LABIATE. (MINT FAMILY.) 38o 



# * Upper lij> of the corolla broader, notched. 



5. M. punctata, L. Closely aud finely pubesceut ; stem much branched ; 

 leaves lanceolate or oblong, acutish, slightly serrate, narrowed into a petiole ; 

 whorls lateral and terminal ; bracts ovate or oblong, purple ; corolla yellowish ; 

 the lower lip dotted with brown, the upper keeled ; stamens not exserted. 

 Dry soil. August - Oct. Stem l-3 high. Leaves l'-2' long. 



17. BLEPHILIA, Raf. 



Calyx ovate-tubular, 13-nerved, beardless in the throat, 2-lipped; the upper 

 lip with three awned teeth, the lower 2-cleft, awnless or short-awned. Anthers 

 1 -celled. Otherwise like Mouarda. Stern erect. Whorls several, lateral and 

 terminal, the upper ones crowded. 



1. B. Ciliata, Kaf. Stem hirsute , leaves nearly sessile, ovate-lanceolate, 

 finely serrate, smoothish above, paler and tomentose beneath ; whorls globose, 

 crowded, or the lower ones distinct ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, loug-ciliate ; calyx 

 and corolla hairy. (Mouarda ciliata, L.) Dry soil, in the upper districts. 

 July - August. Stem 2 -3 high. Leaves 2' -3' long. Corolla ' long, 

 blue. 



2. B. hirsuta, Benth. Stem hirsute ; leaves long-petioled, oblong-ovate, 

 serrate, smooth or hirsute ; whorls globose, distinct, or the upper ones crowded, 

 the lower axillary ; bracts linear-subulate, loug-ciliate ; corolla slightly pubes- 

 cent. (Mouarda hirsuta, Pursh.) Low ground on the mountains of North 

 Carolina. July -August. Stem 2 -3 high, branching. Leaves thin, 

 3' - 4' long. Corolla pale blue. 



18. LOPHANTHUS, Benth. 



Calyx tubular, 15-nervecl, slightly incurved, with the mouth oblique, and 

 unequally 5-toothed, Corolla 2-lipped; the upper lip deeply notched, the 

 lower spreading, 3-cleft, with the middle lobe ere n ate. Stamens 4, distant or 

 spreading, the upper pair longer : anther cells parallel. Nutlets smooth. - 

 Erect perennial herbs. Whorls numerous, crowded in a cylindrical spike 



1. L. SCrophulariaefolius, Benth. Stem pubescent; leaves petioled, 

 ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, serrate, hairy beneath ; spike interrupted 



^it the base; calyx teeth whitish, lanceolate, acute. Mountains of Georgia, 

 and northward. August. Stem 3 - 4 high. Spikes 4' - 1 5' long. Bracts 

 ovate Corolla purplish. 



2. L. nepetoides, Benth. Smooth ; leaves petioled, ovate or oblong, 

 acute, serrate ; spike interrupted at the base ; calyx teeth green, ovate, barely 

 acute. Woods, North Carolina, and northward. August. Stem 4 -6 

 high. Bracts ovate. Corolla greenish yellow. 



19. NEPETA, L. CATNIP. 



Lower lip of the corolla 2-cleft or entire. Stamens ascending : anthers 

 approximate by pairs, the cells diverging. Otherwise like Lophanthus. 

 Corolla blue or white. 



1. N. Cataria, L. Erect, hoary-pubescent ; leaves cordate-ovate, coarsely 

 serrate ; whorls many-flowered, the upper ones crowded, the lower axillary ; 



