310 LABIAL:. (MINT FAMILY.) 



* Stamens and tfyh exsciicd beyond the very narrow aid acut6 upper Up of the corol- 

 la : root perennial. 



\. 1?I. dirfyma, L. (OSWKGO TEA.) Somewhat hairy ; loaves petiolcd. 

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

 ones and the large outer bracts tinned with red ; calyx smooth, incurved, nearly 

 it!:l in the throat; corolla smooth, much elont/atrd (-2' long), briaht red. Moist 

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

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

 Plant 2 high, with very showy ilowers. 



2. Mf. fistlllosa, L. (WiLD BERGAMOT.) Smoothish or downy ; leave* 

 pctioled, 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 in 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. 1?I. Bradbliriana, Beck. Leaves nearly sessile , orate-lanccolate, round- 

 ed at the bane, 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, ivith ttv&skaped aimed 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. pllllCtata, L. (IIoR8E-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, awn less ; corolla nearly smooth, yellowish, the upper lip spotted with pur 

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

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



18. BLEPHILIA, Kaf. BLEI-IIILIA. 



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

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

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

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

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

 ments of the upper pair minute or none): anthers. &e. 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 /3Xe<ap/s, tlie. u/tlanh, in reference to the hairy-fringed bracts and 

 calyx-teeth.) 



1. B Ciliata, Kaf. Somewhat downy; Iran-* almost s-ssi/e t <>l>l</ :/ 

 narrowed at^the base, whitish-downy underneath; outer bracls orate, acute, col- 

 ored, ciliate, as long As the calyx. (Monarda eiliata, />.) Dry open places, 



