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LABIATE. XLIX. MELISSA. L. GARDOQUIA. 



flowered ; cymes umbel-formed ; peduncles elongated, scarcely 

 dichotomous. Throat of calyx spreading, almost naked inside : 

 lips very deep, spreading. Corolla elongated, purplish : tube 

 dilated. Stamens rather distant at apex. 



24 M. GRANDIFLORA (Lin. spec. 827.) herbaceous, erectish, 

 sparingly pilose ; leaves petiolate, ovate, acute, coarsely toothed, 

 rounded or cuneated at the base, green on both surfaces ; ra- 

 cemes loose, few-flowered ; cymes pedunculate, hardly dichoto- 

 mous, few-flowered ; corolla ample, more than twice the length 

 of the calyx. I/ . H. Native of Europe, in shady woods ; as 

 of the Pyrenees, Cevennes, Piedmont, Switzerland, Germany, 

 Mounts Athos, and Olympus ; South of Tauria, about Baidar. 

 Bieb. Curt. bot. mag. 208. Calamintha grandiflora, Moench. 

 ineth. p. 408. Thymus grandiflorus, Scop. earn. ed. 2d. no. 

 732. D. C. fl. fr. 3. p. 5C2. Riv. mon. t. 46 Mor. hist, 

 sect. 11. t. 21. f. 1. Besl. hort. eyst. 7. t. 7. f. 1. Stems 

 branched at the base, and decumbent. Branches erectish. 

 Whorls few, subsecund. Leaves 2-3 inches long. CoroHa 1 to 

 ]g inch long, purplish; throat much inflated. Stamens loosely 

 approximate. There is a variety of this with white flowers, and 

 another with red flowers ; both much inferior to the purple : 

 there is also a variety with variegated leaves. The leaves, when 

 bruised, have the smell of common balm. 



Great-flonered Balm. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1596. PI. 1 

 foot. 



25 M. MACROSTE'MA (Moc. et Sesse, mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 

 395.) shrubby ; branches divaricate, villous in the young state ; 

 leaves petiolate, ovate, or oblong, acute, roundly cuneated at the 

 base, serrated, green above, and pale beneath, nearly glabrous, 

 or rather hispid on both surfaces ; whorls loose, rather secund, 

 few-flowered ; peduncles and pedicels elongated ; calyxes gla- 

 brous : upper lip spreading. Ij . H. Native of New Spain. 

 Leaves distant, -| to 1 inch long. Cymes generally 2-3-flower- 

 ed. Corolla downy, about 4 times the length of the calyx, with 

 a dilated tube : upper lip, and middle lobe of lower lip emargi- 

 nate, like the preceding. 



Long-crowned Balm. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. ? 



SECT. VII. HETEROMELI'SSON (from trtpoc, heteros, variable ; 

 and fit\iaaa, melissa, a bee, also the name given tojbalm.) 

 Benth. lab. p. 395. Whorls irregular, few or many-flowered, 

 rather secund, usually ending in leafy branches. Bracteas sub- 

 foliaceous. Calyx elongated, not gibbous at the base, scarcely 

 bilabiate : teeth straight, setaceous : throat almost naked inside. 

 Corolla elongated, purple : tube erectish. 



26 M. LONGICAU'LIS (Wall. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 395.) suf- 

 fruticose ; branches elongated, decumbent, pubescent ; leaves 

 ovate-oblong, obtuse, a little toothed, cuneate, or narrowed at 

 the base, rather villous : floral ones similar to the rest ; whorls 

 few-flowered, irregular, secund ; calyx elongated, a little decli- 

 nate, with lanceolate, subulate teeth. 7/ . H. Native of Nipaul, 

 Wall. Thymus piperitus, D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 112. Thy- 

 mus origanifolius, D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 112. Clinopbdium 

 longicaule, Benth. in Wall. pi. rar. 1. p. 66. Stems weak, 

 woody at the base ; branches purplish at top. Leaves scarcely 

 \ an inch long, quite entire, or furnished with 1 or 2 crenae on 

 both sides. Bracteas foliaceous. Corolla violaceous, hardly 

 twice as long as the calyx. Superior stamens usually abortive. 

 Probably a proper genus, intermediate between Hedebma and 

 Melissa. 



Long-stemmed Balm. PI. decumbent. 



f Doubtful species. 



27 M. RUo6sA (Lour. coch. p. 368.) annual, erect, much 



branched ; leaves very rugose, roundish, acuminated ; racemes 

 crowded, axillary and terminal. Q. H. Native of Cochin- 

 china. Stem tetragonal. Leaves serrated, petiolate. Corolla 

 white, tinged with red. The whole plant is obscure green, ex- 

 cept the corollas. 



JVrinkled-\eaved Balm. PI. 1| foot. 



28 M. OBTUSIFOLIA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 132.) leaves broad- 

 ovate, obsoletely serrated, rounded at apex ; stem villous ; pe- 

 duncles simply divided and solitary, much shorter than the 

 leaves ; corolla pale violet. I/ . ? G. Native of South Ame- 

 rica, Michx. 



Blunt-leaved Balm. PI. ? 



29 M. VERONIC^EFOLIA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 132.) leaves broad- 

 ovate, serrated, petiolate ; stem branched, diffuse ; peduncles 

 elongated, branched. If. . H. Native of the Bahamas. Thjf- 

 mus veronicaefolius, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 698. Stem villous. 

 Leaves nearly glabrous. Calyx glabrous. Corolla purplish in- 

 side, variegated with violaceous and white spots. Habit of 

 Veronica arvensis. 



Speedwell-leaved Balm. PI. foot. ? 



j- f Doubtful Clinopodia of authors. 



30 M. ASIA'TICA ; leaves oblong, nerved, wrinkled, tomen- 

 tose beneath ; spikes verticillate, terminal. T? . G. Native of 

 Cochinchina. Clinopodium Asiaticum, Lour. coch. p. 374. 

 Stem suffruticose, tetragonal, simple, villous. Leaves ovate- 

 oblong, blunt, serrated. Flowers violaceous, disposed in an ob- 

 long, compound, terminal spike. Calyx bilabiate, entire, un- 

 equal, very pilose. Upper lip of corolla concave, equally trifid : 

 lower lip refracted, quite entire, longer. 



Astatic Balm. Shrub Z\ feet. 



31 M. HU'MILIS ; plant humble, branched ; leaves wrinkled ; 

 heads flattened. 1. H. Native of Carolina. Clinopodium 

 Immile, Mill. diet. no. 4. 



Humble Balm. PI. dwarf. 



32 M. CAROLINIA'NA ; stem erect, not branched; leaves vil- 

 lous beneath ; whorls fewer ; bracteas longer than the calyxes. 

 1.H. Native of Carolina. Clinopodium Carolinianum, Mill, 

 diet. no. 5. 



Carolina Balm. PI. 1 foot. ? 



Cult. All the species of Balm will grow in common garden 

 earth, and are of easy culture. The perennial herbaceous kinds 

 are readily increased by parting the roots ; the suffruticose spe- 

 cies by cuttings or parting ; and seeds of annual kinds may be 

 sown either on rockwork or in the open border. The species 

 belonging to section A'cinos are all well fitted for decorating 

 rockwork. 



L. GARDO'QUIA (dedicated to Don Diego Gardoqui, 

 Minister of Finance under Charles IV. of Spain, who greatly 

 promoted the publication of the " Flora Peruviana.") Ruiz, et 

 Pav. prod. fl. per. et chil. p. 130. syst. veg. per. p. 149. D. 

 Don, in Sweet, fl. gard. n. s. 3. t. 271. Benth. lab. p. 397. 

 Rizoa, Cav. icon. 6. p. 56. Cunila species, Nutt. Melissa 

 species, Spreng. 



LIN. SYST. Didynamia, Gymnospermia. Calyx tubular, 13- 

 nerved, a little incurved, with an equal or oblique mouth ; teeth 

 short, straight, nearly equal or sub-bilabiate. Tube of corolla 

 much exserted, straight, or incurved, naked inside ; limb bila- 

 biate : upper lip erect, flattish, emarginate : lower one spreading 

 a little, with flat lobes, the middle lobe the broadest. Stamens 

 4, subdidynamous, loosely ascending, rather distant at apex : 

 lower ones the longest : superior ones now and then abortive ; 

 filaments toothless ; anthers 2-celled : cells distinct, parallel, or 

 somewhat divergent. Lobes of style nearly equal. Achenia 



