810 LABIATE. (MINT FAMILY.) 



* Stamens and style exsertfd beyond the very narrow aid acute upper Up of the corol- 

 la : root perennial. 



1. M. didyma, L. (OSWEGO TEA.) Somewhat hairy ; leaves petioled. 

 ovate-lanceolate, pointed, rounded or slightly heart-shaped at the base; the lloral 

 MM Mid the large ouk-r bracts tinned with red; calyx smooth, incur o-d, un/// 

 nai\l hi the throat ; corolla smooth, much elongated (2' long 1 ), bright red. Moi.-t 

 woods by streams, N. England to Wisconsin northward, and southward in the- 

 Aileghaoiefl : often cultivated (under the name of Balm or Bee-Balm). July. 

 Plant 2 high, with very showy flowers. 



2. M. fistlllosa, L. (WiLD BEROAMOT.) Smooth ish or downy ; leaves 

 petioled, ovate-lanceolate from a rounded or slightly heart-shaped base ; the upper- 

 most and outer bracts somewhat colored (whitish or purplish); calyx slightly 

 curved, very hairy hi the, throat; corolla purplish, rose-color or almost white, smooth 

 or hairy. Woods and rocky banks, W. Vermont to Wisconsin, and south- 

 ward, principally westward. July -Sept. Very variable in appearance, 2 - 

 5 high ; the pale corolla smaller than in the last. 



3. M. JBr.tfllHiriaiia, Beck. Leaves nearly sessile, ovate-lanceolate, round- 

 ed at the base, clothed with long soft hairs, especially underneath; the floral and the 

 outer bracts somewhat heart-shaped, purplish ; calyx smoothish, contracted <il,o>:<', 

 very hairy in the throat, with awl-shaped awnrd teeth ; corolla smoothish, bearded 

 at the tip of the upper lip, scarcely twice the length of the calyx, pale purplish, 

 the lower lip dotted with purple. Oak-openings and woods, Ohio to Illinois, 

 and westward. May July. 



* * Stamens not exceeding the notched upper lip of the short corolla. 



4. M. plllictfcta, L. (HoRSE-MiNT.) Minutely downy (2 -3 high); 

 leaves petioled, lanceolate, narrowed at the base; bracts lanceolate, obtuse at 

 the base, sessile, yellowish and purple; teeth of the downy calyx short and 

 rigid, awnlcss ; corolla nearly smooth, yellowish, the upper lip spotted with pur- 

 ple, the tube scarcely exceeding the calyx. Sandy fields and dry banks, New 

 York to Virginia, and southward. Aug., Sept. Very odorous and pungent. 



18. BL.EPIIILIA, Rat' BLEPHILIA. 



Calyx ovoid-tubular, 13-nerved, 2-lipped, naked in the throat; upper lip with 

 S awned teeth, the lower with 2 nearly awnless teeth. Corolla inflated in the. 

 throat, strongly and nearly equally 2-lipped ; the upper lip erect, entire ; the 

 lower spreading, 3-cleft, with the lateral lobes ovate and rounded, larger than 

 the oblong and notched middle one. Stamens 2, ascending, cxserted (the rudi- 

 ments of the upper pair minute or none) : anthers, c. as in Monarda. Pe- 

 rennial herbs, with nearly the foliage, &c. of Monarda; the small pale bluish 

 purple flowers crowded in axillary and terminal globose capitate whorls 

 (Name from fi\c(j)apls, the eyelash, in reference to the hairy-fringed bracts and 

 calyx-teeth.) 



1. 15. Ciliiita, Raf. Somewhat downy; In ires utmost .sr-.s-.sv7r, oblu/> : - 

 narrowed at the bast , whitish-downy underneath; outer brads orate, acute, col- 

 u.ol, ciliate, as long as the calyx. (Monarda eiliata, L.) Dry open places. 



