, or the upper ones sessile, acute or obtuse, serrate, 

 truncate, or the lowest subcordate at the base; whorls few or numerous, distant, 

 6- lO-flowered ; calyx pubescent, with lanceolate-subulate rigid teeth; corolla 

 twice as long as the calyx, purple. (S. annua, Walt. ?) — Low grounds. Middle 

 and South Florida. July. — Stem 10'- 15' high. Leaves 1' long, the lowest 

 shorter than the petiole. 



28. ISANTHXTS, Michx. 



Calyx bell-shaped, 10-nerved, .5-cleft. Corolla bell-shaped, equally 5-lobed. 

 Stamens 4, incurved-ascending, exserted : anthers 2-celled. Nutlets obovoid, 

 impressed-reticulated, laterally cohering at the base. — An annual pubescent 

 and somewhat viscid branching herb, with lanceolate entire or sparingly toothed 

 acute leaves, and small pale blue flowers, on 1 -3-flowered axillary peduncles. 



1. I. eceruleUS, Michx. — Dry soil in the upper districts. July -Aug. — 

 Stem terete, 1°- 1^° high. Leaves 1'- 1|^' long, 3-nerved below the middle. 



29. TRICHOSTEMA, L. Blue-Curi,s. 



Calyx short, reversed, oblique, 5-toothed ; the 3 lower teeth long, connate ; 

 the 2 upper ones very short. Corolla slender, nearly equally 5-cleft. Stamens 

 4, long-exserted, partly coiled : anther-eells diverging. Nutlets pitted, united 

 at the base. — Branching annuals, with entire leaves, and solitary blue flowers 

 on lateral peduncles. 



1. T. dichotomum, L. Pubescent and somewhat viscid, or nearly 

 smooth ; stem much branched, obscurely 4-angled ; leaves oblong or lanceolate, 

 obtuse, narrowed into a petiole. (T. lineare, Nutt. is a smoother form, with linear 

 leaves.^ — Dry sandy soil, Florida to Mississippi, and northward. Aug. and 

 Sept. — Ste m 1 ° - 2° high. 



30. TEUCRIUM, L. Gekmander. 



Calyx tubular or bell-shaped, 5-toothed. Corolla 5-lobed ; the 4 upper lobes 

 short, the lowest large, oblong or rounded, concave. Stamens 4, didynamous, 

 the lowest pair longest, exserted between the 2 upper lobes of the corolla : 

 anther-cells confluent. Nutlets rugose. 



