378 LAniAT.K. (mint family. ) 



iiliir iml)c8cont ; fomlhi yi-llow, tin- Itjwust lube purjile. — Hieh shady woods, 

 in tla- U|)].(T districts. Sept. 



♦ • Fertile stanuns 4. 



3. C. verticillata, Baldw. Stem simple, smooth l)clow ; leaves 4, mem- 

 braiiiUH-ous, elliptical, acuto, rather finely serrate, acute or (jhtuse at the base, 

 8ht»rt-|>eti<)led, apprcixiniate, the lower surface, like the .simple lung-peduncled 

 raceme, viscid-pubescent ; lower tlower.s whorled, the iij)per opjK)site ; bracts 

 minute; calyx teeth linear-subulate, half as long a.s the corolla. — IJght 

 shaded soil, chiefly in the upper districts, Georgia, and westward. May. 

 — Stem 1° high. Corolla yellow or jiurplish. 



4. C. anisata, I'ursh. Viscid jmbesceut ; stem stout, simple or branched ; 

 leaves large, oval or ovate, acute, nmcrouate-crenate, mostly rounded or cor- 

 date at the base, the uppermost se.ssile ; panicle many-flowered ; bracts ovate ; 

 calyx lobes large, ovate-lanceolate, nearly equal; corolla large, yellow. — Dry 

 shaded soil in the middle and lower di.stricts. August -Sept. — Stem l°-2^ 

 high. Leaves 4'- 8' long. Corolla I'-f' long. 



8. HEDEOMA, Ters. 



Calyx tubular, somewhat gibbous under the base, ecjually 5-toothed or bi- 

 labiate, "with the U])per lip 3-toothed, the lower 2cleft, hairy in the throat. 

 Corolla 2-lipped; the upper lip notched or entire, the lower 3-cleft. Stamens 

 2, a.«cending : anther cells diverging. Isutlets smooth. — Herbs, with small 

 leaves, au<l axillary few-flowered cymes. 



1. H, pulegioides, I'ers. {Pknxvkovai,.) Annual, pubescent, much 

 branched ; leaves oblong-ovate, obtuse, sparingly .serrate, pale beneath, con- 

 tracted into a slender petiole ; whorls 6-flowered, shorter than the leaves ; 

 lower lip of the caly.x hi.spid. — Dry hills in the upper districts. June -Sept. 

 — Stem 1° high. Leaves I' long. Corolla small, pale blue. 



2. H. graveolens, Chapm. Stems clustered, woody at the base, pu- 

 bescent (1°- H^ high) ; leaves ovate, cordate, the lowe.st short-petioled, spar- 

 ingly serrate ; flowers single, opposite, racemose ; the bracts and 2 op))osite 

 bractlets oblong, nearly equal ; calyx teeth ciliate ; sterile anther manifest ; 

 leaves ovoid. — Low pine barrens near Apalachicola, Florida. July. 



9. SATUREIA, L. Savory. 



Calyx bell-shaped, 10-nerved, .5-toothed. Corolla 2-lipped, the lower lip 

 3-lobed. Stamens 4, spreading or conuivent; anthers 2-celled. Style un- 

 equally 2-cleft. 



1. S. rigida, Bartram. Shrubby, villous ; stem assurgent (1°-1^° long) ; 

 leaves rigid, lanceolate, entire ; spikes capitate, oblong ; calyx miuute; corolla 

 pale purple. — Low sandy pine barrens. South Florida. 



10. MICROMERIA, Benth. 



Calyx tubul.ar, 13-nerved, nearly equally .5 toothed, mostly hairy in the 

 throat. Corolla 2-lipped ; the upper lip flat, notched or entire, the lower 

 spreading, 3-lobed ; the straight tube commjjuly shorter than the calyx. 



