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shaped, rounded at base, tapering at apex, dentate. Flowers in dense 
axillary and terminal groups. Woods and thickets throughout our range. 
June-Oct. 
2. C. Acinos, (L.) Kuntze. (Fig. 9, pl. 132.) Bast Batm. (Sa- 
tureia acinos, Scheele.) Stems slender, branched from the base, 6 to 8 in. 
high. Leaves oblong, more acute at base than at apex, a few notches 
toward apex. Flowers purplish, in loose axillary and terminal clusters; 
calyx very hairy, teeth bristle-formed, unequal. Waste places. Natu- 
ralized. May-Aug. 
3. C. glabrum, (Nutt.) Kuntze. (Fig. 11, pl. 132.) Low Cata- 
MINT. (Satwreia glabra, Fernald.) Smooth, stems very slender, much 
branched, 4 to 12 in. high. Leaves linear, the margins slightly curled 
backward. Flowers, 1 to 4 in the axils. Runners from base of stem have 
short egg-shaped leaves. Damp soil, western New York and westward. 
May-Aug. 
g. MELISSA, L. 
Ours an herb, with broad dentate leaves and rather small flowers in 
axillary clusters. Calyx bell-shaped, 13-nerved. Corolla tube bent, border 
2-lipped. Stamens 4, ascending under the upper lip. Ovary deeply 
4-parted. 
M. officinalis, L. (Fig. 10, pl. 131.) Lemon Baim. Upright, branch- 
ing, leaves broadly egg-shaped, with coarse teeth. Flowers a few in the 
axillary clusters, white. Escaped from gardens. June-Aug. 
+ Corolla 2-lipped; fertile stamens 2, the 2 sacs of the anther divergent 
1o. SALVIA, L. 
Northern United States species, herbs, mostly with rather large showy 
flowers in spikes. The single species in our region with lyre-shaped leaves 
below, egg-shaped leaves above. Calyx 2-lipped, the upper lip 3-toothed 
or entire. Corolla deeply 2-lipped, upper lip straight, sometimes arched. 
Fertile stamens 2, on short filaments. Ovary deeply 4-parted. Nutlets 
smooth. 
l. §S. lyrata, L. (Fig. 12, pl. 132.) Lyre-Leavep Sacer. Stem 12 to 
30 in. high, somewhat hairy. Basal leaves tufted, lyrate, upper egg- 
shaped or narrow without leaf-stalks. Flowers in loose whorls, blue- 
purple; corolla downy, about an inch long, straight. Southern part of 
our area. May-July. 
2. §. pratensis, L. (Fig. 13, pl. 132.) Meapow Sacre. Leaves egg- 
shaped, the lower heart-shaped at base, borders with rounded-teeth. At- 
lantic Co., N. J., locally introduced. 
11. MONARDA, L. 
Erect aromatic herbs, with opposite, rounded or sharply serrate-toothed 
leaves, and conspicuous heads of scarlet, purple, white or yellowish flowers, 
the clusters usually terminal, but occasionally also axillary. Calyx tube 
narrow, 15-nerved, teeth nearly equal, each terminated by a bristle- or 
awl-like point or simply triangular without the bristle point. Corolla 
always conspicuous, markedly 2-lipped, the upper lip linear and some- 
