DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. §7 



Root crecpin*. Stem erect, 4 — G feet high, square, deeply furrow- 

 ed, glabrous. Leaves opposite, deeply sinuate, almost pinnatifid, with 

 the segments of the lower leaves, toothed and incised. Leaves when 

 vigorous 5 — 6 inches long, segments nearly 2. Flowers in sessile 

 ■whorls. Segments of the calyx very acute, rigid, longer than the 

 seeds. 



echee 



gust — September. Scallor 



CUNILA. Gen. pl. 46, 



4 



Calyx cylindricus, S- f Calyx cylindrical, 5 

 dentatus, fauce villosus. I toothed, villous at the 

 Corolla ringens, labio su- \ throat. Corolla ringent, 



penore erecto, piano, with the upper lip erect 

 emarginato. Stamina 2 flat, emarginate. Sta: 

 sterilia. I mens 2, sterile. 



1. Mari\na. 



C. follis ovatis, serra- | Leaves ovate 

 tis ; corymbis terminali- I corymbs terminal, dicho 



bus, dichotomis. Sp. pl. j tomous. 



i. p, 122. 



Mich. 1. p. 13 Pursh, 2. p. 406. 



Soot perennial. Stem 1—2 feet high, 4 angled, glabrous, much 

 tjranchetl, purple. Leaves opposite, nearly sessile, ovate, acute, 

 rounded, almost cordate at base, acutely serrate, glabrous on the up- 

 per surface, hairy underneath. Flowers in smail axillary and terminal 

 dicbotomous corymbs, with a flower in each division. Calyx 10 nerv- 

 ed, 5 becoming prominent teeth ; villous in the throat. Corolla white. 

 Fertile Stamens and Style twice as long as the corolla. Stisrma un- 

 equally 2 cleft. * o a 



Grows in tlie mountains of Carolina. Dr. Macbride. 



Flowers August—September. Maryland Cunila. 



, Mountain Dittany. 



An infusion of the leaves of this plant is often given in fevers, with 



the view to promote perspiration. It is a pleasant and refreshing? 

 drink. 



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HEDEOMA. Persoon, Bm, S. p. 13 1. 



Calyx bilabiatus, basi I Calyx bilabiate, gib- 

 gibbus. Coro//a ringens. j bous at base. Corolla rin^ 

 Stamina 2 sterilia. I gent. Stamens 2 sterile. 



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