548 ORDEn 89. LABIAT^E. 



1 C. Clinopodium Benth. WILD BASIL. Villous ; Ivs. ovato, subserrate ; ver- 

 ticils djnse, sessile, many-flowered, hair}'; bracts numerous, subulate. If Low 

 woods, N. and \V. States. Plant 1 to 2f high. St. square, simple or sparingly 

 branched, and as well as the whob plant, clothed with whitish hairs. Lvs. peti- 

 olate, tapering loan obtuse point, pale. Fls. purplish, in heads mostly terminal, 

 near 1' wide, involucrate with bracts. 



2 C. Nepeta Link. Villous with soft, whitish hairs, much branched below; 

 Ivs. small broad-ovate, obtuse, subserrate, petiolate ; cymes lew-flowered in the 

 upper axils, becoming somewhat racemed ; cal. teeth subulate, the 2 lower longer ; 

 cor. upper lip emarginate, the lower in 3 equal lobes. Dry hills, roadsides, &c., 

 throughout Tenn. and Va. Plant about '2f high, strongly aromatic. Lvs. about 

 half an inch long. Cor. white, thrice longer (^ to 4' ), than the ca'yx. Jl, Aug. 

 Eur. 



3 C. glabella Benth. Glabrous, decumbent at base, diffusely branched ; Ivs. 

 narrowly oblong, subpetiolate, few-toothed or entire, tapering to tho base ; verti- 

 cils G to 10-flowered ; cal. teeth subulate-acuminate ; bracts as long as the pedicels 

 On limestone rocks, Ohio to Ark. Sts. 1 to 2f long. ' Lvs. 1' to 18" long. Cor. 

 moderately bilabiate, near twice longer (4 to 5'') than tho calyx, pale violet. Jn. 



/?. DIVKRSIFOLIA. Flowering stems nearly erect, the barren prostrate, like 

 runners, bearing small, ovate, entire Ivs. ; plant generally smaller, with tho 

 floral Ivs. narrow, and mostly entire. Limestone rocks, Niagara F;ills, to the 

 Falls of St. Anthony, and to Ark. Fragrant like pennyroyal. Upright sts. 

 6 to 12' high. Lvs. 1'. Lvs. of tho runners 3 to 4" long. (C. Nuttallii 

 Benth.) These two very diverse forms are connected by specimens found in 

 01) io (Sullivan t apud Torrey), having tho characteristics of both. 



4 C. canescens Torr. & Gr. Minutely canescent-downy, shrubby ; Ivs. linear, 

 obtuse, entire, revolute-edged, much fascicled; verticils of 2 opposite fls. ;, cor. thrice 

 longer than the strongly 2-lipped calyx. Sandy seaboards, Fla. Shrub scarce a 

 foot high, with numerous Ivs., 7 to 8" by 1", and fow rose-red pretty fls., as largo 

 as in No. 2. May. 



5 C. coccinea Benth. Lvs. narrowly obovate-oblony, obtuse, entire, short-peti- 

 oled; verticils of 2 to GJk. ; cal. upper lip very short, tube 3 or 4 times shorter 

 than tho ample corolla. E. Fla. Shrub with virgatc branches. Lvs. G to 8" long. 

 Cor. a fine scarlet, glandular-pubescent, 15 to 18" long. (Cunila coccinea Nutt.) 



6 C. Caroliniana Swartz. Sts. glabrous and simple ; Ivs. very smooth, ovate, 

 obtuse, crenate-serrate, tapering to a petiole : cymes few-flowered, on short pedun- 

 cles; cal. strongly 2-lipped, nearly naked in the throat ; cor. ample, tube enlarged 

 upwards. Dry woods, N. Car. to Fla. and La. A pretty flowerer, somewhat 

 shrubby, If high or more. Cymes in tho upper axils 3 to 5-flowered. Lvs. 1'or 

 less long. Bracts as long as the calyx, the corolla thrice longer (7 to 8"), rose- 

 purple, spotted. Jn. Aug. (C. grandiflora Ph.) 



19. MELIS'SA, Tourn. BALM. (Gr. name of the bee, from //eA, 

 honey; which bees seek in these flowers.) Calyx 13-ribbed, the upper 

 lip 3-toothed, flattened and dilated, lower bifid ; corolla tube recurved- 

 ascending, upper lip erect, flattish, lower spreading, 3-lobed, the middle 

 lobe mostly broadest ; stamens ascending. 



M. officinalis L. Pubescent ; st. erect, branching ; fls. in loose, nxiilary cymes, 

 subsessile ; Ivs. ovate, acute, coarsely crenate-serrate, on slender petioles ; bracts 

 few, ovate-lanceolate, petiolate. 1( N. Eng. to Ind. and Tenn., in waste grounds 

 and in the deepest forests. A well known garden plant. St. 1 to 2 to 3 f high. 

 Lvs. 2 to 3' long, petioles 1' or more. Bracts of the same form, diminished. Cor. 

 twice longer (7") than tho calyx, yellowish white. JL, Aug. $ Eur. Fra- 

 grant of lemons. Balm tea is a popular remedy. 



20. SAL'VIA, L. SAGE. (Lat, salveo, to be in health ; probably 

 from its salutary qualities.) Calyx striatc, bilabiate, upper lip 3-toothcd 

 or entire, lower bifid, throat naked; corolla ringent, tube cqualj upper 

 lip straight or falcate, lower spreading or pendent, 3-lobcd ; stamens 2, 

 connectile transversely articulated to the filament, supporting r.t each 



