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93. Giant Hyssop 



Lophanthus nepetoides (crested flower). — Family, Mint. 

 Color, pale greenish yellow. Leaves, coarsely toothed, with 

 petioles, acute, ovate. Time, summer. 



Calyx, bell-shaped, with 5 unequal teeth. Corolla, 2-lipped, 

 the upper lip 2-lobed, lower 3-divided, with the middle lobe 

 wavy, toothed. Stame/is, 4, in pairs, which cross each other. 

 Floivers, in terminal spikes, 2 to 6 inches long, thickly inter- 

 spersed with long, pointed bracts. 



A very tall mint, 6 feet high or less, with a stout, smooth, 

 sharply 4-angled stem. Vermont to North Carolina, west to 

 Texas. 



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L. scrophidariaefolius has longer spikes of purple flowers. 



95. Forked Chickweed 



Anjchia dichotoma. — Family, Knotwort. Color, greenish 

 white. Leaves, minute, very narrow, with stipules. Time, all 

 summer. 



A difficult plant to analyze, on account of the minuteness of 

 the flower, which can be studied only under a magnifying- 

 glass. It will then be seen to be minus corolla, with a dry, 

 leathery calyx of 5 sepals, 2 or 3 stamens, 2 stigmas. Flow- 

 ers nearly sessile, clustered. Fruit, a i-seeded, bladder-like 

 body. Height, i to 2 feet. Stem forking many times into 

 spreading branches. The minute flowers lie in the forks. 



New England to Florida and westward. 



96. Crane-fiy Orchis 



Tipuldria dfsco/or or unifolia. — Family, Orchid. Color, 

 greenish purple. Leaf, appearing in autumn after the flower 



