Vol. III.] 



MtNT FAMILY, 



2. Lycopus sessilifolius A. Gray. 



Sessile-leaved Water Hoarhound. 



(Fig. 3169.) 



Lycopus Europaeus var. sessilifolius A. Gray, JIaii. 



Ed. 5, 345. 1867. 

 Lycopus sessilifolius A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 8: 



285. 1870. 



Glabrous, or puberulent above, perennial by 

 stolons and suckers; stem simple, or at length 

 branched, erect, i°-2° high. Leaves ovate-lan- 

 ceolate or oblong-lanceolate, closely sessile, acute 

 or acuminate at the apex, sharply ferrate, some- 

 what narrowed at the base, i'-2' long; bracts 

 very small, acute; calyx-teeth usually 5, subulate, 

 rigid, nearly as long as the tube; corolla twice as 

 long as the calyx; rudimentary posterior stamens 

 oval; nutlets shorter than the calyx. 



In wet soil. Long- Island, N. Y., to Florida, near 

 the coast. .\ug.-Oct. 



3. Lycopus rubellus Moench. Stalked 

 Water Hoarhound. (Fig. 3170.) 



Lycopus rubellus Moench, Meth. Suppl. 146. 1802. 

 Lycopus Europaeus var. integrifolius A. Gray, 

 Man. Ed. 5, 346. 1867. 



Glabrous or minutely puberulent, perennial 

 by leafy stolons; stem erect or ascending, sim- 

 ple or at length freely branched, i°-3° high. 

 Leaves ovate to oblong-lanceolate, or narrower, 

 acuminate at the apex, sharply dentate, nar- 

 rowed or cuneate at the base, 1'-^' long, ^'- 

 i|^' wide, usually tapering into a conspicu- 

 ous petiole; bracts minute, acute or acuminate; 

 calyx-teeth triangular-subulate, herbaceous, one- 

 half as long as the tube or more; corolla longer 

 than the calyx; rudimentary posterior stamens 

 oval or oblong; nutlets much shorter than the 

 calyx. 



In wet soil, southern New York to Florida, Ohio, 

 Arkansas and Louisiana. ]uly-0ct. 



4. Lycopus Americanus MuhL Cut- 

 leaved Water Hoarhound. (Fig. 3171.) 



L. Americanus Mulil.; Bart. FI. Phil. Prodr. 15. 



1815. 

 Lycopus sinuatus Ell. Bot. S. C. & Ga. i: 26. 18:7. 

 Lycopaeus Europaeus var. sinuatus A. Gray, Man. 



Ed. 5, 346. 1867. 



Puberulent or glabrous, perennial by suckers; 

 stem stiff, erect, simple or branched, i°-2° high. 

 Leaves lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate in outline, 

 pctioled, acuminate at the apex, incised, pinnati- 

 fid or the uppermost merely serrate, 2^-4' long; 

 bracts subulate, the outer ones sometimes ex- 

 ceeding the calyx; calyx-teeth triangular-subu- 

 late, cuspidate, rigid; corolla little exceeding 

 the calyx; rudimentary posterior stamens thick- 

 ened at their tips; nutlets much shorter than 

 the calyx. 



In wet soil, Newfoundland to British Columbia, 

 south to Florida, Texas, Utah and California. 

 June-Oct. 



