704 LABIATAE (MINT FAMILY) 



ones and the large outer bracts tinged with m/; mlys smoothish, nearly ndk<-<l 

 in the throat; corolla smooth or minutely pubescent, 4-5 cm. long, bright red, 

 showy. Moist woods, by streams, w. Que., Ont., and south w. July, Aug. 



= = Calyx hairy in the throat. 



2. M. clinopodia L. Nearly glabrous to villous-pubescent ; leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate and ovate; bracts whitish; calyx moderately hirsute in the throat; 

 corolla slightly pubescent, 2-2.5 cm. long, dull white or flesh-colored. Shady 

 places, ravines, etc., N. Y. to 111. and Ga. July. 



3. M. fistulbsa L. (WILD BERGAMOT.) Branches more or less villous or 

 hirsute, 0.5-1.5 m. high ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, pubescent especially beneath, 

 the uppermost and outer bracts somewhat colored (whitish or purplish); calyx 

 slightly curved, very hairy in the throat; corolla 2.5-4 cm. long, lilac or pink, 

 the upper lip very hairy. Dry soil, N. E. to Col. and Tex. ; often cultivated 

 and mostly introd. northeastw. Var. RtiBRA Gray. Stem smooth ; corolla bright 

 crimson or rose-red ; habit of no. 1, but upper lip of corolla villous-bearded on 

 the back at tip ; throat of calyx with the outer bristly hairs widely spreading. 

 (M. media Willd.) Me. to Ont. and Tenn. ; mostly introd. northw. July, 

 Aug. 



++ ++ Leaves canescent (especially beneath) with minute appressed puberulence. 



4. M. m611is L. Tall and branching ; leaves firm, oblong- or deltoid-ovate, 

 long-acuminate ; throat of calyx mostly rilled with dense beard, with sometimes 

 an outer row of bristles ; corolla flesh-color to lilac, glandular, its upper lip 

 hairy outside or more bearded at the tip. (M. scabra Beck ; M. fistulosa, var. 

 mollfa Benth.) Dry plains, Me. to Man., and southw. July, Aug. 



- *- Leaves nearly sessile; calyx-teeth elongated, lax; head solitary. 



6. M. Bradburiana Beck. Leaves clothed with long soft hairs, especially 

 underneath ; the floral and the outer bracts somewhat heart-shaped, purplish ; 

 calyx smoothish, contracted above, very hairy in the throat, with awl-shaped 

 awned teeth ; corolla smoothish, bearded at the tip of the upper lip, scarcely 

 twice the length of the calyx, pale-purplish or white, the lower lip dotted with 

 purple. Thickets and woods, Ind. to Tenn. and Mo. May-July. 



* * Stamens not exceeding the falcate upper lip of the short corolla; heads axil- 

 lanj or interrupted-spicate ; leaves lanceolate or oblong, sparsely serrate, 

 tapering into the petiole. 



6. M. punctata L. (HORSE MINT.) Perennial, minutely downy, 3-'. dm. 

 high ; leaves petioled, lanceolate, narrowed at base ; bracts lanceolate, blunt, 

 obtuse at base, sessile, yellowish and purple ; teeth o/the downy calyx short ami 

 awnless, rigid, soon spreading ; corolla nearly smooth, yellowish, the upper lip 

 spotted with purple, notched at the apex, the tube scarcely exceeding the calyx. 

 Sandy ground, N. Y. to Minn., s. to Fla. and Tex.; adv. in N. E. July-Sept. 



7. M. citriodbra Cerv. (LEMON MINT.) Annual, 3-8 dm. high; bracts nar- 

 rowly oblong, their slender awned tips spreading or recurving; calyx-ta-th 

 sli'inler, at length usually spreading ; corolla white or pinkish, not spotted. 111. 

 t>- * Neb. and Tex. June -Sept. 



22. BLEPHiLIA Raf. 



Calyx 13-nerved, naked in the throat ; upper lip with 3 awned teeth, the 

 lower with 2 nearly awnless teeth. Corolla inflated in the throat, nearly equally 

 2-lipped ; upper lip erect, entire, the lower spreading, 3-cleft, its lateral lobes 

 ovate and rounded, lamer than the oblong and notched middle one. Stamens 

 exserted (the upper pair minute or none). Perennial lierlts. with nearly tin- 

 foliage, etc., of Mnmii'ii,! ; the small pale bluish-purple flowers crowded in 

 axillary and terminal globose whorls; in summer. (Name from /3Xe0ct/^s, the 

 rifi-lnnh, in reference to the hairy fringe of the bracts and calyx-teeth.) 



1. B. ciliata (L.) Kaf. Somewhat downy, 3-0 dm. high; leaves almost 

 />', nhlnit<i-t>r<tti\ nnmnr<-<l at //</.sr, whitish-downy underneath ; OUter-&rOCtl 



