244 CONTRIBUTIOlNTS FROM THE 1n"ATI0NAL HERBARIUM. 



15. SALVIA L. 



Stems naked or with 1 or 2 pairs of reduced leaves; leaves mostly lyrate-lobed or 



pinnatifid, obovate 1. S. lyrata. 



Stems more or less leafy; leaves broadly ovate, serrate, cuneate or truncate at the base. 



2. S. urticifolia. 



1. Salvia lyrata L. Lyre-leap sage. 

 Abundant in woods of the Piedmont Region. May-July. Eastern U. S. 



2. Salvia urticifolia L. Nettle-lSaf sage. 

 Rather rare in dry woods. Apr.-June. Eastern U. S. 



Salvia verhenarea L. was collerted at Ammendale, May 28, 1916 (Brother Arsene). 

 Native of Eur. ; locally established in the northeastern States. 



16. MONABDA L. 



Corolla yellowish, spotted with purple 1. M. punctata. 



Corolla purplish to dull white, sometimes spotted. 

 Leaves thin, with spreading pubescence; calyx teeth bristle-pointed. 



^ 2. M. clinopodia. 



Leaves firm, canescent beneath with minute appressed hairs; calyx teeth with thin 



points 3. M. mollis. 



1. Monarda punctata L. Horsemint. 

 Common, especially in the Coastal Plain, usually in dry fields. July-Oct. East- 

 ern U. S. 



2. Monarda clinopodia L. 



Rather abundant in woods of the Piedmont Region. June-Aug. Eastern U. S. 



All specimens referred to M. fistulosa L. are undoubtedly this species, except one 

 from the Seaman collection, which was probably from outside our range, and one 

 specimen of M. mollis. 



3. Monarda mollis L. 



Woodley, Aug. 16, 1899 (Steele'). Eastern XJ. S., west to Colo. 

 M. didyma L. is listed in Brereton's Prodromus but it is doubtful if it occiu's here 

 now. 



17. BLEPHILIA Raf. 



1. Blephilia hirsuta (Pursh) Torr. Wood mint. 



Plummers Island and near Beltsville. July. Eastern N. Amer. 



18. HEDEOMA Pers. 



1. Hedeoma pulegioides (L) Pers. American pennyroyal. 



Common in dry soil, mostly in the Piedmont Region. July-Sept. Eastern N. 

 Amer. 



19. MELISSA L. 

 1. Melissa officinalis L. Garden balm. 



Waste places about Washington. June-Aug. Native of Eur.; widely naturalized 

 in N. Amer. 



20. CLmOPODITIM L. 



Flowers in dense clusters; bracts large, conspicuous 1. C. vulgare. 



Flowers in loose clusters; bracts small and inconspicuous 2. C. nepeta. 



1, Clinopodium vulgare L. Basil. 



Woods and alhndal banks, mostly in the Piedmont Region. June-Sept. Widely 

 distributed in N. Amer.; also in Eur. and Asia. (Satureja vulgaris Fritsch; Cala- 

 mintha clinopodium Benth.) 



