labiate, (mint family.) 311 



Perm, to Kentucky and Wisconsin. July. — Plant l°-2°high, less branched 

 Uian the next, the haiiy corolla shorter. 



2. K. hiisut:i, Bentli. Hairy throughout ; leaves long-pctioled, ovate, pointed, 

 rounded or heart-shaped at the base; the lower floral ones similar, the uppermost 

 and the bracts iinear-aul-sliaped, shorter than the long-haired calyx. (B. nepe- 

 toides, Raf. Monarda hirsuta, Pursh.) — Damp rich woods, N. New York to 

 Wisconsin and Kentucky. July. — Plant 2° -3° high, with spreading branches, 

 and numerous close whorls, the lower remote. Corolla smoothish, pale, with 

 darker purple spots. 



19. LOPIIAnTHUS, Benth. Giant Hyssop. 



Calyx tubular-bell-shaped, 15-nervcd, oblique, 5-toothcd, the upper teetli rather 

 longer than the others. Corolla 2-lipped ; the upper lip nearly erect, 2-lobed ; 

 the lower somewhat spreading, 3-cleft, with the middle lobe crenate. Stamens 4, 

 exserted; the upper pair declined ; the lower and shorter pair ascending, so that 

 the pairs cross. Anther-cells nearly parallel. — Perennial tall herbs, with petioled 

 serrate leaves, and small flowers crowded in interrupted terminal spikes. (Name 

 from \cxpos, a crest, and avdos, a Jloiver.) 



1. Li. GtC'potoidivs Benth. Smooth, or nearly so; leaves ovate, some- 

 what pointed, coarsely eremite-toothed (2' -4' long); calyx-teeth ovate, rather ob- 

 tuse, little shorter than the pale greenish-yellow corolla. — Borders of woods, YV. 

 Vermont to Wisconsin, and southward. Aug — Stem stout, 4° -6° high, 



sharply 4-angled. Spikes 2'-G' long, crowded with the ovate pointed bracts. 



2. L.. scropliuIariuDfolius, Benth. Stem (obtusely 4-angled) and 



lower surface of the ovate or somewhat heart-shaped acute leaves more or 

 less pubescent ; calyx-teeth lanceolate, acute, shorter than the purplish corolla (spikes 

 4' -15 long) : otherwise like the last. — Same geographical rang 



3. L,. ailisatUS, Benth. (Anise HySsop.) Smooth, but the ovate 

 acute leaves glaucous-white underneath with minute down ; cah/x-teeth lanceolate, 

 acute. — Plains, Wisconsin 1 and northwestward. — Poliage with the taste and 

 smell of anise. 



20. rVEPETA, L. Cat-Mi nt. 



Calyx tubular, often incurved, obliquely 5-toothed. Corolla dilated in tbo 

 throat, 2-lipped; the upper lip erect, rather concave, notched or 2-cleft; the low- 

 er spreading, 3-cleft, the middle lobe largest, either 2-lobed or entire. Stamens 

 4, ascending under the upper lip, the lower pair shorter. Anthers approximate 

 in pairs; the cells divergent. — Perennial herbs. (The Latin name, thought to 

 be derived from Nepete, an Etrurian city.) 



§ I. Cymose clusters rather dense and many-flowered, firming interrupted spikes or 

 racemes : upper floral leaves small and bract-like. 



I. IV. CatAria, L. (Catnip.) Downy, erect, branched; leaves heart- 

 shaped, oblong, deeply crenate, whitish-downy underneath ; corolla whitish, dot- 

 ted with purple. — Manured and cultivated grounds, a very common weed 

 July, Aug. (Adv. from Eu.) 



