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2, M. viridis Linn. : stem erect, smooth ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, nearly 

 sessile, unequally serrate, smoothish ; flowers in verticillate slender spikes ; 

 bracts and teeth of the calyx somewhat hairy. M. tenuis Mich. 



Marshy places. N. Y. to Geor. July, Aug. %.~Stem 1—2 feet liigh, 

 branched. Spikes numerous, terminal, forming a kind of panicle. Flowers in 

 distant whorls, pale purple. Introduced from Europe. Spearmint. 



** Flowers in axillary wliorls. 



3. M. Canadensis Linn. : stem ascending, pubescent ; leaves lanceolate 

 or oval-lanceolate, petiolate, serrate, acute at each end ; whorls many- 

 flowered, remote ; stamens exserted, M. borealis Mich. 



Moist grounds. Hudson's Bay to Virg. W. to Miss. July — Sept. %■. — Plant 

 of a grayish-green color. Stem 12 — 18 inches high, ascending or decumbent, 

 simple or branched. Leaves hairy, especially beneath. Flowers in dense ax- 

 illary whorls, pale purple. Canadian Mint. 



. II. MoNARDE^. Corolla 2-lipped. Stamens 2, fertile, {rarely 4,) 

 ascending. Anthers linear and confluent at the summit or halved, the 

 cells separated by a long linear connective, which is transversely articu- 

 lated to the top of the filament. 



4. SALVIA. Linn.— Sage. 



(From the Latin salvo, to save or heal ; in allusion to its supposed healing 

 properties,) 



Calyx suLcampraiulate, 2-lipped ; upper lip mostly 3-tootlied ; 



lower bifid, the Lliroat naked. C-ijoila 2-lippoJ ; upper lip 



erect, straight or falcate and vaulted. Stamens 2. Anthers 



dimidiate. 



1. ^S. lyrata Linn. : stem nearly leafless, retrosely pubescent ; radical 

 leaves ly rate-toothed, hispid on both sides ; cauline oblong-lanceolate ; up- 

 permost oblong-hnear ; upper lip of the corolla very short. 



Woods. Penn. to Geor. June. %. — Stem about a foot liigh, densely cov- 

 ered with reflexed hairs. Leaves mostly radical, more or less lyi-ate or pinnati- 

 fid, very obtuse. Flowers purple, about 6 in a whorl. Lyre-leaved Sage. 



2. <S. Claytoni Ell. : leaves cordate-ovate, sinuate-toothed, rugose ; teeth 

 of the upper lip of the calyx connivent, S. verbenacea Muhl. 



Woods. Penn. to Car. Muhl. June — Oct. %. — Stem erect, 8 — 12 inches 

 high. Flowers in whorls, violet. A doubtful species. Clayton's Sage. 



3. (S. ^oriicafolia Linn. : viscous and villous ; leaves ovate, rhomboid, 

 petioled, somewhat acute, crenate ; floral ones broad-ovate ; whorls many- 

 flowered, distant ; calyx 3-cleft, upper segment 3-toothed. 



Rocky grounds. N. J. to Car. June. %. — Leaves very pubescent. Flowers 

 blue, viscous, in remote whorls. Nettle-leaved Sage. 



5. MONARDA. Zywm.— Monarda. 

 (In honofof Nicholas Monardez, a Spanish botanist.) 

 Calyx tubular, elongated, 15-nerved, nearly equal, 5-tootlied. 

 CoroUa ringent, with a long cyHndric tube ; upper lip linear. 



