JDrDYNAMiA GYMNOSPERMIA. ?S 



tmnierous in each wliorl. Whorh rather distant at tlie base of the spike, 

 troweled near the summit. Calyx tubular, glabrous, ciliate, erect with 5- 

 equiil and very acute teeth. Corolla funnel formed, bluish, the tube a lit- 

 tle longer than the calyx, the border almost equally 4cleft, the segments 

 obtuse and a liltk- expanding, the upper one emarginate. Stamens very 

 short, included in the tube of the corolla, equally distant,not approximated 

 by pairs. Anthers white. Style longer than the corolla. Stigvim two, 

 acute, revolute. Seeds 4-oval, protected as in all of this order, by a per- 

 sistent calyx. 



Grows in wet ground, rare, fovmd around a spring, near the Club-house, 

 about 3 miles from Beaufort. 

 Flowers August — September. 



Several European species of Mentha are becoming naturalized in our 

 country, this is the only species I have seen which appears indigenous 



LAMiUM. Gen\ Pl. 



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CoroUce labinm sii- 1 Upper lip of the co 

 periiis integrum, for-> I roUa entire, vaulted 

 nicatum, labium infe- | lower lip 2-lobed 

 rius bilobum; fauxu- i throat with the mar- 

 trinque margine den- gin toothed at each 

 tata. I side. 



1. Amplexicaule^ 



L. foliis floralibus I Floral leaves ses 

 sessilibus, amplexi- sile, embracing the 

 eaiilibus, obtusisi stem, obtuse. 



Sp. pi. 3. p. 90. Walter 1. p. 6l. Pursh 2. |i. 206. 



A small annual plant, the stems branching at base, about a foot Imh 

 ^imve and pubescent. Leai,es opposite, nearly ^ound, notched, rurose' 

 pubescent, the ujjper ones sessile, the lower on petioles from half an Inch 

 to an mch long. The fowers m axillary whorls, in the bosom of the up- 

 per leaves. Calyx tubular, hairy, with the border five cleft. Corolla 

 bilabiatP, the tube twice as long as the calyx, bright purple, the throat anci 

 lower hp marked with paler spots. Stamens included in the upper lip 

 of the corolla. Style about as long as the stamens. Stigmas two, .icut«-. 



1 p^uit probably imported ; now every where ia cuUivateU lands. 

 .1 lowers Febniarv-— April. 



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