Cunila. LABIATE. 353 



* Stoloniferous : long filiform runners produced in summer from the base of the stem, often tuberi- 

 ferous at their apex. 



4— Calyx-teetli 4, or sometimes 5, obtuse or barely acutish, as also the very short bracts, in fruit 

 shorter tlian tlie nutlets. 



L. Virginicus, L. (Bugle-weed.) Glabrous or somewhat pubescent: stem obtusely 

 angled, 6 to 24 inches high : leaves ovate or oblong-lanceolate, coarsely serrate in the 

 middle, acuminate at both ends, tapering into a sliort petiole : calyx-teeth ovate or lanceo- 

 late-ovate : sterile stamens minute rudiments. — Spec. i. 21; Raf. Med. Fl. t. 61. L. uni- 

 Jlurus, Miclix. i. 14 (L. pumilns,Ya\\\, L. Vir<j.Ya,v. puucijionts, Benth.), a diminutive and 

 northern few-flowered form, a span high. L. macroji/ti/llns, Benth. Lab. & in DC. Prodr. 

 xii. 177 (var. macrophyllus, Gray, 1. c), a tall and large-leaved form of Northern Pacific 

 coast. — Labrador to Florida, Missouri, and north-westward to Brit. Columbia and Oregon. 



-t— -)— Calyx-teeth 5, or occasional!}- 4, very acute, in fruit longer than the nutlets. 

 ++ Bracts minute: corolla nearly twice the length of the calyx: rudiments of posterior stamens 

 very short, oval or Ungulate : herbage glabrous or puberulent : stems 6 to 20 inches high. 



L. sessilifolius, Gray, !• c. Stem ascending, ratlier acutely 4-angled : leaves all closely 

 sessile, ovate or lanceolate-oblong (inch or two long), sparsely sharply serrate : calyx-teeth 

 subulate, rigid. — L. Europ<eus, var. sessilifolius, Gray, Man. ed. 5,34.3. — New Jersey, in pine 

 barrens, late-flowering, Cunby, Parker. 



L. rubellus, Moench. Stem rather obtusely 4-angled, erect or ascending : leaves ovatc- 

 oblong or oblong-lanceolate, sharply serrate in the middle, attenuate-acuminate at botli 

 ends (.3 inches long), petioled : calyx-teeth triangular-subulate, not rigid-jiointed. — Mcench, 

 Meth. Suppl. 440 ; Fresenius in Regensb. Flora, 1842 ; Benth. in DC. 1. c. L. obtusijblius, 

 Vahl ? not Benth. L. Arhaiisanus, Fresenius, 1. c. : puberulent form, with rather broader 

 triangular-lanceolate less pointed calyx-teeth, the rudiments of sterile stamens varying 

 from Ungulate to linear-spatulate. L. Eurojxeus, var. inte<jrijblius, Gray, Man. 1. c. — Penn.? 

 and Ohio to S. Carolina, Louisiana and Arkansas. 



++ ++ Outer bracts conspicuous, very acute, often equalling the flowers: corolla hardly exceeding 

 the calyx : rudiments of sterile stamens slender and capitellafe or clavate-tipped. 



Li. lucidus, Turcz. Stem strict, stout, 2 or 3 feet high, hirsute-pubescent or glabrate, 

 acutely angled above: leaves lanceolate and oblong-lanceolate (2 to 4 inches long), acute 

 or acuminate, very sharply and coarsely serrate with triangular-subulate ascending teeth, 

 sessile or nearly so by an obtuse or acute base, coarsely punctate : calyx-teeth attenuate- 

 subulate. (Siberia, Japan.) 



Var. Americanus, Gray, 1. c. Leaves dull, often minutely puberulent both sides : 

 calyx-teeth less rigid. — Bot. Calif, i. 592. L. obtusijolius, Benth. in DC. 1. c. ? — Saskatche- 

 wan to Kansas, Arizona, and California. 



* * Not stoloniferous, but rootstocks more or less creeping: calyx-teeth 5, cuspidate or spinulose- 

 tipped, rigid, nearly equalling the corolla, in fruit surpassing the nutlets : subulate outer bracts 

 often eciualling the flowers. 



L. sinuatus, Ell. Stem erect, 1 to 3 feet high, acutely 4-angled, glabrous, roughish, or 

 minutely piibescent : leaves oblong or lanceolate (1^ or 2 inches long), acuminate, irregu- 

 larly incised or laciniate-pinnatifid, or some of the upper merely sinuate or incisely toothed, 

 tapering at base mostly into a slender petiole : calyx-teeth triangular-subulate and short- 

 cuspidate : rudiments of sterile stamens slender, conspicuous, and with a globular or sub- 

 clavate tip. — Sk. i. 187. L. Europcvus, Walt. &c. L. sinuatus, exallatns & anrjustifolius, EU. 

 I. c. L. vul(/aris & L. angustifolius, Nutt. Gen., without char. L. Eiiropmus, var. sinuatus, 

 Gray, Man. 1. c. — N. Canada to Florida, Texas, and west to Oregon and N. California. 



L. EuROP.EU.s, L., has less acutely angled stems, mostly broader and shorter subsessile leaves 

 with less unequal teetli or lobes, subulate-spinulose calyx-teeth, and rudiments of sterile 

 stamens obsolete or minute. — Occurs as a ballast- weed at Norfolk and Philadelphia, Durand, 

 Parker. (Probably not yet nat. from Eu.) 



11. CUNILA, L. Dittany. (An ancient Latin name of some Labiate 

 plant, applied by Linna'u.s to a small American genus.) — Perennials, with small 

 purplish flowers, in summer. (Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 8, 365.) 



C. Mariana, L. Herbaceous, cyniosely much branched, a foot high, glabrous except the 

 nodes : leaves nearly sessile, ovate with subcordate or rounded base, serrate, much punc- 



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