202 GAMOPETALOUS EXOOENS 



5 3. MEUSSEAB: Corolla bilabiate; stamens ascending, diverging at summit, or con- 



nivent under the upper lip. 

 a. Fertile stamens 4, didynamous. 



290. SATITRE V JA, L. 



[A name supposed to be derived from the Arabic.] 



Calyx tubular-campanulate, 10-nerved, nearly equally 5-toothed, 

 or obscurely bilabiate ; throat naked, or nearly so. Corolla with 

 the upper Up erect, flat ; lower Up spreading, nearly equally 3-lobed. 

 Stamens diverging, scarcely exserted. 



1. S. HORTE'NSIS, L. Stem erect, much branched; leaves oblong- 

 linear, acute, entire; cymules axillary, pedunculate, few-flowered, 

 snb-secund, remote, or the upper ones somewhat spiked. 

 GARDEN SATUB.EJA. Summer Savory. 



Annual. Stem 6 to 12 inches high, branched so as to appear bushy, roughish- 

 pubescent, mostly dark purple. Leaves half an inch to an inch long, narrow, 

 tapering at base to a very short petiole. Cymules about 3-flowered. Corolla pale 

 violet-purple. 

 Hob. Gardens. Nat. of Southern Europe. Fl. July. Fr. Sept. 



Obs. Much cultivated as a culinary herb. 



5591. CAL-AMIIV'TIIA, Benth. 



[Gr. Kalos, beautiful, and Mintfie, Mint ; an ancient name.] 

 Calyx tubular, 13-nerved, bilabiate; upper lip 3-toothed; lower Up 

 bifid. Corolla mostly inflated in the throat ; upper lip erect, Cat- 

 tish; lower lip spreading, 3-parted, the middle lobe usually broad- 

 est, Anthers approximated in pairs, the cells diverging. 



1. C. Clinopddium, Benth. in DC. Hoary-villous ; leaves oblong- 

 ovate, obtuse, petiolate ; cymules in dense flat-topped involucrate 

 heads, terminal and subterminal. 



Melissa Clinopodium. Benth. Lab. $ FL Cestr. ed. 2. p. 351. 

 BED-POST CALAMINTHA. Wild Basil. Field Thyme. 



Perennial. Stem 12 to 18 inches high, mostly several from the same root, simple, 

 or sparingly branched. Leaves 1 to 2 inches long, denticulate, or nearly entire ; 

 petioles % to % an inch in length. Cymules few, very hairy, mostly terminal, in 

 compact orbicular flat heads about an inch in diameter ; bracts subulate. Corolkt 

 pale purple, or rose-color, the tube longer than the calyx. 

 Hob. Sandy banks. Nat. of Europe. Fl. July. Fr. Sept. 



MEMS'SA, Tournef. 

 [Gr. Melissa, the honey-bee; the flowers being a favorite with that insect.] 

 Calyx tubular-campanulate, slightly gibbous at base, 13-nerved, 

 bilabiate. Corolla-tube recurved-ascending, dilated above, $ta- 

 mens connivent; anther-cells finally divaricate. Cymules axillary, 

 loosely few-flowered, pedunculate. 



1. M. OFFICINALIS, L. Stem erect, more or less pubescent; leaves 

 ovate, coarsely crenate- serrate, petiolate ; cymules secund. 

 OFFICINAL MELISSA. Common Balm. 



Perennial. Stems 1 to 2 or 3 feet high, numerous from the root, branching. 

 Leaves 2 to 3 or 4 inches long ; petioles % an inch to 1> inches in length. Cymutes 



