Mowarpa. XCIIl. LABIATA. 417 
spineless, usually 4, shorter than the achenia.—A plant as widely diffused as 
the preceding, growing in wet soils. Stem smooth, obtusely 4-angled, with the 
sides concave, 12—18' high, usually simple, bearing small whorls of minute, 
purplish flowers. Leaves with coarse, tooth-like serratures, sessile. The 
whole plant often changes to purple. It is reputed a remedy for blood-spit- 
ting. July, Aug. . 
Trize 3. MONARDE X.—Corolla bilabiate ; tube exserted. Stamens 2, fer- 
tile, ascending, the upper pair abortive; anthers linear with the 2 cells con- 
tiguous, or halved with the 2 cells widely separated on opposite ends of a 
long, transverse connectile. 
7 MONARDA. 
Name in honor of Monardus, a Spanish botanist of the 16th century. 
Calyx elongated, cylindric, striate, subequally 5-toothed ; cor. rin- 
gent, tubular, upper lip linear, lower lip reflexed, 3-lobed, the middle 
lobe narrowest ; sta. 2, fertile, ascending beneath the upper lip, and 
mostly exserted; anth. cells divaricate at base, connate at apex.— 2% 
1, M. pipyma. (M. purpurea. Lam. M. coccinea. Michz.) Mountain Mint. 
St. acutely 4-angled ; lvs. broadly ovate, acuminate, somewhat rough and 
villous, on short petioles, veins and veinlets hairy beneath; fs. in terminal, 
often proliferous heads; bracts colored——A handsome, fragrant plant, 2—3f 
high, with crimson or scarlet flowers. Stem mostly branching. Leaves 2—5’ 
long, very broad at base, often cordate, serrate, with scattered hairs above, and 
prominent, hairy veins beneath. Flowers in heads which are often proliferous, 
with large, ovate-lanceolate bracts tinged with the same color as the corollas. 
Calyx colored. Corollas large and showy. Styles 4,2 of which are minute 
and abortive; hence the specific name. A beautiful plant in cultivation 
Swamps, Can. to Ga. 
2. M. FistuLésa. (M. oblongata, rugosa, clinopodia, allophylla, mollis, pur- 
purea, of authors.) Horsemint. Wild Bergamot.—Lwvs. ovate-lanceolate, 
acute or acuminate, petiolate, more or less pubescent; Ads. of fls. terminal, few, 
but many-flowered ; bracts sessile; cal. slightly curved with the throat hirsute.— 
A handsome, variable plant, growing in hedges, thickets, rocky banks, Mass. 
to Ga. W. to the Saskatchawan. The stem is 2—4f high, quadrangular with 
the sides somewhat concave, hollow in various degrees, nearly smooth or pubes- 
cent above, simple or with a few opposite branches. Leaves obtuse at base, 
ovate or oblong-lanceolate, mostly acuminate, acutely serrate, nearly smooth, 
2—4’ long and on petioles $ their length. Flowers in involucrate, terminal 
heads, 20—50 in a head. Outer bracts leafy, often partially colored. Calyx 
slender, 3/ in length. Corolla much exserted, varying from greenish-white and 
pale purple to blue, the upper lip long and linear, enfolding the 2 stamens, 
which, with the style are somewhat exserted at itsend. Jl. Aug. 
a. St. simple, hollow; /ds. simple or proliferous ; cor. pale yellow. 
_ 8. (M. allophylla. Mz.) St. branched, hollow, or solid with pith ; dvs. oblong- 
lanceolate; Ads. simple; bracts partially colored ; cor. pale blue. 
y: (M. clinopodia. LZ.) (St. solid; dvs. tapering at base, remotely serrate ; 
hds. simple; cal. short; cor. pale purple. 
e. purpurea. St. tall (3—5f), glabrous, dark purple.— la.! common. 
&. mollis. Lvs. softly pubescent; upper lip-of cor. densely bearded. 
3. M. puncrata. (M. lutea. Michz.) Horsemint. 
Nearly glabrous; st. obtusely angled, hoary-pubescent; vs. oblong-lan- 
ceolate to oblong, remotely and obscurely serrate; verticils axillary, dense; 
bracts lanceolate, colored, longer than the verticils; cal. teeth unequal. Pine 
barrens, N.J., common, to Car. and Western States. Stem2—3f high, branched. 
Leaves punctate. Corolla yellow, with brown spots, upper Jip villous at the 
apex. Bracts large, yellow and red. Sept.—It contains an essential oil which 
is valuable in medicine. 
