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— Swamps, South Carolina, and nortliward. June- Aug. — Stem 1t°-2° liigli. 

 Leaves 2' - 3' long. Corolla ]Hirple. 



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

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

 short, of few 4 - 6-flowered whorls ; calyx smooth, with spiny spreading teeth, 

 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. Floridana, Shuttl. Smooth or hirsute ; stem slender, erect ; leaves 

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

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

 6 - 1 0-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 iliau the petiole. 



28. ISANTHUS, Michx. 



Calyx bell-shaped, 10-nervcd, .5-clcft. 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 j)eduncles. 



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

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



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



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

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

 4, long-exsertcd, partly coiled : anther-cells 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 liranched, obscurely 4-angled; leaves oblong or lanceokite, 

 obtuse, narrowed into a petiole. (T. lincare, Niitf. is a smoother form, with linear 

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

 Sept. — Stem 1 o - 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. 



