382 LABIATE. (MINT FAMILY.) 



blue corolla, the teeth obtuse ; lobes of the style flat, rounded. Miami, 

 South Florida ( Garber). 



9. S. privoides, Beuth., var. Garberi, Chapm. Chiefly like the pre- 

 ceding, but the whorls less crowded and more distant, the calyx larger, in 

 fruit (3" -4" long), the broad teeth abruptly contracted into an awn-like 

 point, and both lobes of the style rounded. Manatee, South Florida (Garber) 



* * Upper lip of the calyx broad, 3-toothed: lower anther cell sterile. 



10. S. lyrata, L. Hairy; stem erect, sparingly branched ; leaves chiefly 

 radical, lyrate-pinnatifid, mostly discolored ; stem leaves 2 or 4, the upper pair 

 lanceolate and entire ; raceme many-flowered ; upper lip of the bell-shaped 

 calyx truncate, with short erect teeth; corolla tube elongated. Var. ouo- 

 VATA is less hairy, with the obovate leaves merely toothed or wavy on the 

 margins. (S. obovata, Ell.) Sandy soil. April -May. Stem 1 high. 

 Leaves 3'- 6' long, commonly purple beneath Corolla 9"- 12" long, blue. 



11. S. verbenacea, L. Stem pubescent, l-2high; leaves ovate or 

 oblong, pinnatifid ; the upper cordate, sessile ; calyx half as long as the small 

 blue corolla, the upper lip roundish, spreading, the small teeth conuiveut. 

 Dry sandy soil, Beaufort, South Carolina (Elliott). Introduced. 



16. MONARDA, L. HORSE MINT. 



Calyx tubular, elongated, 15-uerved, nearly equally 5-toothed, bearded in 

 the throat. Corolla nearly equally 2-Hpped ; the upper lip notched or entire, 

 the lower 3-toothed. Stamens 2, ascending under the upper lip, and ofteuer 

 exserted : anther cells linear, diverging. Nutlets smooth. Herbs. Leaves 

 undivided. Whorls large, dense-flowered. Bracts colored. 



* Upper lip of the corolla linear, acute. 



1. M. didyma, L. Stem smoothish ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 serrate, rounded at the base, petioled, smooth or hispid ; whorls mostly soli- 

 tary, terminal ; calyx smooth, incurved ; corolla large, bright red. Mountains 

 of North Carolina, and northward. August -Sept. Stem erect, 2 high. 

 Leaves 2' - 3' long. Bracts lanceolate, red. Corolla 1' long. 



2. M. fistulosa, L. Stem branching, more or less pubescent, commonly 

 hairy at the joints ; leaves petioled, ovate-lanceolate, acute, sharply serrate, 

 mostly rounded or truncate at the base ; whorls terminal ; calyx slightly in- 

 curved, densely hispid in the throat ; corolla slender, rose-color. Dry wood- 

 lands in the upper districts. August -Sept. Stem 2 -5 high. Leaves 

 smoothish, tomentose, or hispid, l'-3' long. Bracts pale purple. 



3. M. clinopodia, L. " Nearly glabrous to villous-pubescent ; leaves 

 ovate and ovate-lanceolate ; bracts whitish; calyx moderately hirsute in the 

 throat; corolla slightly pubescent (1'long), dull white or flesh-colored." 

 Mountains of Georgia (Gray). 



4. M. Bradburiana, Beck. Smooth or hairy ; stem simple, slender, 3 

 high ; leaves nearly sessile, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, rounded or cordate 

 at the base ; heads solitary ; bracts white or purple ; calyx hirsute, its teeth 

 long and spreading ; corolla purplish. North Alabama, Tennessee, and west- 

 ward. June. 



