LABIATE. 165 



2. M. fistulo'sa, L. (WILD BEBGAMOT. ) Corona purplish, 

 the outer bracts somewhat purplish. Dry and rocky banks 

 and woods. 



Var. mollis, Benth., with flesh-coloured or lilac corolla, 

 is common in the N.W. prairie region. 



11. NEP'ETA, L. CAT-MINT. 



1. N. Cata'ria, L. (CATNIP.) Mowers in cymose clusters. 

 Stem erect, downy, branching. Leaves oblong, crenate, 

 whitish beneath. Corolla dotted with purple. Roadsides. 



2. N. Gleeho'ma, Benth. (GROUND IVY.) Creeping and 

 trailing. Leaves round-kidney-shaped, crenate, green both 

 sides. Corolla light blue. Damp waste grounds. 



12. DRACOCEPH'ALUM, L. DRAGON-HEAD. 



D. parviflo'rum, Nutt. Stem erect, 8-20 inches high, 

 leafy. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, cut-toothed, petioled. Cor- 

 olla small and slender. N.W. Ontario, in partly cleared 

 lands. 



13. Mtril l V Till S, Benth. GIANT HYSSOP. 



1. L. nepetoi'des, Benth. Smooth or nearly so, coarsely 

 crenate-toothed. Calyx-teeth ovate, rather obtuse. Corolla 

 greenish-yellow. Borders of woods. 



2. L. SCrophularisefolius, Benth., has lanceolate calyx- 

 teeth and a purplish corolla. Near Queenston Heights. 



3. L. anisa'tus, Benth.. has the leaves ovate, acute, and 

 glaucous-white underneath. N.W. plains. 



CALAMIX'THA, Moench. CALAMINTH. 



1. C. Clinopo'dium, Benth. (BASIL.) Stem hairy, erect, 

 1-2 feet high. Flower-clusters dense. Leaves ovate, nearly 

 entire, petioled. Thickets and waste places. 



2. C. Nuttal'lii, Benth. Smooth, 5-9 inches high. Leaves 

 narrowly oblong. Clusters few-flowered, the flowers on 

 slender naked pedicels. Bracts linear or oblong. Wet lime- 

 stone rocks, western and south-western Ontario. 



