

LABIATAE (MINT FAMILY) 705 



ovate, acute, colored, ciliate, as long as the calyx; corolla hairy. Dry open 

 places, Vt. to Minn., s. to Ga. and Mo. 



2. B. hirsuta (Pursh) Benth. (Wooo MINT.) Taller, hairy throughout; 

 leaves long-petioled, ovate, pointed, rounded or heart-shaped at base; the lower 

 floral ones similar, the uppermost and the bracts linear-awl-shaped, shorter than 

 the long-haired calyx ; corolla pale, with darker purple spots. Moist shady 

 places, w. Que. and Vt. to Minn., s. to Ga. and e. Tex. Var. GLABRATA Fernald. 

 'tern and leaves glabrous. Local, s. Vt. (Miss Day}. 



23. HEDE6MA Pers. MOCK PENNYROYAL 



Calyx ovoid or tubular, gibbous on the lower side near the base, 13-nerved, 

 bearded in the throat, 2-lipped ; upper lip 3-toothed, the lower 2-cleft. Upper lip 

 of corolla flat, notched at the apex, the lower spreading, 3-cleft. Low odorous 

 annuals, with small leaves and loose axillary clusters of flowers (in summer) 

 often forming terminal leafy racemes. (Altered from -rjUoy^ov, an ancient 

 name of Mint, from ^Stfs, sweet, and <5cr^, scent.} 



* Sterile filaments manifest ; leaves oblong-ovate, petioled, somewhat serrate. 



1. H. pulegioides (L.) Pers. (AMERICAN PENNYROYAL.) Erect, branching, tjj ^ 

 hairy ; whorls few-flowered ; upper calyx-teeth triangular, the lower setaceous- 

 subulate ; corolla bluish, pubescent, scarcely exserted, 3-5 mm. long ; taste and 

 odor nearly of the true Pennyroyal (Mentha Pulegium) of Europe. Dry soil, 



N. S. and Que. to Dak., and south w. 



* * Sterile filaments minute or obsolete ; leaves narrow, entire, sessile or nearly so. 



2. H. hispida Pursh. Mostly low ; leaves linear, crowded, almost glabrous, 

 somewhat hispid-ciliate ; bracts spreading or reflexed; upper flowers rather 

 crowded; calyx-teeth all subulate, equaling the bluish corolla. Plains and 

 rocky banks, N. Y. (Haberer} and Out. to Sask. and La. ; locally introd. in Vt. 





 24. MELISSA [Tourn.] L. BALM 



Calyx with the upper lip flattened and 3-toothed, the lower 2-cleft. Corolla 

 with a recurved-ascending tube. Stamens 4, curved and conniving under the 

 upper lip. Otherwise nearly as Satureja. Clusters few-flowered, loose, one- 

 sided, with few and mostly ovate bracts resembling the leaves. (Name from 

 /j.t\i<r(ra, a bee ; the flowers yielding abundance of honey.) 



1. M. OFFICINA.LIS L. (COMMON B.) Upright, branching, perennial, pubes- 

 cent ; leaves broadly ovate, crenate-toothed, lemon-scented ; corolla nearly 

 white. Sparingly escaped from gardens. (Introd. from Eu.) 



25. SATUREJA [Tourn.] L. SAVORY. CALAMINT 



Calyx tubular to bell-shaped, 10-13-nerved, naked or hairy in the throat. 

 Corolla with a straight tube and an inflated throat, distinctly 2-lipped ; the upper 

 lip erect, flattish, entire or notched ; the lower spreading, 3-parted, the middle 

 lobe usually largest. Stamens 4, somewhat ascending. Herbs or shrubs, with 

 mostly purplish or whitish flowers produced all summer ; inflorescence various. 

 (The ancient Latin name.) Including CLINOPODIUM L. CALAMINTHA Lam. 





1. Loosely flowered, without long-subulate bracts. 

 * Calyx bell-shaped, naked in the throat. 



1. S. HORTENSIS L. (SUMMERS.) Pubescent annual ; leaves linear, entire ; 

 clusters few-flowered, in dense interrupted spikes; bracts small or none. 

 Escaped from gardens and sparingly wild, N. B. to Mich, and Ky. (Introd. 

 from Eu.) 



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