378 LABIAT.E. (MINT FAMILY.) 



ular-pubesceut ; corolla yellow, the lowest lobe purple. Rich shady woods, 

 iu the upper districts. Sept. 



* * Fertile stamens 4. 



3. C. verticillata, Baldw. Stem simple, smooth below ; leaves 4, mem- 

 bran aceous, elliptical, acute, rather finely serrate, acute or obtuse at the base, 

 short-petioled, approximate, the lower surface, like the simple long-peduncled 

 raceme, viscid-pubescent ; lower flowers whorled, the upper opposite ; bracts 

 minute; calyx teeth linear- subulate, half as long as the corolla. Light 

 shaded soil, chiefly in the upper districts, Georgia, and westward. May. 



Stem 1 high. Corolla yellow or purplish. 



4. C. anisata, Pursh. Viscid-pubescent ; stem stout, simple or branched ; 

 leaves large, oval or ovate, acute, mucronate-crenate, mostly rounded or cor- 

 date at the base, the uppermost sessile ; panicle many-flowered ; bracts ovate ; 

 calyx lobes large, ovate-lanceolate, nearly equal; corolla large, yellow. Dry 

 shaded soil in the middle and lower districts. August -Sept. Stem l-2 

 high. Leaves 4' - 8' long. Corolla |' - 1' long. 



8. HEDEOMA, Pers. 



Calyx tubular, somewhat gibbous under the base, equally 5-toothed or bi- 

 labiate, with the upper lip 3-toothed, the lower 2-cleft, hairy in the throat. 

 Corolla 2-lipped ; the upper lip notched or entire, the lower 3-cleft. Stamens 

 2, ascending : auther cells diverging. Nutlets smooth. Herbs, with small 

 leaves, and axillary few-flowered cymes. 



1. H. pulegioides, Pers. (PENNYROYAL.) Annual, pubescent, much 

 branched ; leaves oblong-ovate, obtuse, sparingly serrate, pale beneath, con- 

 tracted into a slender petiole ; whorls 6-flowered, shorter than the leaves ; 

 lower lip of the calyx hispid. Dry hills in the upper districts. June -Sept. 



Stem 1 high. Leaves 1' long. Corolla small, pale blue. 



2. H. graveolens, Chapm. Stems clustered, woody at the base, pu- 

 bescent (l-l-J- high) ; leaves ovate, cordate, the lowest short-petioled, spar- 

 ingly serrate; flowers single, opposite, racemose; the bracts and 2 opposite 

 bractlets oblong, nearly equal ; calyx teeth ciliate; sterile anther manifest; 

 leaves ovoid. Low pine barrens near Apalachicola, Florida. July. 



9. SATUREIA, L. SAVORY. 



Calyx bell-shaped, 10-nerved, 5-toothed. Corolla 2-lipped, the lower lip 

 3 lobed. Stamens 4, spreading or connivent ; anthers 2-celled. Style un- 

 equally 2-cleft. 



1. S. rigida, T5artram. Shrubby, villous ; stem assurgent (1-1| long) ; 

 leaves rigid, lanceolate, entire; spikes capitate, oblong ; calyx minute; corolla 

 pale purple. Low sandy pine barrens, South Florida. 



10. MICROMERIA, Benth. 



Calyx tubular, 13-nerverl, nearly equally 5-toothed, mostly hairy in the 

 throat. Corolla 2 lipped ; the upper lip flat, notched or entire, the lower 

 spreading, 3-lobed; the straight tube commonly shorter than the calyx. 



