LABIATJE. XXXII. MOXARDA. XXXIII. BLEFHILIA. 



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FIG. 77. 



Bradbury's Monarda. PI. 3 feet. 



4 M. RUSSELLIA'JSA (Nutt. trav. in ark. territ. p. 141.) 

 almost glabrous ; leaves nearly 



sessile, lanceolate, roundly-sub- 



cordate at the base : floral leaves 



and outer bracteas sessile, co- 



loured, narrowed a long way at 



the base, acute, mutic ; calyx 



nearly glabrous, with an almost " 



naked throat, and nearly equal, 



lanceolate, short stiff teeth ; 



corolla glabrous : tube much 



exserted: lower lip dotted. If. 



H. Native of the Arkansas, 



and among the Rocky Moun- 



tains, Sims, bot. mag. t. 2513. 



Hook, exot.fl. 2. t. 130. Sweet, 



fl. gard. 2. t. 166. Stem gla- 



brous or ciliated on the angles. 



Leaves shining beneath, smooth- 



ish or ciliated on the edges, re- 



motely toothed ; floral leaves and outer bracteas purplish. Co- 



rolla slender, pale, elongated, dotted on the lower lip. (fig. 77.) 



Russets Monarda. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1823. PI. 2 to 3 

 feet. 



SECT. II. CHEILY'CTIS (from x '^c> cfieilos, a lip.)Benth. lab. 

 p. 726. Cheilyctis, Rafn. Coryanthus. Nutt. in amer. phil. 

 trans. 5. p. 186. Stamens shorter, or equal in length to the 

 upper lip of the corolla. 



5 M. PUXCTA'TA (Lin. spec. p. 32.) clothed with fine pubes- 

 cence ; leaves petiolate, lanceolate, narrowed at the base : floral 

 leaves and outer bracteas sessile, coloured a little at the base, 

 mutic : calyxes pubescent, having the throat shortly bearded, 

 and the teeth nearly equal, lanceolate, short, and stiff; corolla 

 glabrous : tube hardly exserted : lower lip dotted. TJ. . H. 

 Native from Virginia and New Jersey to Florida, Carolina, and 

 New Orleans. Andr. bot. rep. 8. t. 546. Ker. bot. reg. t. 85. 

 M. lutea, Michx. fl. bot. amer. 1. p. 16. Stem ascending, 

 branched. Leaves 2 inches long, sparingly toothed or entire. 

 Whorls few, remote, all shorter than the leaves. Genitals equal 

 in length to the upper lip of corolla. Corolla yellowish, dotted 

 with brown. 



Dotted-fiowered Monarda. Fl. June, Oct. Clt. 1714. PI. 

 1 to li foot. 



6 M. ARISTA'TA (Nutt. trav. in ark. territ. ex Benth. lab. p. 

 318.) canescent ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, narrowed at the 

 base ; floral leaves and outer bracteas sessile, a little coloured, 

 subulately awned at apex ; calyx striated, pubescent, with a 

 bearded throat, and nearly equal, long, subulate teeth, which 

 are pencilled at apex ; tube of corolla hardly exceeding the ca- 

 lycine teeth, "ty . H. Native of Arkansas; Texas, at Bejar; 

 and Rio de la Trinidad, &c. -M. citriodora, Cerv. ex Lag. nov. 

 gen. et spec. 2. Habit and stature of M. punctata. Leaves 

 sharply and remotely toothed. Bracteas ciliated, often pur- 

 plish or yellowish. Corolla yellowish ? : lower lip almost dot- 

 less. Stamens shorter than the upper lip of corolla. 



^rnerf-bractead Monarda. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1825. PI. 

 1 to 1| foot. 



t Species not sufficiently known, 



7 M. SCA'BRA (Beck, in Sill. amer. journ. 10. p. 260.) stem 

 nearly glabrous ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, subcordate, serrated, 

 with revolute edges, scabrous, thick, dotted, on short petioles, 



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rather villous ; bracteas ovate-lanceolate ; whorls of flowers 

 large, terminal, by threes ; calyx hairy, with a densely bearded 

 throat, and short, acute, erectish teeth ; corolla hairy ; stamens 

 equal in length to the upper lip. If . H. Native in woods on 

 the banks of the Mississippi, near St. Louis. Stem branched. 

 Leaves 2 to 2| inches long. Corolla pale purple. 



Scabrous Monarda. PI. 3 feet. 



8 M. GRA'CILIS (Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 17.) quite gla- 

 brous ; heads small, nearly naked, lateral and terminal ; outer 

 bracteas linear, ciliated ; calyxes pubescent, ciliated ; corolla 

 short, very slender, glabrous ; leaves linear-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nated, serrated, glabrous ; stem bbtuse-angular, glabrous. TJ. . 

 H. Native of South Carolina and Virginia, among the moun- 

 tains. Perhaps a species of Blephilia ; but there are no speci- 

 mens in Pursh's herbarium to ascertain this point. Corollas 

 purple. 



Slender Monarda. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



N.B. M. pratensis, M. rigida, and M. virgata, Rafin, med. 

 fl. 2. p. 37. not being recognizable by the descriptions given, 

 are therefore excluded. 



Cult. The species are of easy culture and propagation, grow- 

 ing freely in any soil ; and are readily increased by dividing at 

 the root. The M. punctata and M. arislata are more shy of 

 cultivation than the others ; and for this reason it is safer to 

 grow them in pots, in a mixture of peat and sand. 



XXXIII. BLEPHI'LIA (probably from /3\fpap<c, blepharis. 

 the eye-lash, in allusion to the ciliated bracteas.) Rafin. ex 

 Benth. lab. p. 319. Monarda species of Lin. and other au- 

 thors. 



LIN. SYST. Didndria, Monogynia. Calyx ovate-tubular, 13- 

 nerved, naked inside the throat, bilabiate ; upper lip tridentate, 

 with the teeth awned ; lower lip bidentate, with the teeth mutie, 

 or shortly awned. Corolla having the tube a little exserted, and 

 exannulate inside ; the throat dilated, and the limb bilabiate : 

 lips nearly equal : the upper one erect and entire : the lower 

 one spreading and trifid : the lateral lobes ovate-roundish, and 

 the middle one narrower, oblong, retuse and emarginate. Rudi- 

 ments of upper stamens wanting, or small and filiform : lower 

 two fertile, ascending, exserted from the upper lip of the co- 

 rolla ; filaments toothless, inserted in the throat of the corolla ; 

 anthers linear, somewhat 2-celled, with connate margins, and 

 divaricate confluent cells. Style equally bifid at top ; stigmas 

 minute, terminal. Achenia dry, smooth. Herbs, with a habit 

 and character between Monarda and Ziziphora ; the leaves of 

 the first, and the flowers of the latter genus. Whorls numerous, 

 globose : upper ones approximating into a spike. 



1 B. CILIA'TA (Rafin, journ. phys. 89. 98.) leaves almost ses- 

 sile, ovate-oblong, narrowed at the base, canescent beneath ; 

 lower floral leaves conforming to the cauline ones : upper ones 

 and outer bracteas ovate, acute, coloured, equalling the calyxes. 

 If.. H. Native of Pennsylvania, Virginia, Carolina, Missouri, 

 and near St. Louis. Monarda ciliata, Lin. spec. 32, but not of 

 Michx. Mor. hist. 3. p. 374. sect. 11. t. 8. f. 6. Pluck, 

 phyt. t. 24. f. 1. aim. t. 164. f. 3. Stems pubescent, furnished 

 with retrograde hairs on the angles. Leaves 2 inches long, 

 nearly glabrous or pubescent. Whorls all distinct. Bracteas 

 ciliated, reddish at top. Corollas blue, marked with dark purple 

 spots. ? Root creeping. 



Ciliated Blephilia. Fl. July. Clt. 1798. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



2 B. HIRSU'TA (Benth. lab. p. 320.) leaves petiolate, ovate, 

 roundly cordate at the base, hairy on both surfaces ; lower 

 floral leaves conforming to the cauline ones : upper floral leaves 

 and bracteas linear-subulate, shorter than the calyxes ; calyxes 

 pubescent, recurved. If.. H. Native of Virginia, on the moun- 



