Macbrldea. LABIATE. 383 



B. scutellarioides, Engelm. & Gray, 1. c. Almost glabrous : spikes or racemes 

 loose, mostly panicled : lips of tiie ealyx unequal ; the upper with 3 ovate-rounded, lower 

 witli 2 triang'ular-Ianceolate lobes, all but tiie uppermost cuspidate: corolla (a third inch 

 long) not pilose-annulate; its lobes entire or merely retusc : anthers barely ciliolate : nut- 

 lets glabrous. — P/ii/sostcijia trunaita, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 3404 (wrongly cited in DC. under 

 preceding species). — liicher prairie soil, Texas, Druiiimond, Wr'Kjht, Lindheimcr, &c. 



40. PHYSOSTEGIA, Benth. False Dragon-head. {(UiGa, bladder, 

 and ct/;//, covering ; Ironi the turgid fi'uitiiig calyx, but more applicable to the 

 inflated corolla.) — Perennial erect N. American herbs, almost glabrous ; with 

 lanceolate or oblong and callose-denticulate or serrate leaves ; the upper ones 

 sessile, lowest tapering into a petiole, floral reduced to small subulate bracts of 

 the simple or panicled spikes, most of them shorter than the calyx. Flowers 

 cataleptic (remaining in whatever position they may be turned on the short 

 pedicel, either right or left of the normal position). Corolla showy, rose or flesh- 

 color, often variegated : in summer. 



P. Virginiana, Benth. 1- c. Stem in larger forms 3 or 4, in smaller 1 or 2 feet Iiigh, 

 terminated by a simple virgate or sometimes several ])anicled spikes : leaves tliiekish : 

 calyx tul)ular-campanulate or somewhat turbinate-campanulate, in fruit broader and with a 

 narrowed base ; its teeth ovate-triangular and very acute, only half the lengtli of the tube : 

 corolla commonly an inch long. — Dmcocephahua Viryinianum, L. Spec. ii. 594 ; Sims, Bot. 

 Mag. t. 407. D. landjoliuin, Moench, Metli. 410. D. vurteyutuin. Vent. Cels, t. 44. Prasiiim 

 purpiirciim & P. cocciitcniii, \Vii\t. Car. 10(). — Wet grounds, N. Vermont, W. Canada and 

 Saskateliewan to Florida and Texas : common in gardens. Varies greatly ; the extremes are 



Var. speciosa, a tali form, with very acutely serrate lanceolate leaves, and dense and 

 panicled spikes. — Dnicoccphaliun speciosuiii, Sweet, Brit. Fl. Card. t. 93, with horizontal 

 flowers. Plujfiostcijla imhricaUi, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 338G (not Benth.), a Texan form, with 

 erect imbricateil tlowors. 



Var. denticulata, a more slender and commonly low form, witii crenulate-denticu- 

 late or obscurely serrate leaves, and more slender or loosely -flowered spike. — Dracocepha- 

 luiii dcntlciilalnm, Ait. Kew. ii. 317 ; Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 214. — Middle Atlantic States. 



Var. obovata, with oblong or obovate and often obtuse leaves. — Diucocejihalum 

 oboi-dtiim, Kll. Sk. ii. 80. — (Jeorgia to Arizona. 

 P. intermedia, Gray. Stem slender, 1 to 3 feet high, remotely leaved : leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, repand-ilenticulate : spikes filiform, commonly rathei remotely flowered : calyx 

 short and broadly campanulate; the triangular acute teeth about as long as the tube: 

 coroUa 5 or lines long, nmch dilated upwards. — Proc. Am. Acad. viii. 371. Drarocepludum 

 internifdiiiin, Nutt. in Trans. Am. I'liil. Soe. n. ser. v. 187. — Barrens, W. Kentucky and 

 Arkansas to Louisiana and Texas. 

 P. parviflora, Ntltt. Stem rather slender, leafy, a foot or two high : leaves lanceolate or 

 ovate-laneeolaie, denticulate; spikes short (1 to 4 inches long) : calyx short-campanulate, 

 inflated-globular in fruit and with short mostly obtuse teeth : corolla rather narrow, half 

 inch long. — Xutt. (ex Benth., uiuler P. inihricntn, Benth. 1. c, not Hook. Bot. Mag.) ; Gray, 

 Proc. Am. Acad. viii. 371. — Banks of streams, Saskatchewan and Wyoming to Brit. 

 Columbia, and Oregon. 



41. MACBRIDEA, Ell. (In memory of Dr. James Machride.) Gla- 

 brous or sparsely hirsute jierennials (of S. Atlantic States) ; with simple stems, a 

 foot or more high, lanceolate or spatulate-oblong repand-toothed or entire minutely 

 punctate leaves ; the floral becoming thickish and rounded imbricated bracts of 

 a terminal and rather few-flowered capitate inflorescence. Flowers showy (corolla 

 over an inch long), in late summer. (Anthers not pilose witJiiii the cell, as stated, 

 but mainly on the inner face.) — Ell. Sk. ii. oG ; Chapm. Fl. 324. 



M. pulchra, Ell. 1- c. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, mostly acute at both ends, tapering into 

 &. uetiule, thiuuish ; fiural ones or bracts ovate, acute : lateral lobes of the calyx entire or 



