550 ORDER 89'.-~LABIATJ5; 



9 S. fiilgens Cav. St. branching at base, weak, ascending, pubescent ; tvs... 

 long-petiolate, ovate-lanceolate, subcordate, crenate-dentate, smooth above, pubes- 

 cent beneath ; fls. opposite, in terminal racemes ; bracts deciduous ; cal. slightly 

 colored, upper lip truncate, subentire; cor. nmbriateciliate, 3 4 times longer 

 than the calyx; sty, exserted. If A beautiful greenhouse plant. Flowers 

 bright crimson or scarlet, near 2' long. There are several varieties, f Mexico. 



10 S. splendens Sellow. St. erect, glabrous ; lis. broad-ovate and ovate, 

 petiolate, rounded or acute at base, glabrous both fides, dent-serrate, acuminate ; 

 rls. opposite, racemous ; bracts deciduous ; cal. scarlet, and, With the corolla, pu- 

 bescent, upper lip entire, acuminate, lower lip 2 -toothed. -y Gardens. Plant 

 2 4f high, branched. Flowers 2' long, scarlet. After flowering the calyces en- 

 large, and become as brilliant as the corollas, f Mexico. 



21. ROSMARTNUS, L ROSEMARY. (An ancient Latin name, com- 

 pounded of ros, dew, and marinus, of the sea.) Calyx bilabiate, upper 

 Up entire, lower bifid ; corolla bilabiate, upper lip 2-parted, lower lip 

 verlcxed, in 3 divisions of which the middle is the largest ; fil. 2 fertile, 

 <;lono;ated, ascending towards the upper lip, having a tooth on the side. 

 Shrub, with sessile, linear Ivs, 



R. ofCcinalis L. An erect, evergreen shrub, 4f high, much branched. 



' Leaves opposite, obtuse, linear-oblong, entire, smooth, dark green and shining 



above, downy and sometimes whitish beneath. Flowers axillary and terminal, 



of a bright blue color, having, liko the leaves, a strong aromatic fragrance .'i'.cc^ 



, eamphoi. It yields by distillation a large proportion of fragrant oil. \ S. F^ur. 



22. MONAR'DA, L, MOUNTAIN MINT. (Xamc in honor of Munar.d* 

 us, a Spanish botanjst of the 16th centurv.) Calyx clongaied, cylrn- 

 dric, striate, subequally 5-toothed ; cor. ringent, tubular, upper lip 

 jinear, lower lip reflex cd, 3-lobcd, the middle lobe narrowest ; sta. 2 ; 

 fertile, ascending beneath the upper lip, and mostly exserted ; anth. cells 

 divaricate at base, connate at apex. 2 Verticils few, dense, many- 

 flowered, bracted. 



* Calyx densely hairy In the thro.it. Corolla purple or Whitish Nos. 1, 2 



* Calyx naked 'in the Uiroat. Corolla scarlet or yellow, Nus. 8,4 



1 M. fistulosa L. HORSEMINT. WILD BERGAMO?. Lvs. ovate-lanceolate and 

 . lanceolate, obtuse at base, acute or acuminate, petiolate, more or less pubescent; 



hds: of fls. terminal, few, but many-flowered, bracts sessile ; cal. slightly curved, 

 with the throat hirsute. Hedges, thickets, rocky banks, W. Vt. and Can. to Ga. 

 Common westward. Exceedingly variable. St. 2 to 4f high, acutely 4-angled, 

 often hollow, frequently purple, simple, or with a fo\v opposite branches. Lva 

 mostly acuminate, acutely serrate, nearly smooth, 2 to 4' long and on petioles ^ 



"their length. Outer bracts leafy, often partially whitened. Cor. much exserted, 



I' in length, varying from greenish-white and pale purple to blue. JL, Aug. (LM. 

 allophylla, oblongata, clinooodia and twenty other svnonyms aro enumerated in 

 Benth.) 



2 M. Bradburiana Nutt. St. simple, glabrous ; Ivs, ovate or oblong-lanceolate, 



subsessile, rounded at base, hirsute pubescent both sides, margin subdentate, apex 

 acute ; cal. pilous, curvod, densely bearded at throat, eegm. subulate spinous ; 

 lids, large, terminal; outer bracts broad-lanceolate, ciliate, colored. Prairies and 

 bottoms, Ohio to 111. St. slender, about 3f high. Lvs. sometimes slightly petio- 

 late, 2 to 3' long, 5 to 8'' wide, with long, bristly hairs beneath. Bracts purple. 

 Cor. purple. Jl. 



3 M. punctata L. HORSEMINT. ; Minutely pubescent; st. obtusely angled ; hs. 

 ' oblong-lanceolate, tapering to a peliok, remotely and obscurely serrate, the upper 

 1 and bracts sessile ; bracts colored, longer than the verticils , cal. teeth unequal, 



rigid, throat naked ; cor. glabrous, strongly punctate. Barrens, N. J., common, 

 to Fla, (Miss Keen) and W. States. . St. 2 to 3f high, branched. Lvs. IS" to 2'. 

 ' Cor. pale yellow,, with brown spots, tir>pqr lip yiilousat the apex. Bracts large, 

 yellow and red. i?rpt. Medicinal. 



