No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 339 



Rare. Dry open ground: Plainville (Bissell), Orange 

 (A. W. Evans), Beacon Falls (Harger), Salisbury (Mrs. 

 C. S. Phelps). June. 



Blephilia hirsuta (Pursh) Benth. (hairy). 

 Wood Mint. 



Rare. Border of woods : Waterbury and Thomaston (A. 

 E. Blewitt). June — July. 



HEDEOMA Pers. Mock Pennyroyal. 



Hedeoma pulegioides (L.) Pers. (like Mentha Pulegium, the 



Pennyroyal). 

 American Pennyroyal. 



Common. Open or shaded ground, usually in dry soil. 

 July — Aug. 



The leaves and flowering tops as well as the oil distilled 

 from them are officinal in medical practice and find many 

 popular uses in home medication. The taste and odor are 

 nearly the same as those of true Pennyroyal, Mentha Pule- 

 gium of Europe. 



Hedeoma hispida Pursh (rough-hairy). 



Rare. Putnam, dry plains near the Quinebaug River 

 (Harger). June — Aug. Adventive from the West. 



MELISSA L. Balm. 



Melissa officinalis L. (of the shops). 

 Common or Lemon Balm. 



Rare. Roadsides, yards and fields near old houses as an 

 escape from cultivation: Ledyard and Lyme (Graves), New 

 Haven (D. C. Eaton), Huntington, Trumbull, Fairfield and 

 Norwalk (Fames). July — Sept. Native of Europe. 



The leaves and tops are medicinal and were formerly 

 officinal. 



SATUREJA L. Sav^ory. Calamint. 

 Satureja vulgaris (L.) Fritsch (common). 

 Clinopodtum vulgare L. 

 Calamintha Clinopodium Benth. 

 Basil. 



Frequent. Woods, fields and thickets. June — Sept. 



