320 LABIAT/E. (MINT FAMILY.) 



widening upward, the middle lobe of the lower lip dilated and notched. Var. 

 OBOVATA is less hairy, with the obovate leaves merely toothed or wavy on the 

 margins. (S. obovata, Ell.) Sandy soil, Florida to North Carolina, and west- 

 ward. April and May. Stem 1 high. Leaves 3' - 6' long, commonly purple 

 beneath. Racemes in fruit 6' -12' long. Corolla 9" -12" long, blue, white- 

 spotted in the throat. 



6. S. Claytoni, Ell. Leaves cordate-ovate, sinuate, toothed, rugose ; teeth 

 of the upper lip of the calyx connivent. Dry sandy pastures, around Beaufort, 

 South Carolina, Elliott. North Carolina, Curtis ; flowering through the summer. 

 Root thick, perennial. Stem 1 high. Leaves pubescent on the veins and 

 margins. Bracts cordate-ovate, acuminate, toothed. 



S. OFFICINALIS, L., is the common GARDEN SAGE. 



S. COCCINEA, L., is common in gardens, and occasionally spontaneous around 

 dwellings. 



14. MONARDA, L. HORSE-MINT. 



Calyx tubular, elongated, 15-nerved, nearly equally 5-toothed, bearded in the 

 throat. Corolla nearly equally 2-lipped ; the upper lip notched or entire, the 

 lower 3-toothed. Stamens 2, ascending under the upper lip, and oftener ex- 

 serted : anther-cells linear, diverging, confluent. Nutlets smooth. Herbs. 

 Leaves undivided. Whorls large, dense-flowered. Bracts colored. 



* Upper lip of the corolla linear, acute. 



1. M. didyma, L. Stem smoothish ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 serrate, rounded at the base, petioled, smooth or hispid ; whorls mostly solitary, 

 terminal; calyx smooth, incurved; corolla large, bright red. Mountains of 

 North Carolina, and northward. Aug. and Sept. Stem erect, 2 high. Leaves 

 2' -3' long. Bracts lanceolate, red. Corolla 1' long. 



2. M. fistulosa, L. Stem branching, more or less pubescent, commonly 

 hairy at the joints; leaves petioled, ovate-lanceolate, acute, sharply serrate, 

 mostly rounded or truncate at the base ; whorls terminal ; calyx slightly incurved, 

 hispid in the throat ; corolla slender, rose-color. (M. Clinopodia, and M. mollis, 

 L.) Mountains of Georgia, and northward. Aug. and Sept. Stem 2 -5 

 high. Leaves smoothish, tomentose, or hispid, l'-3' long. Bracts pale purple. 



# * Upper lip of the corolla broader, notched. 



3. M. punctata, L. Closely and finely pubescent ; stem much branched ; 

 leaves lanceolate or oblong, acutish, slightly serrate, narrowed into a petiole , 

 whorls lateral and terminal ; bracts ovate or oblong, purple ; corolla yellowish , 

 the lower lip dotted with brown, the upper keeled ; stamens not exsertcd. Dry 

 sandy soil, Florida to Mississippi, and northward. Aug. - Oct. Stem 1 - 3 

 high. Leaves 1 ' - 2' long. 



4. M. gracilis, Pursh. Very smooth ; whorls lateral and terminal ; exte- 

 rior bracts linear, ciliate ; corolla short ; leaves linear-lanceolate, acuminate, ser- 

 rate. Mountains of Carolina, Lyon. Stem obtuse-angled. Whorls small, 

 naked. Calyx pubescent, ciliate. Corolla very slender, smooth, yellowish- 

 white. ( * ) 



