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upper ones sessile. Flowers white, reddish veined, ^ to ^ in. 

 long. Stamens protruding. — Common along streams and in 

 boggy places; known by its rank, leafy growth and abundance 

 of soft, white wool. 



2. S. ajugoides Benth. Similar to no. 1, but only \]/ 2 ft. 

 or less high, the woolly hairs less abundant and the herbage 

 therefore greener. Leaves 1 to 2 l / 2 in. long, acute or obtuse 

 at base. Flowers less crowded. — Yosemite Valley to the 

 foothills. 



Marrubium vulgare L., the common Hoarhound, may be 

 introduced around settlements. It is a perennial herb, the 

 stems coated with matted white hairs. Its flowers are small 

 and white, in dense whorls, the calyx with hooked teeth. 



7. SPHACELE. Pitcher Sage. 

 1. S. calycina Benth. A low shrub with ovate toothed 

 leaves 2 to 4 in. long. Flowers white, over 1 in. long, in leafy 

 racemes. Calyx becoming inflated in age. — Near El Portal 

 and in the lower canons. 



8. MONARDELLA. 



Fragrant herbs with flowers in bracted heads terminating 

 long peduncles. Calyx tubular, with 5 nearly equal teeth. 

 Corolla with upper lip erect, 2-cleft, the lower lip 3-parted. 

 Stamens 4, unequal, protruding. (Madronella.) 



1. M. lanceolata Gray. Western Pennyroyal. Erect an- 

 nual, y 2 to 2 ft. high. Leaves few, linear-oblong, entire, 1 to 

 2^2 in. long. Heads 1 in. across, reddish violet. 



One is attracted to this annual mint by the beautiful, red- 



Monardella lanceolata 



Monardella odoratissima 



