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lip spreading, 3-lobed, the middle lobe largest. Stamens ascend- 

 ing under the upper lip ; anthers approximated in pairs, the cells 

 diverging, finally divaricate, sometimes presenting the figure of a 

 cross. Perennial herbs. 

 2 1. CATAKIA : Cymules densely many-flowered, in interrupted terminal raceme. 



1. N. Catdria, L. Erect; hoary-villous ; leaves oblong-cordate, 

 coarsely crenate-serrate ; racemes paniculate ; calyx ovoid-tubular. 

 CAT NEPETA. Cat-mint. Cat-nep. 



Stem 2 to 3 feet high, somewhat branched, mostly several from the same root. 

 leaves 2 to 4 inches long ; petioles % an inch to 1% inches in length. Bracts 

 small, subulate. Corolla ochroleucous, with a reddish tinge and purple dots. 

 Hob. Fields, fence-rows, &c. Nat. of Europe. Fl. June. Fr, July. 



Obs. Becoming a rather too common weed, on our farms. The 

 dried Herb, in infusion, is a highly popular medicine, with the 

 good ladies who deal in simples. DE THEIS, in his Glossaire de Bo~ 

 tanique, has the following: "Le gout des Chats pour cette plante 

 est tres-remarquable ; ils la mordent, 1'arrachent, et se roulent des- 

 gus avec transport. II est cependant singulier qu'ils ne s'attaquent 

 qu'a celle que Ton plante, et nullement a celle qui n'a point 6t6 

 deplace'e. De la le proverbe anglois 



" If you set it, the Cats will eat it ; 

 If you sow it, the Cats wont know it." 



I doubt, however, whether our American Cats have yet learnt to 

 make the distinction, or even acquired "le gout pour cette plante." 



2. GLECHOMA: Cymules loosely few-flowered, axillary and distant. 



St. N. Glechbma, Benth. Procumbent; retrorsely hairy; leaves 

 cordate-reniform, rounded, crenate; calyx cylindric. 

 Ground Ivy. Ale-hoof. Gill. 



Stem 6 to 18 inches long, slender, radicating ; flowering branches ascending, 4 to 

 8 or 10 inches high, flaccid. Leaves % of an inch to 1]^ inches in length, and 

 rather wider than long ; petioles 1 to 3 inches long. Floral leaves similar in form 

 to the cauline. Corolla purplish-blue (rarely white). Anther-cells presenting the 

 figure of a cross. 

 Hob. Waste places. Nat. of Europe, FL May. Fr. July. 



Obs. Naturalized about many old settlements. The Herb was 

 employed, in England, to clarify and give a flavor to Ale (whence 

 one of its common names), until the reign of Henry VIII,- at which 

 period Hops were substituted. 



TRIBE 5. STACHYDE'AE. 



Calyx usually campanulate, 5- to 10-nerved, the orifice regular, or oblique, 3- to 10- 

 toothed, or sometime* bilabiate; corolla bilabiate, the upper lip arched, or flat, 

 entire, or emarginate, lower lip variously 3-lobed ; stamens ascending, didynam- 

 ous,-~the upper pair shorter ; nutlets erect, free at base. 



g 1. SCCTELLARIEAB : Calyx bilabiate, not inflated ; lips dosed in fruit. 



3O1. BRUNEI/LA, Benth, in DC. [Prunella, L.~\ 



[German, Brunelle, from Die Braeune, the quinsy ; said to be relieved by it.] 



Calyx tubular-campanulate ; upper lip flat, broad, truncate, 3- 



toothed; lower Up bifid. Corolla with the upper lip erect, arched, 



