316 LABIATE. (MINT FAMILY.) 



subulate teeth ; corolla 4 times as long as the calyx, yellowish. Rich shaded 

 soil, Florida to Mississippi, and northward. Sept. Stem 2 - 4 high. Leaves 

 4' - 9' long. Corolla 3" - 5" long. 



2. C. scabriuscula, Ait. Stem smoothish ; leaves petioled, ovate, acute, 

 dentate, rounded at the base, smooth above, the uppermost sessile ; bracts small, 

 subulate-acuminate ; panicle elongated, leafy at the base ; calyx-teeth short, 

 acute ; stamens included or exserted. Rich woods, Florida, Pursk, to South 

 Carotin*, Elliott. Sept. Stem 3 high. Leaves 2' 3' long, on short petioles 

 Corolla half as large as in the preceding, the lowest lobe purple. 



3. C. punctata, Ell. Stem pubescent; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate, mucronate-serrate, pubescent and dotted beneath ; panicle pubescent, leafy 

 at the base ; bracts ovate, acute or acuminate ; calyx-teeth large, lanceolate, 

 acute, nearly equal, - J as long as the yellowish corolla ; sterile stamens 

 included, capitate. Rich shady woods, Florida to North Carolina. Sept. 

 Stem 2 - 4 high. Leaves 4' - 6' long. Corolla 4" - 6" long, hairy within. 



4. C. ovalis, Pursh. Stem slender, putescent above ; leaves ovate or 

 round-ovate, acute, smooth, with few very coarse mucronate teeth, the lower 

 ones barely longer than the very slender petiole, the upper sessile ; racemes 

 panicled ; calyx pubescent, with unequal subulate teeth ; bracts ovate, acumi- 

 nate. Mountains of North Carolina. Stem 2 high. Leaves (excluding 

 the petiole) 2' long, l' wide. 



* * Fertile stamens 4. 



5. C. verticillata, Baldw. Stem simple, smooth below ; leaves 4, mem- 

 branaceous, elliptical, acute, rather finely serrate, acute or obtuse at the base, 

 short-petioled, approximate, the lower surface, like the simple long-peduncled 

 raceme, viscid-pubescent; lower flowers whorled, the upper opposite; bracts 

 minute; calyx-teeth linear-subulate, half as long as the corolla. Light shaded 

 soil, Georgia, chiefly in the upper districts. Sept. Stem 1 high. Corolla 

 yellow or purplish. 



6. C. anisata, Pursh. Viscid-pubescent; stem stout, simple or branched : 

 leaves large, oval or ovate, acute, mucronate-crenate, mostly rounded or cordate 

 at the base, the uppermost sessile ; panicle many-flowered ; bracts ovate ; calyx- 

 lobes large, ovate-lanceolate, nearly equal; corolla large, yellow. Dry shaded 

 soil, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida. Aug. and Sept. Stem l-2 high. 

 Leaves 4' - 8' long. Corolla ' - f ' long. 



8. HEDEOMA, Pers. 



Calyx tubular, somewhat gibbous under the base, equally 5-toothed or bilabi- 

 ate, with the upper lip 3-toothed, the lower 2-cleft, hairy in the throat. Corolla 

 2-lipped ; the upper lip notched or entire, the lower 3-cleft. Stamens 2, ascending : 

 anther-cells diverging. Nutlets smooth. Herbs, with small leaves, and axil- 

 lary few-flowered cymes. 



1. H. pulegioides, Pers. Annual, pubescent, much branched; leaves 

 oblong-ovate, obtuse, sparingly serrate, pale beneath, contracted into a slender 



