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13. HEDEOMA, Pers. 
Low, odorous, branching plants, with small opposite leaves and loose 
clusters of small blue or purple flowers at the axils. Calyx egg-shaped 
or tubular, 13-nerved, bearded in the throat, somewhat 2-lipped or the 
5 teeth nearly equal. Corolla 2-lipped, the upper lip erect, entire, notched 
at apex, lower, 3-lobed. Fertile stamens 2. Ovary deeply 4-parted. 
H. pulegioides, (5) =yiBers. 9 (ic. 14; pl. 132.) AMERICAN PENNY- 
ROYAL. Low, branching from the base, hairy. Leaves oblong, few toothed, 
narrow at each end. Whorls axillary, about 6-flowered; corolla equalling 
the calyx, bluish. Aroma very pungent. Dry hillsides and fields. July- 
Sept. 
14. CUNILA, L. 
Herbs or shrubs, with small white or purplish flowers and opposite 
leaves. Calyx ovoid-tubular, equally 5-toothed. Corolla longer than the 
calyx, 2-lipped, upper lip erect, flat, mostly notched, lower lip spreading, 
3-lobed. Stamens 2, extending beyond the corolla. 
C. mariana, L. (Fig. 6, pl. 131.) Dirrany. (C. origanoides, (1.) 
Britton.) Stems stiff, branched, plant tufted, 1 ft. high. Leaves egg- 
shaped, without leaf-stalks, toothed at margins, rounded at base. Flowers 
in loose spreading terminal clusters. Corolla purplish-pink. Plant aro- 
matic. Dry woods. Aug.-Sept. 
¢ Corolla 2-lipped, upper concave; stamens 4, the anterior (lower) pair 
longest. Stamens approaching under upper lip of corolla 
15. PHYSOSTEGIA, Benth. 
Erect herbs, mostly smooth with wand-like stems and oblong or lance- 
shaped leaves without leaf-stalks, margins usually toothed. Calyx nearly 
equally 5-toothed, about 10-nerved, short-tubular. Corolla funnel-formed, 
the throat much dilated, the border 2-lipped, the upper lip erect or some- 
what arched, the lower: 3-lobed. Stamens 4, ascending under the upper 
lip, the lower pair the longer. 
P. virginiana, (L.) Benth. (Fig. 1, pl. 134.) Fatse Dracon Heap. 
Stem rather stout, erect, not branched or only above, terminated by one 
or more spikes of purple or rose-colored flowers. Leaves opposite, ob- 
versely lance-shaped, coarsely toothed at margins without leaf-stalks. 
Calyx tubular bell-shaped, its teeth about the length of the tube. Co- 
rolla about 1 in. long. Wet grounds. July-Sept. 
16. PHLOMIS, Tourn. 
Tall herbs or, shrubs. Calyx tubular, nearly equally 5-toothed. Co- 
rolla 2-lipped, the upper lip arched, the lower spreading, 3-lobed. Within 
the mouth of the corolla tube is a ring of woolly hairs. Stamens 4, as- 
cending under the upper lip of the corolla, the anterior pair longest. 
P. tuberosa, L. JrRUSALEM Sace. Plant 3 to 6 ft. high, smooth, 
with large egg-shaped leaves, heart-shaped at base, blunt at apex, with 
coarse rounded teeth at margins, on leaf-stalks. Flowers pale purple to 
white in clusters terminal and in the upper axils. Waste places, natu- 
ralized in places. June-Sept. 
