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LABIATjE. (mint family.) 
as long as the calyx. (Monarda ciliata, L.) — Dry open places, Penn, 
to Michigan. July. — Plant l°-2° high, less branched than the 
next, the hairy corolla shorter. 
2. B. liirsiita, Benth. Hairy throughout; leaves long-peti - 
oled, ovate , pointed , rounded or heart-shaped at the base; the lower 
floral ones similar, the uppermost and the bracts linear-awl-shaped , 
shorter than the calyx. (B. nepetoides, Raf. Monarda hirsuta, 
Pursh.) —Damp rich woods, N. New York to Wisconsin. July.— 
Plant 2°-3° high, with spreading branches, and numerous close 
whorls, the lower remote. Calyx-teeth fringed with long hairs. Co¬ 
rolla smoothish, pale, with darker purple spots. 
9. MONARDA, L. Horse-Mint. 
Calyx tubular, elongated, 15-nerved, nearly equally 5-toothed, 
usually hairy in the throat. Corolla with an elongated tube, 
a slightly expanded throat, and a strongly 2-lipped limb ; the 
lips linear or oblong, somewhat equal; the upper erect, entire 
or slightly notched ; the lower spreading, 3-lobed at the apex, the 
lateral lobes ovate and obtuse, the middle one narrower and slight¬ 
ly notched. Stamens 2, elongated, ascending, inserted in the 
throat of the corolla : anthers linear, the divaricate cells confluent 
at their contiguous points. — Odorous erect herbs, with entire or 
toothed leaves, and pretty large flowers in a few capitate whorls, 
closely surrounded with bracts. (Dedicated to Afonardez, an early 
Spanish botanist.) 
* Stamens and style exserted beyond the upper lip of the corolla: 
perennial. 
1. m. didyma, L. (Oswego Tea.) Somewhat hairy ; leaves 
petioled, ovate-lanceolate, pointed, rounded or slightly heart-shaped 
at the base; the floral ones and the large outer bracts tinged with 
red ; calyx smooth , incurved , nearly naked in the throat ; corolla 
smooth , much elongated (2' long), bright red. (M. Kalmiana, Pursh.) 
— Moist woods and meadows, common northward ; often cultivated 
(under the name of Balm or Bee-Balm). July. — Plant 2° high, with 
very showy flowers. 
2. m. fistuldsa, L. (Wild Bergamot.) Smoothish or 
downy; leaves petioled , ovate-lanceolate from a rounded or slightly 
heart-shaped base; the uppermost and outer bracts somewhat colored 
(whitish or purplish) ; calyx slightly curved, very hairy in the throat; 
corolla purplish , rose-color , or almost white , smooth or hairy. Woods 
and rocky banks, Vermont to Penn, and Wisconsin; abundant west¬ 
ward. July-Sept. — Very variable in appearance, 2P - 5° high ; the 
pale corolla smaller than in the last. 
