310 LABIATE. (MINT FAMILY.) 



* Stamens and style exserted beyond the. very narrow a id acute upper lip of the corol- 

 la: root perennial. 



1. 171. didyma, L. (Oswego Tea.) Somewhat hairy ; leaves petioled. 

 ovate-lanceolate, pointed, rounded or slightly heart-shaped at the base; theflor.il 

 ones and the large outer bracts tinged with red; calyx smooth, incurved, nearly 

 naked in the throat ; corolla smooth, much elongated (2' long), bright red. — Moist 

 Woods by streams, N. England to Wisconsin northward, and southward in the 

 Alleghanies : often cultivated (under the name of Balm or Bee-Balm). July. — 

 Plant 2° high, with very showy flowers. 



2. M. fistisldsa, L. (Wild Bergajiot.) Smoothish or downy ; leave* 

 petioled, ovate-lanceolate from a rounded or slightly heart-shaped base ; the upper- 

 most and outer bracts somewhat colored (whitish or purplish) ; calyx slightly 

 curved, very hairy in the throat; corolla purplii "lor or almost white, smooth 

 or hairy. — Woods ami rocky banks, W. Vermont to Wisconsin, and south- 

 ward, principally westward. July -Sept. — Very variable in appearance, 2° - 

 5° high; the pale corolla smaller than in the last. 



3. UI. ISi';sd!)iii'ifga]ia, "Beck. Leaves nearly sessile, ovate-lanceolate, round- 

 ed til the bast , clothed with long soft hairs, especially undi rneaih : the floral and the 

 outer bracts somewhat heart-shaped, purplish ; calyx smoothish, contracted above, 

 very hairy in the throat, with Wivl-shaped atoned teeth ; corolla smoothish, bearded 

 at the tip of the upper lip, scarcely twice the length of the calyx, pale purplish, 

 the lower lip dotted with purple. — Oak-openin. - and woods. Ohio to Illinois, 

 and westward. May — July. 



* # Stamens not (.reading the notched upper lip of the short corolla. 



4. M. punctata, L. (Horse-Mint.) Minutely downy (2° -3° high); 



leaves petioled, lanceolate, narrowed at the base ; bracts lanceolate, obtuse ai 

 the base, sessile, yellowish and purple ; teeth of the downy calyx short and 

 rigid, awnless ; corolla nearly smooth, yellowish, the upper lip spotted with pur- 

 ple, the tube scarcely exceeding the calyx. — Sandy fields and dry banks, New 

 York to Virginia, and southward. Aug., Sept. — Very odorous and pungent. 



1§. BI.EFB5if.IA, Raf. Blefiiilia. 



Calyx ovoid-tubular, 13-nerved, 2-lippcd, naked in the throat; upper lip with 

 3 awned teeth, the lower with 2 nearly awnless teeth. Corolla inflated in the 

 throat, strongly and nearly equally 2-lipped; the upper lip erect, entire; the 

 lower spreading, 3-clcft, with the lateral lobes ovate and rounded, larger than 

 the oblong and notched middle one. Stamens 2, ascending, exserted (the rudi- 

 ments of the upper pair minute or none) : anthers, &c. as in Monarda. — Pe- 

 rennial herbs, with nearly the foliage, &c. of Monarda: the small pale bluish 

 purple flowers crowded in axillary and terminal globose capitate whorls 

 (Name from /3Xe<papt?, the eyelash, in reference to the hairy-fringed bracts and 

 calyx-teeth. ) 



1. B. Clliata, Raf. Somewhat downy; leaves cdmost sessile, oblong-ocate, 

 narrowed at the base, whitish-downy underneath ; outer bracts ovate, acute, col- 

 ored, ciliate, as long as the calyx. (Monarda ciliata, L.) — Dry open places, 



