WILD FLOWERS OF NEW YORK 239 



Wild Bergamot 



Monarda fistulosa Linnaeus 



Plate ipoa 



Stems slender, usually branched, especially above, 2 to 3 feet high, 

 hairy or nearly smooth, from a perennial root. Leaves opposite, lanceolate, 

 narrowed or heart-shaped at the base. Flower clusters solitary and ter- 

 minal or rarely also in the uppermost axils; bracts whitish or purplish. 

 Calyx teeth awl-shaped, about as long as the diameter of the tubular calyx. 

 Corolla yellowish pink, lilac or purplish, i to i^ inches long, hairy on the 

 upper lip, otherwise resembling in floral structure the flowers of the 

 Oswego Tea. 



On dry hills and in thickets, Maine to Minnesota, south to Florida 

 and Kansas. Flowering from June to September. 



The Pale Wild Bergamot (Monarda mollis Linnaeus) pos- 

 sesses a short, fine pubescence and has paler green leaves, otherwise closely 

 resembling M. fistulosa. 



Purple Bergamot 



Monarda media Willdenow 



Plate ipob 



Resembling the common Wild Bergamot, but usually very sparingly 

 hairy or nearly smooth and bright green; bracts of the inflorescence deep 

 purple and very conspicuous; the flowers purple or purple-red and showy. 



In moist thickets, Maine to Ontario, south to Pennsylvania and Vir- 

 ginia. Flowering from June to August. 



The Horsemint (Monarda punctata Linnaeus) is densely 

 pubescent or downy with lanceolate, linear-lanceolate or narrowly oblong 

 leaves ; flower clusters terminal and also axillary in the upper leaves ; bracts 

 white or purplish and showy; corolla yellowish, spotted with purple, about 

 an inch long. Common in dry fields, southern New York southward and 

 westward. 



