Vol. III.] 



MINT FAMILY. 



S = 



2. Agastache scrophulariaefolia 



(Willd. ) Kuntze Figwort Giant- 

 Hyssop. (Fig. 3091.) 



Hvssobus scroplnilariaefolius Willd. Sp. PI. 



3: 48. 1801. 

 Lofhaiilhus scrophulariaefolius Benth. Bot. 



Reff. under />/. 12S2. 1829. 

 VIcckia scropliulariaefoha Raf. Fl. Tell. 3: 



89. 1S36. 

 Agaslache scrophulariaefolia Kuntze, Rev. 



Gen. PI. 511. 1S91. 



Similar to the preceding species, but 

 commonly taller, the stem, petioles and 

 lower surfaces of the leaves more or less 

 pubescent. Leaves nearly identical with 

 those of W ncpttoidcs in size and outline; 

 spike sometimes interrupted, 3'-i8' long; 

 bracts broadly ovate, abruptly acuminate; 

 calyx-teeth lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 

 very acute or sometimes acuminate, whit- 

 ish or purplish; corolla purplish, ;,"-W 

 long, considerably exceeding the calyx. 



In woods and thickets, Connecticut to 

 Wisconsin, .south to North Carolina and 

 Kentucky. Plant strong-scented. July-Oct. 



3. Agastache anethiodora 

 (Nutt.) Brittou. Fragrant Giant- 

 Hyssop. (Fig. 3092.) 



Hyssopusanclhiodorus'^vM.. Fras. Cat. 1813. 

 Hyssopus anisalus Nutt. Gen. 2: 27. 1818. 

 Lophanlhus anisalus Benth. Bot. Reg. 



under /. j2Sj 1829. 

 yieckia anisala Raf. Fl. Tell. 3: 89. iS^6. 

 Vtcckia anelliiodora Greene, Mem. Torr. 



Club, 5, 2S2. 1894. 



Glabrous, or minutely puberulent; stem 

 rather slender, leafy, usually branched, 

 2°-4° high. Leaves ovate or triangular- 

 ovate, firm, mostly short-pctioted, acute 

 or acuminate at the apex, truncate, ob- 

 tuse or sometimes subcordate at the base, 

 sharply serrate, green above, pale and 

 appearing glaucous beneath, 2'-3' long, 

 anise-scented; spikes dense or interrupted, 

 seldom 6' long; bracts broadly ovate, 

 abruptly acuminate; calyx-teeth ovate to 

 lanceolate, acute, purple; corolla blue, 4"- 

 5" long, somewhat exceeding the calyx. 



On prairies and plains, !\Iinnesota to the 

 Northwest Territory, south to Illinois and 

 Nebraska. July-Sept. 



8. MEEHANIA Britton, Bull. Torr. Club, 



A low pubescent spreading or decumbent herb, with long-petioled cordate leaves, trail- 

 ing leafy stolons, and large blue flowers in terminal sccund bracted spikes. Calyx campan- 

 ulate, I5.nerved, slightly 2-lippcd, its teeth all lanceolate, acute, the 3 upper longer than the 

 2 lower. Corolla much exserted, puberulent without, pubescent within, the tube narrow at 

 the base, gradually widely ampliate into the throat, the limb 2-lipped; upper lip 2-lobed, 

 arched, the lobes ovate, obtuse; lower lip about equalling the upper, spreading, 3-lobed, the 

 middle lobe emarginate, broader than the lateral ones. Stamens 4, didynamons, all anther- 

 bearing, included, ascending under the upper lip, the upper pair longer than the lower; 

 anthers 2-celled, the sacs nearly parallel. Ovary deeply 4-lobed; style equally 2-cleft at the 

 summit. Nutlets oblong, smooth. [Named for Thomas Meehan, of Philadelphia, botanist 

 and horticulturist.] 



A monotypic genus of eastern North America. 



