1026 LAMIACEAE 



1. Nepeta Catarla L. Perennial, pale green. Stems erect or ascending, square, 3-9 

 dm. tall, puberulent with more or less recurved hairs, the branches ascending : leaf-blades 

 ovate or triangular-ovate, softly pubescent, acute or acutish, coarsely crenate or serrate- 

 crenate, cordate: panicles narrow, 0.5-3 dm. long: calyx 5-6 mm. long: tube inflated, 

 ribbed ; lobes subulate or subulate-lanceolate, about as long as the tube : corolla pale ; tube 

 abruptly dilated at the middle, its throat magenta-spotted within, the lower lip bearded : 

 anthers garnet : nutlets oblong, about 1 mm. long. 



In various situations commonly in waste places, New Brunswick and Quebec to Minnesota, Georgia 

 and Kansas. Naturalized from Europe. Summer and fall. 



10. GLECOMA L. 



Perennial herbs, with diffuse often creeping stems. Leaves opposite : blades commonly 

 as broad as long, usually crenate. Flowers in axillary clusters. Calyx tubular or nearly 

 so : tube 15-ribbed, oblique at the throat : lobes 5, unequal. Corolla blue, violet or rarely 

 white, 2 lipped : upper lip more or less deeply notched : lower lip spreading with 2 lateral 

 lobes and an ernarginate longer middle lobe. Stamens 4 : filaments all anther-bearing : 

 anthers with divergent sacs. Nutlets smooth. 



1. Glecoma hederacea L. Stems more or less hirsute, commonly branching at the 

 base, the branches prostrate or decumbent, creeping, 1-11 dm. long : leaf -blades renifomi 

 or suborbicular, 2-4 cm. in diameter, coarsely crenate, cordate : flowers few in a cluster : 

 pedicels 1-3 mm. long: calyx 5-7 mm. long, hispidulous ; tube ribbed, pubescent; lobes 

 acuminate, subulate-tipped : corolla blue or white, 1-1.5 cm. long ; tube much longer than 

 the calyx, the lower lip 4-lobed : nutlets about 1.5 mm. long. [Nepeta Glechoma Benth.] 



In various situations, especially common in thickets and copses, Newfoundland and Ontario to 

 Minnesota, Georgia and Kansas. Spring. 



11. PRUNELLA L. 



Perennial caulescent herbs, with pubescent foliage. Leaves opposite : blades toothed, 

 petioled. Flowers in axillary clusters, which are often collected in terminal continuous 

 panicles. Calyx 2-lipped, closed at maturity : tube about 10-ribbed : upper lip with 3 

 short lobes or nearly truncate : lower lip with 2 narrow lobes. Corolla white or purple, 2- 

 lipped : tube slightly narrowed at th<> mouth : upper lip arched : lower lip with 2 lateral 

 lobes and a larger middle lobe. Stamens 4 : filaments various, 2 sterile, 2 forked at the 

 apex, one prong bearing an anther : anthers 2-celled, with divergent sacs. Nutlets smooth. 



1. Prunella vulgaris L. Stems erect or decumbent, 0.5-4 dm. long: leaf-blades 

 oblong, ovate or lanceolate, obtuse or acute, undulate, gradually or abruptly narrowed at 

 the base : panicles dense : bracts mostly reniform, abruptly pointed, ciliate with jointed 

 hairs : calyx 5-8 mm. long, dilated upward, oblique at the mouth, the ribs prolonged into 

 subulate tips, the connecting membranes undulate : corolla purple or white, 15-18 mm. 

 long, glabrous or slightly pubescent, the upper lip notched, the lower lip fringed : nutlets 

 elliptic, 2 mm. long, acute at both ends. 



In all situations, throughout North America, except the extreme north. Chiefly naturalized from 

 Europe and Asia. Spring to fall. 



12. BRAZORIA Engelm. & Gray. 



Annual or perennial caulescent herbs, with more or less glandular foliage. Leaves 

 opposite : blades rather narrow, sparingly toothed, mostly sessile and partly clasping. 

 Flowers in terminal racemes. Calyx more or less inflated and closed at maturity : upper 

 lip with 3 lobes : lower lip with 2 short lobes. Corolla pink or bluish, somewhat varie- 

 gated : tube somewhat dilated : upper lip erect, arched, entire or notched : lower lip 

 spreading, with 3 rounded lobes. Stamens 4 : filaments all anther-bearing : anthers 2- 

 celled ; sacs parallel or nearly so. Nutlets 3-angled, glabrous or pubescent. 



Calyx with equal lips, the lips obscurely lobed : corolla-lobes denticulate. 1. B. truncata. 



Calyx with unequal lips, the lips strongly toothed : corolla-lobes not toothed. 2. B. scutdlarioides. 



1. Brazoria truncata (Benth.) Engelm. & Gray. Annual, pubescent. Stems erect, 

 1-3 dm. tall, often branching at the base, stout : leaf-blades spatulate to oblong, 4-10 cm. 

 long, acutish, dentate above the middle, sessile and often partly clasping : racemes becom- 

 ing stout, continuous, 3-12 cm. long : calyx 5 mm. becoming 8-9 mm. long ; tube with a 

 dense viscid-villous beard, the upper lip of 3 broad truncate-apiculate lobes, the lower lip 

 broader than long, dentate and notched : corolla slightly puberulent along the back, 1.5-2 

 cm. long, the lips crisped and undulate, the upper lip with 2 oblong lobes, the lower with 3 

 smaller lobes, which are emarginate at the apex : nutlets 1.5 mm. in diameter, pubescent. 



In sandy soil, Texas. Summer. 



