Vol. III.] 



MINT FAMILY. 



5. Koellia clinopodioides (T. & G.) 

 Kuntze. Basil Mountain-Mint. (Fig. 3158.) 



Pyiiianlhemiim clinopodioides T. & G. ; A. Gray, Am. 



Journ. Sci. 42: 45. 1S42. 

 Koellia clinopodioides Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 520. 1S91. 



Pubescent or puberulent; stem slender, i°-2)4° 

 high. Leaves lanceolate or oblouglanceolate, 

 rather thia, short-petioled, sharply serrate, or the 

 upper entire, i|^'-3' long, 5"-i2" wide, none of 

 them canesccut; flower-clusters loose, terminal and 

 axillary, about 1' broad; bracts linear-acuminate or 

 subulate-tipped, not exceeding the clusters, some or 

 all of them spreading; calyx finely canescent or gla- 

 brate, its teeth subulate, sometimes with a few long 

 hairs, slightly unequal, about one-fourth the length 

 of the tube; corolla-tube longer than the calyx. 



In dry soil, southern New York and Pennsylvania to 

 eastern Tennessee, .\seeuds to 5000 ft. in Virginia. 

 Aug.-Sept. 



6. Koellia hyssopifolia (Benth.) Britt. Hyssop Mountain-Mint. (Fig. 3159.) 



p. hyssopifolium Benth. Lab. Gen. & Sp. 329. 1834. 

 Fycnanthemum aristatum var. hyssopifolium A. 



Gray, .Syn. Fl. 2: Part i, 354. 1878. 

 K. hyssopifolia Britten, Mem.Torr.Club, 5: 279. 1894. 



Puberulent or glabrate; stem slender, stiflf, 

 i°-3° high. Leaves oblong, linear-oblong, or 

 lanceolate-oblong, short-petioled, or the upper 

 sessile, obtuse or subacute at the apex, nar- 

 rowed at the base, entire or denticulate, Iz'-i^' 

 long, 1"-%" wide, glabrous or minutely canes- 

 cent; flower-clusters dense, minutely canescent, 

 not at all villous, terminal and cymose, and 

 usually also in the upper axils, often i' broad; 

 bracts linear-oblong, narrowed at each end, 

 terminated by an awu almost as long as the 

 body; calyx cylindraceous, glabrous or very 

 nearly so, prominently nerved, its teeth bristle- 

 pointed, slightly widened below, nearly as long 

 as the tube; corolla-tube not longer than calyx. 



In dry soil, Virginia to Florida. June-Aug. 



7. Koellia aristata (Michx.) Kuntze. 

 Awned Mountain-Mint. (Fig. 3160.) 



Pycnanlhemum aristatum Michx. Fl. Bor. Axa. 2: 8. 



pi. jj. 1S03. 

 Koellia aiistata Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 520. i8gi. 



Similar to the preceding species; stem slender, 

 stiff, minutely canescent, i^i°-2}4° high. Leaves 

 ovate, or some of them ovate-lanceolate, short- 

 petioled, sharply serrate, serrulate, or the upper 

 entire, acute at the apex, rounded at the base, 

 l'-2' long, 4"-i2''' wide, the uppermost usually 

 minutely canescent; inflorescence as in the pre- 

 ceding species; bracts longawned, appressed, the 

 awn about one-third the length of the body; calyx 

 canescent, its teeth equal, bristle-pointed, widened 

 below, one-third to one-half as long as the tube; 

 corolla-tube about equalling the calyx. 



In dry pine barrens. New Jersey to Florida and 

 Louisiana, mostly near the coast. July-Sept. 



