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2. A, pallidiflora Heller. Stem 6-10 dm. high, cinereous-piiberulcnt; leaf- 

 blades ovate or cordate, crenate, puberulent, 3-5 cm. long, acute; spikes 4-8 cm. 

 long, about 2 cm. thick; corolla about 14 mm. long, pale pink. Britionastnim 

 pallidifloram Heller. A. montana Greene. Mountains: Colo.— N.M.— Ariz, 

 Suhmont, — Mont. Jl-S. 



3. A. urticifolia (Benth.) Rydb. Stem stout, 5-10 dm. high, glabrous or 

 minutely puberulent; leaf-blades cordate, coarsely dentate, 3-10 cm. long; spike 

 very dense, 2-10 cm, long, 2.5-3 cm. thick; corolla rose or violet, about 15 mm. 

 long. L, uriicifolius Benth. Hillsides and valleys: Mont.— Colo.— Calif. 

 B.C. SubmonL — MouL My-Au. 



8, NEPETA L. Catnip, Cat Mint. 



Perennial or annual caulescent herbs. Leaves broad, toothed or incised, 

 pubescent. Flowers perfect, in axillary cymes, clustered. Calyx inflated m 

 age, 15-ribbed, incurved; lobes 5, the upper shghtly longer than the lower. Cor- 

 olla white or blue; throat enlarged; upper lip erect, entire or notched; lower lip 

 3-lobed, with large middle lobe. Stamens 4, didymous, exserted; anthers with 

 2 diverging sacs. Nutlets flattened, smooth. 



1, N. Cataria L. Perennial; stem densely tomentulose, 6-10 dm. high; leaf- 

 blades ovate or cordate, coarsely crenate, 2-8 cm. long, green above, densely 

 white-tomentose beneath; flower-clusters spicate at the end of the branches, 

 calyx densely puberulent, its lobes subulate; corolla white or pale purple, dark- 

 dotted, 10-12 mm. long. Waste places and around dwellings: JS.B.— \a.— 

 Utah — Ore.; nat. from Eu. Plain — Suhmont. Jl-N, 



9. GLECOMA L. Ground Ivy, Gill-over-the-ground. 



Low creeping perennial herbs. Leaves opposite, long-pet ioled. Flowers 

 perfect, in axillary verticils. Cal}^-tube short-tubular, 15-nerved, obhque, 

 unequally 5-toothed. Corolla 2-lipped; tube exserted, enlarged .^bove; upper lip 

 erect, 2-lobed or emarginate; lower Up spreading, 3-lobed, the middle lobe broaa, 

 emarginate. Stamens 4; anther-sacs divergent. Nutlets ovoid, smooth. 



1, G. hederacea L. Stem pubescent, 3-5 dm. long; leaf-blades orbicular or 

 reniform, crenate, 1-4 cm. broad; calyx-teeth lanceolate, acummate; corolla 1.0-2 

 cm. long, hght blue, three times as long as the calyx. Waste places, roadsides, 

 and thickets: Newf.—Ga.— Colo.— Mont.; nat. from Eurasia. Plain— i:>u^ 



rnonL Mr-My. 



MOLDAVICA (Tourn.) Adans. Dragon's Head. 



Herbs, with blue or purple flowers, in axillary and terminal bracted clusters. 

 Leaves mostly toothed or dissected. Calyx tubular, 15-nerved, 5-toothed, or 

 2-hpped, with the upper 3 teeth more or less united. Corolla enlarged above, 

 2-lipped; upper Kp erect, emarginate; lower lip spreading, 3-lobed. _ Stamens 4, 

 the upper the longer, all fertile; anthers more or less approximate in pairs; sacs 

 divergent. Nutlets ovoid, smooth. [Dracocephalum L., in part.] 



1, M. parviflora (Nutt.) Britton. Annual or biennial; stem finely puberu- 

 lent '2-0' dm. high; leaf-blades lanceolate, ovate, or oblong, coarsely serrate, the 

 lipper with spinulose-tipped teeth; bracts pectinate, with awn-pointed teeth; 

 upper tooth of the calyx longer than the rest; corolla light blue, scarcely longer 

 than the calyx. D. parvijlorum Nutt. Hillsides and valleys: N.Y.— JSeb.— 

 N.M.— Ariz. — Alaska. SubmonL— Mont. Je-Au. 



11. PRITNELLA L. Self-heal, Heal-all, ( 



arpenter 



Perennial caulescent herbs, with rootstocks. Leaves opposite, pet|pkd, 

 toothed, pubescent. Flowers perfect, irregular, in axiUary clusters, toward the 

 end of the stem formmg a leafy spike-hke mflorescence. Calj-x ^"^PP^J^^^'^.^^ 

 at maturity; tube lO-ribbed; upper hp truncate, shghtly 2.Iobed, the lower w^th 



' ' Corolla Durple or white, 2-hpped; upper hp arched; lower lip 



3 narrow lobes. 



