54C Okdee 89.— LABIATE. 



pointed with beardless awna like the calyx teeth, as long as the corolla — Pino 

 barrens, N. J. to Pla. St. 1 to 2f high. Lvs. 18" to 2' long, the floral sometimes 

 •whitened Heads few, rather larger (6 to 9" diam.) 



6 P. hyssopifolium Benth. Lvs. linear-oblong, obtuse, subentire, subsessile, and 

 with the stem glabrous or minutely canescent-downy ; hds. few, large (nearly ] ' 

 diam.). Barrens, Ya. to Fla, and La. St. 1 to 2f high. Lvs. 1' to 18" long, less 

 rigid than in No. 5. 



7 P. Torreyi Benth. Lvs. linear-lanceolate, acute, thin, nearly entire, tapering at 

 base to a very short petiole, and with the stern, slightly pubescent ; bracts and 

 subulate calyx teeth wdnte-pubescent. — Dry soils, near ST. Y. city, and in N. J. 

 Perhaps too near P. lanceolatum, but the tapering, petiolate base of the long, nar- 

 row, thin leaves are usually well defined. Cymes scarcely capitate. Aug., 

 Sept. 



8 P. pildsum Nutt. Lvs. lanceolate, subentire, acute at each end, subsessile, and 

 with the stem and branches more or less clothed with soft, spreading hairs ; caL 

 teeth ovate-lanceolate, acute, and with the bracts canescent-villous. — Prairies, &c., 

 TV. States to Tenn. and Ga. Plant about 2f high, paniculately branched (but the 

 lower branches longer, ascending), hoary with a pubescence, never whitened. 

 Lvs. 2 to 3' long. Cymes somewhat dilated, hardly capitate, G to 9" broad. Aug. 



P. muticum Pers. Lvs. ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, remotely subserrate, 

 rounded or subcordate at the base, subpetiolato, the upper with the ccrynibously 

 paniculate branches minutely pubescent and whitened; cal. teeth triangular-ovate., 

 equal, short, the bract3 scarcely longer. — Dry woods, Me. to La. Plant 2 to 3f 

 high. Lvs. of a firm texture, 1 to IV long, usually half as wide. Heads small, 

 compact, roundish, 4 to G" diam. Cor. purplish white, dotted. Aug. 



10 P. lanceolatum Ph. Lvs. linear-lanceolate, entire, acute, rigid, rounded at 

 base, sessile, nearly glabrous, the corymbous branches pubescent on the angles; 

 cab. teeth short, triangular-ovate, hairy. — Common in dry woods, Mass. to 111., 

 Tenn. and N. Car. Handsome and fragrant, 1 to 3f high. Lva 18" to 2' long, 

 2 to 5" wido. Hds. dense, all raised to near the samo level, 4 to G" broad. Cor. 

 purplish, spotted. Aug. 



11 P. Hnifdlium Ph. Glabrous, corymbed; lvs. linear, attenuated to each end, 

 sessile, entire, rigid ; hds. compact ; bracts ciliate and cal. teeth puugently awn- 

 pointed. — Dry woods and prairies, Mass. to Iowa, Ky. and Ga. Plant very 

 smooth, little fragrant, 1 to 2f high. Lvs. 1' to 18" long, 1 to 3" wide. Hds. 

 small, numerous, dense. Pis. whitish. Aug. 



12 P. nudum Nutt. Glabrous, pale green, subsimple; lvs. small, fiw orate-cblong, 

 obtuse at each end, entire, sessilo ; fls. in loose heads, terminal, corymbed, inner 

 bracts subulate, veiy short. — Mts. N. Car. to Ga. St. strict, 1 to 2f high. Lva 

 erect, 1' long or less. Hds. few-flowered. Cor. pubescent. Jl., Aug. 



13 P. montanum Mx. Lvs. lanceolate, ecrrate, acute, the lower rounded at 

 base, glabrous as well as the stem ; hds. globous, subtended by many bract?, ter- 

 minal or sessilo at the upper nodes ; bracts villous-ciliate, very acute, outer ovate, 

 inner linear; cal. teeth short, acute. — Mts. Ya. and Car. Plant resembling a Mo- 

 narda, 1 to 2 f high, fragraut. Jl. (Monardella, Mx.) 



14. SATURE'JA, L. Summer Savory. (Arabic satur, the general 

 name for labiate plants.) Calyx tubular, 10-ribbed, throat not hairy; 

 segments of the bilabiate corolla not equal ; stamens diverging, scarcely 

 exserted. — Herbs with small lvs. and purplish fls. 



S. hortensis L. ft. branching; lvs. linear oblong, entire, acute at the end; 

 ped. axillary, eymous. — U River banks, W. States, rare. St. branching and 

 bushy, l^f high, woody at base, frequently changing to purple. Lvs. numerous, 

 small and narrow, with axillary cymes of pink-colored fls. CaL about as long as 

 the cor. Jl. Aug. \ Italy. A culinary, aromatic herb. 



i5. DICERAN'DRA, Benth. (Gr. <5tc, twice, rcepa<;, a horn, avdpa, 

 anthers.) (Elliott's name had been preoccupied.) Calyx 13-striate, 

 tubular, upper lip subentire, lower bifid, throat hairy ; corolla tube ex- 



