140 WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



7. Leaves opposite, flowers in cluster, axillary. 



Wild Mint {Mentha Canadensis). Mint family. 



Ht. ^-2 ft.; odorous, stem square; flowers light 

 purple, small, in spherical clusters; corolla with 

 4-cleft border; stamens 4; leaves broad, tapering 

 at both ends. Wet places. Summer. 



See also Pennyroyal (4). 



8. Leaves opposite, flowers in cluster, not axillary, corolla 2-lipped. 



Dittany {Cunila Mariana). Mint family. 



Av. ht. I ft.; stems branching; flowers light purple, 

 small, in open clusters, generally terminal; corolla 

 2-lipped; stamens 2, projecting; leaves egg-shaped, 

 toothed, rounded at base, almost without stems. 

 Dry hills. Late summer-autumn. 



Beard-tongue {Pentstemon pubescens) . Fig wort family. 

 Max. ht. 2 ft. ; viscid-hairy; flowers loosely clustered 

 along stem; corolla purplish, cylindrical, long, 2- 

 lipped, throat bearded; leaves lance-shaped (2-4 in. 

 long), lowest egg-shaped or oblong, usually finely 

 toothed. Dr\^ ground. Summer. Common southward. 



9. Leaves opposite, flowers in cluster, not axillary, not 2-lipped. 



Wild Phlox (Phlox divaricata). Polemonium family. 

 Ht. abt. I ft.; flowers "pale lilac or bluish" (Gray), 

 in open cluster at end; edge of corolla 5 -parted; 

 leaves oblong to lance-shaped, pointed (i^ in. long). 

 Damp woods. Spring. 



II. LEAVES NOT OPPOSITE. 

 10. Leaves not opposite ; climbing or spreading, flowers in raceme. 



Beach Pea {Lathyrus maritimus). Pulse famil^^ 



Max. ht. 2 ft.; stem stout, grooved; flower-stalks 

 bearing 6-10 flowers (J in.), purple, papilionaceous; 

 Xesi^&ts 6~io, thick, stipules broad. Seashore. Early 

 summer. 



