320 LAUiAT.*:. (mint family.) 



widening: U])\vi\nl, the iniildlc lolic of the lower lij) dihitcil ami iiot<'li('d. — Van 

 ouovATA is k'ss hairy, witii tiic oltovutc leaves iiieivly tootiied or wavy on tiie 

 inaifrins. (S. obovata, /,'//.) — Sandy soil, Florida to Is'orili Carolina, and west- 

 ward. April and ilay. — Stem 1° liiy^h. Leaves 3' -6' lonj;, commonly jjurplc 

 beneath. Kacemes in fruit G'-12' long. Corolla 9" -12" Ion;,', Idue, white- 

 spotted in the throat. 



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

 of the u|)|)er lip of the calyx counivent. — IJry sandy pastures, around Beaufort, 

 South CiU'olina, /-7//c>». North Carolina, Cur</s ; flowering through (he summer. 

 — Root thick, perennial. Stem 1° high. Leaves pubescent on the veins and 

 margins. Bracts cordate-ovate, acuminate, toothed. 



S. OFFICINALIS, L., is the common Gaiiden Sage. 



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

 dwellings. 



14. MONARDA, L. House Mint. 



Calyx tubular, elongated, 15-nerved, nearly equally 5-tootlied, bearded in the 

 throat. Corolla nearly etpuiUy 2-lipped ; the upper lip notched or entire, the 

 lower 3-toothed. Stamens 2, ascending under the ujiper lip, and oftencr cx- 

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

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



* Upper lip of the corolla Ihir.ar, acute. 



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

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

 terminal; calyx 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-lanceolate, acute, sharply serrate, 

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

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

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

 high. Leaves smoothish, tomentose, or hispid, l'-3' long. Bracts pale purple. 



* * Upper lip of the corolla hrouder, notched. 



3. M. punctata, L. Closely and finely pul)escent ; stem much branched; 

 leaves lanceolate or ot)long, acutish, slightly serrate, narrowed into a petiole , 

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

 the lower lip dotted with brown, the upper keeled ; stamens not exserted. — Dry 

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

 high. Leaves 1' - 2' long. 



4. M. gracilis, Pnrsh. Very smooth ; whorls lateral and 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, ciliate. Corolla very slender, smooth, yellowish- 

 white. ( • ) 



