10!2 COMMON CANADIAN" WILD PLANTS. 



large and showy, rose-colour variegated with purple, npj>ositt:, in terminal 

 leafless spikes. 



14. Bruiicl'la. Calyx %-lipped, flat on the upper si<!r, closc;d in fruit; the 

 ><l>l-r Up 3-toothed, the lower 2-cl>-ft. Filaments 2-toothed at the aprx, 

 the lower tooth bearing the anther. Flowers violet, in a close terminal 

 spike or head which is very leafy-hractcd. 



If.. Srutella'ria. Calyx 2-lipped, short, closed in fruit, the lips rounded 

 and entire, the upper with a projection, on the back. Corolla blue or 

 violet, the tube elongated and somewhat curved. Anthers of the loui-r 

 stamens 1-eelled, of the upper 2-cellcd. Flowers solitary in the axils of 

 the upper leaves, or in axillary or terminal 1-sided racemes. 



!<;. Marru'bium. Calyx 10-toothed, the teeth spiny and recurved after 

 flowering. Stamens 4, included in the corolla tube. Whitish -iruul/i/ 

 plants with small white flowers in head-like whorls. 



17. fialeop'sis. Calyx 5-toothed, the teeth spiny. The middle lobe of the 

 lower lip of the corolla inversely heart-shaped, tin' jmlate. roith 2 tei'th t 

 the sinuses. Stamens 4, the anthers opening cross-wise. Flowers pur- 

 plish, in axillary whorls. 



is. Stacli'ys. Calyx 5-toothed, beset with stiff hairs, the teeth spiny, diverg- 

 ing in fruit. Stamens 4, the outer pair turned down after dixchar<iin.:j 

 their jiollen. Flowers purple, crowded in whorls, these at length form- 

 ing an interrupted spike. 



19. Lieonu'rus. Calyx 5-toothed, the teeth spiny, and spreading when old. 

 The middle lobe of the lower lip of the corolla inversely heart-shaped. 

 Flowers pale purple, in close whorls in the axils of the cut-lobed lea rex. 



1. TEU CRIUM, L. GERMANDER. 



T. Canadense, L. (AMERICAN GKKMANDKK. WOOD SACK.) 

 Stem 1-3 feet high, downy. Leaves ovate- lanceolate, serrate, 

 short-petioled, hoary beneath. Flowers in a long spike. Low 

 grounds. 



3. ISAN'THUS, Michx. FALSE PENNYROYAL. 



I. caeruleus, Michx. A low, branching, clammy-pubescent 

 annual. Leaves lance-oblong, 3-nerved, nearly entire. Peduncles 

 axillary, 1-3-flowered. Gravelly soil. 



3. MEN'THA, L. MINT. 



L M. vir'idis, L. (SPEARMINT.) Flowers in a narroiv term i mil 

 s/^/.v. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, wrinkled-veiny, unequally ser- 

 rate, ,sr,s.s/'/e. \Vet places. 



'2. M. piperi'ta, L. (IM-.I-I-KUMINT.) Woin-rxhiliioxi- !iit<rr/i/>f/ 

 spikes. Leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, acute, JH //<>/<>/. I 'hint 

 smooth. Wet places. 



