320 LAIilAT.'E. (mint FAMILY.) 



wiilcning upward, tlic middle lobe of the lower lip dilated nnd notched. — Var. 

 ouovATA is less hairy, with tiic ohovate leaves merely toothed or wavy on the 

 margins. (S. obovata, Ell.) — Sandy soil, Florichv to Kortii CaroUna, and west- 

 ward. April and May. — Stem 1° high. Leaves 3' -C long, commonly purple 

 beneath. Ivaeemcs in fruit 6'- 12' long. Corolla 0"-I2" long, blue, white- 

 spotted in tlie throat. 



6. S. Claytoni, Ell. Leaves cordate-ovate, sinuate, toothed, rugose; teeth 

 of the up])er lii) of the calyx connivent. — Dry sandy pastures, around Beaufort, 

 Soutli Ciuolina, Klliott. North Carolina, Curtis; flowering througli the summer. 

 — Root tiiiek, perennial Stem I ° high. Leaves pubescent on the veins and 

 margins. Bracts cordate-ovate, acuminate, tootlied. 



S. OFFICINALIS, L., is thc common Garden Sage. 



S. cocciNEA, L., is common in gardens, and occasionally spontaneous around 

 dwellings. 



14. MONARDA, L. House-Mint. 



Calyx tubular, elongated, 1.5-nervcd, nearly equally .5-tootlied, bearded in the 

 throat. Corolla nearly equally 2-lipped ; thc ui)per lip notched or entire, the 

 lower 3-toothed. Stamens 2, ascending under the upjier lip, and oficner cx- 

 sertcd : anther-cells linear, diverging, confluent. Nutlets smooth. — Herbs. 

 Leaves undivided. Whorls large, dense-flowered. Bracts colored. 



* Upper lip of the corolla linear, acute. 



1. M. didyma, L. Stem smoothish ; leaves ovate-lanccolatc, acuminate, 

 serrate, rounded at the base, petioled, smooth or hispid ; whorls mostly solitary, 

 terminal; caly.x smooth, incurved; corolla large, bright red. — Mountains of 

 North Carolina, and northward. Aug. and Sept. — Stem erect, 2° high. Leaves 

 2' -3' long. Bracts lanceolate, red. Corolla 1' long. 



2. M. fistulosa, L. Stem branching, more or less pubescent, commonly 

 hairy at the joints ; leaves petioled, ovate-lanccolatc, acute, shari)ly serrate, 

 mostly rounded or truncate at thc base ; whorls terminal ; calyx slightly incurved, 

 hispid in the throat; corolla slender, rose-color. (M. Clinopodia, and M. mollis, 

 L.) — Mountains of'Gcorgia, and northward. Aug. and Sept. — Stem 2°-5° 

 high. Leaves smoothish, tomcntose, or hispid, l'-3' long. Bracts pale pui-ple. 



* * tipper lip of the corolla broadei; notched. 



3. M. punctata, L. Closely and finely pubescent; stem much branched; 

 leaves lanceolate or oblong, acutish, slightly serrate, narrowed into a petiole , 

 whorls lateral and terminal; bracts ovate or oblong, purple; corolla yellowish; 

 thc lower lip dotted with brown, the upper keeled ; stamens not cx.serted. — Dry 

 sandy soil, Florida to Mississippi, and northward. Aug. -Oct. — Stem l°-3® 

 high. Leaves 1' - 2' long. 



4. M. gracilis, Pursh. Very smooth; whorls lateral nnd terminal ; exte- 

 rior bracts linear, ciliate ; corolla short; leaves linear-lanceolate, acuminate, ser- 

 rate. — Mountains of Carolina, Li/on. — Stem obtuse-angled. Whorls small, 

 naked. Calyx pubescent, ciliutc. Corolla very blender, smouth, yellowish- 

 wiiitc. ( • ) 



