96 JTBOBOT. 



this, bipedal, leaves biuncial, inflorescence as in 

 last, but bristles not rigid plumosely ciliate, co- 

 rolla with upper lip emarginate, lower with 3 

 elliptic lobes unequal. Probably another subg. 

 also Blephixtta Raf. I have several other 

 doubtful N. sp. of this G. Pycn. scabra, glan- 

 dulosa, laxiftora &c. 



983. BLEFHILIA BREVIPES R. stem fistulose 

 hardly angular hirsute chiefly near the nodes, 

 leaves on short petiols upper sessile, ovatoblong 

 nearly obtuse subser rate, smooth, nerves pubes- 

 cent ; whorls densiflore, bracts and calix hirsute 

 lanceolate aristate Alabama, leaves uncial,the 

 floral are quite sessile, flowers white incarnate. 

 One of the sp. blended in Monarda hirsuta, 

 the real sp. is my BL nepetoides, a 3d is the 

 next. 



984. BLEPHILIA LANCEOLATA R. stem deeply 

 4grooved quite hirsute, leaves well petiolate lan- 

 ceolate, base acute, end acuminate, margin re- 

 motely serrulate ; flowers shorter than petiols, 

 bracts and calix lanceolate ciliate with long fili- 

 form bristles in Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, 

 discov. 1818, well distinguished from Bl. nepe- 

 toides with broad leaves and white flowers, by 

 the narrow leaves and flowers pale incarnate, a 

 large plant 3 to 4 feet high, much branched, 

 lower leaves often ovate lanceolate, whorls 3 to 

 5, the last without leaves. There are also 3 sp. 

 blended in Monarda ciliata, my BL pratensis, 

 brevifolia and heterophyla. 



985. TEUCRIUM LEVIGATUM Raf. quite smooth, 

 stem with 4 thick obtuse corners and 4 grooves, 

 leaves subsessile broadly lanceolate acuminate 

 subequaly serrate ; raceme sessile lax oblong, 

 bracts lanceolote equal to calix smooth angular. 

 --One of the sp. blended in T. virginicum, that 



