Order 89.— LABIATE. 551 



4 M. dfdyma L. St. branched, acutely 4-angled ; lvs. broadly ovate., acuminate, 

 somewhat rough, on short petioles, veins and veinlets hairy beneath ; fls. (crim- 

 son) in terminal, often axillary heads; brack colored; col. throat naked. — .Swamps, 

 Cam to the Mts. of Ga. Plant 2 to 3f. Lvs. 2 to 5' long, very broad at base, 

 often cordate, serrate. Heads often proliferous, with large, ovate-lanceolato 

 bracts tinged with tho same color as the lis. Cor. 15" long. Abortive fib 2, 

 short, tho perfect exserted. Jl. Handsome and fragrant, j 



23. BLEPHIL'IA, Kaf. (Gr. /ftei^apfc, the eyelash; probably refer- 

 ring to the ciliate bracts.) Calyx 13-ribbed, bilabiate, upper lip 

 3-toothcd, lower lip shorter, 2-toothed, the teeth setaceous ; coroila bila- 

 biate, upper lip short, erect, oblong, obtuse, entire, lower lip of 3 un- 

 equal, spreading lobes, the lateral ones orbicular; stamens 2, fertile, 

 ascending, exserted. — 2£ Verticils dense, terminal and subterminal. 



1 B. hir3uta Benth. "Whole plant hirsute ; lvs. ov ale-lanceolate, acuminate, serrate, 

 pelioktle ; lis. in axillary verticillastera and terminal heads ; bracts colored, shorter 

 than the flowers, oblong, acuminate. — In damp woods, rare N. Eug., common in 

 W. States. St. 1 to 2f high, diffusely branching, roughly pubescent. Petiole 3 

 to 6" long, lvs. 3 to 4 times as long, somewhat rounded at base. Pis. small, 

 forming several dense whorls near the end of each branch. Cor. 5" long, pale 

 purple, with spots of a deeper hue. Jn., JL 



2 B. ciliata Raf. St. hirsute, simple, acutely 4-angled ; lvs. few oblong-lanceolak, 

 acute at the base, subsessik, serrate, minutely pubescent ; fls. in dense, approximate, 

 involucrate, terminal and subterminal verticils, bracts ovate, veiny, glabrous, ciliate, 

 as long as the calyx. — Fields, barrens, Penm to Miss., very abundant in tho W- 

 •States. Plant 2 to 4f high, generally simple, rarely with 1 or 2 branches. Lvs- 

 18" to 30'' long, a fourth as wide. Hds. larger than in No. 1, an inch in diam. 

 Jn. — Aug. (Monarda ciliata L. nee Mx.) 



24. LOPHAKTHUS, Benth. (Ilyssopus L.) Hedge Hyssop. (Gr. 

 A6<£oc, a crest, dvQog ; flowers in dense, terminal spikes.) Calyx 

 15-ribbed, oblique, 5-cleft, upper segments longer; corolla bilabiate, 

 upper lip bifidly emarginate, lower lip 3-lobcd, the middle lobe broader 

 andcrenate; stamens diverging. — 2£ Tall, erect. Verticils spicate. 



1 Ij. nepetoides Benth. St smooth, quadrangular, with the angles acute and 

 slightly winged ; lvs. ovato and ovate-lanceolate, acutely serrate ; petioles srnooth- 

 ish, calyx teeth ovate, green, obtusish. — If Middle and Western States, common 

 about fences and dry hedges. Stem 3 — 6f high, the sides somewhat concavo 

 and the angles prominent. Lvs. acuminate, about 4' by 2'. Flowers in crowded 

 axillary verticils, forming a terminal, green spike, which is nearly continuous 

 above. Corolla greenish-yellow. July, Aug. 



2 L. scrophularifolius Benth. St. pubescent, quadrangular, with tho angle* 

 obtuse ; lvs. cordate-ovate, crenate-serrate ; petioles ciliate-pubeseent, cat. teeth 

 lanceolate, colored, acute. — W r ith the general aspect of the former species, and 

 found in similar situations. The herbage is often changed to dark purple. Stem 

 2 — if high, purple. Leaves about 5' by 3', coarsely serrate, acuminate. Flowers 

 in crowded, axillary verticils, forming a long, deuse, terminal spike. Corolla pale 

 purple, more conspicuous than in the first. Jl, Aug. 



25. NEP'ETA, L. Catnep. Ground Ivy. (Said to be from Nepet, 

 a town in Tuscany.) Calyx tubular, 5-toothed ; corolla tube slender 

 below, dilated and naked in the throat, upper lip emarginate, lower 

 3-lobed, the middle lobe largest and crenate, margin of the orifice re- 

 flected ; stamens approximate, ascending; anther cells divergent. (Fig. 

 117.) 



5 Tall. Verticils in a terminal-raceme. Calyx nearly regular No. 1 



jj Glectioma. Low, diffuse. Flowers axillary. Calyx curved, oblique No. 8 



1 N. cataria L. Catmint. Erect, hoary-tomentous; lvs. petiolate, cordat^ 



