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36. COLLINSONIA L. Sp. PL 28. 1753. 



Tall perennial aromatic herbs, with large membranous petioled leaves, and terminal 

 loose panicled racemes of small yellowish mostly opposite flowers. Calyx canipanulate, 

 short, lo-nerved, 2-lipped, declined in fruit, usually pubescent in the throat; upper lip 

 3-toothed; lower 2cleft. Corolla much longer than the calyx, obliquely canipanulate, 

 5-lobed, 4 of the lobes nearly equal, the 5th pendent or declined, fimbriate or lacerate, much 

 larger, appearing like a lower lip. Anther-bearing stamens 2, not declined, much exsertcd, 

 coiled before anthesis; bases of the filaments connected by a woolly ring; anthers 2-celled, 

 or the sacs at length partially confluent. Ovary deeply 4-parted. Nutlets smooth, globose. 

 [Named lor Peter Collinson, 1693-1768, an English botanist, and correspondent of Linnaeus.] 



Two or 3 species, natives of eastern North .-Vnierica, 



I. Collinsonia Canadensis L,. Horse-balm. Citronella. Rich-weed. 



(Fig. 3186.) 



Collinsonia Canadensis L- Sp. PI. 28. 1753. 

 Stem stout, erect or ascending, branch- 

 ed, 2°-5° high, glabrous, or glandular- 

 pubescent above. Leaves ovate or ovate- 

 oblong, acuminate at the apex, narrowed, 

 obtuse or sometimes cordate at the base, 

 the lower slender-petioled, 6'-io' long, 

 the upper nearly sessile, much smaller, 

 all coarsely dentate; racemes numerous, 

 in terminal panicles sometimes 1° long; 

 pedicels ascending, 3"-6" long in fruit, 

 subulate-bracteolate at the base; flowers 

 lemon-scented; calyx-teeth subulate,those 

 of the lower lip much longer than those 

 of the upper; corolla light yellow, ^"~l" 

 long; anther-bearing stamens 2, the upper 

 pair rudimentary; fruiting calyx promi- 

 nently ribbed, 3"-4" long. 



In moist woods, Maine and Ontario to Wis- 

 consin, south to Florida and Kansas. Root 

 large, thick, woody. Called also Horse-weed 

 and Stone-root. July-Oct. 



37. PERILLA Ard.; L. Gen. PI. Ed. 6, Add. 578. 1764. 



Annual herbs, with petioled purple or discolored leaves, and small flowers in loose 

 bracted racemes. Calyx campanulate, lo-nerved, 5 cleft, nearly regular in flower, enlarging, 

 declined and becoming 2-lipped in fruit, the upper lip 3-toothed, the lower 2-cleft, the throat 

 not bearded. Corolla-tube not longer than the calyx, the throat obliquely campanulate, the 

 limb 5-cleft, the lower lobe slightly the larger. Stamens 4, nearly equal, or the posterior 

 pair shorter, erect, divergent; anthers 2-celled. Style deeply 2-cleft; ovary 4-parted. Nut- 

 lets globose, reticulated. [The native name in India.] 



One or 2 species, natives of Asia. 



I. Perilla frutescens (I^. ) Britton. 

 Perilla. (Fig. 3187.) 



Ocimum frutescens L. Sp. PI. 597. 1753. 

 Perilla ocimoides L. Gen. Ed. 6, Add. 578. 1764. 

 Perilla frutescens Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 5: 



277. 1894. 



Purple or purple-green, sparingly pubes- 

 cent; stem stout, erect, much branched, 

 i°-3° high, leafy. Leaves long-petioled, 

 broadly ovate, acuminate at the apex, nar- 

 rowed at the base, coarsely dentate, 3'-6' 

 long and nearly as wide; racemes terminal 

 and axillary, tnany-flowered, 3'-6' long; 

 pedicels spreading, i'/z"-i" long in fruit; 

 calyx minute in flower, much enlarged, 

 gibbous at the base and densely pilose-pu- 

 bescent in fruit; corolla purple or white, 

 I'A" long, with a woolly ring within. 



In waste places, escaped from gardens, south- 

 ern New York to Illinois. Native of India. 

 July-Oct. 



