DIANDRIA. MONOGYMA. IT 



24. MONARDA. L, (Mountain-balm.) 



Calix 5-tootlied, cylindnc, striate. Corolla 

 rlng;enl, with a loii^ cyli^idric tube, upper Ii|j 

 linear, nearly straight and entire, involviuj^the 

 filaments; lower lip reflected, broader, 3-lobcd, 

 the middle lobe longei*. 



Flowers axiUary-veilicillate, or terminal and capitate, 

 with involacrate bractes; colour scarlet, crimson, violet, 

 or white, and m two species yellowish and spoited, witli 

 hi.^hly coloured hructes. .(A'Xorth \merican ^enus ) 



Species I. M. didyma. 2 Kcdmiana. S.rvs^osa. 4. claw- 

 podia 5. gracilis. &. purpurea 7. oblongata. 8. mollis. 9-Jistii<- 

 losa. 10. punctata. 11. ciliuta, 12. hirsuta. 



25. SALVIA. L. (Sago.) 



Calix subcamnanulate, striate, and S-Iipped, 

 above 3 toothed, below bifid. Corolla, tube 

 widening at the faux, limb bilabiate, the up- 

 per lip arched and emarginate, the lower 3- 

 lobed, the lateral segments narrower, the inter- 

 mediate one larger and nearly round (some- 

 times crenate). The 2 fertile filaments trans- 

 versely pedicellate. 



Herbs or suffruticose shrubs; flowers with 1 to 3 

 bractes or axillary leaves, often spiked. Fiiament> of the 

 stamina variously stipitate, sometimes in the middle, at 

 Other times above or belcw it, terminated at only one, 

 or more commonly at botli ends, by 1-ceIled anthers, one 

 of which is always infertile; there are also considerable 

 variations in the lip of the corolla. 



Species 1. S. azurea. 2. coccinea. 3'! * tricftosfemoide-?. 

 (Missouri). 4. urticifoUa. 5. ly^ata., 6. Clni/tani. f. obo- 

 rata. 



Obs. a very numerous .^enus, and widely disseminated 

 over ihe world; flowers large and of very brill. ant colours 



and veined; verticilli many-flowered, flowers minu e, :thorter 

 til an the calix; bractes ciiiate, calix strigose. O // huspida, 

 Puvsl., 2. p. 414. 



On "he open all'ivions of the Missouri. 0. June. FrOilQ 4 A^ 

 6 mches high, nearly allied to the //. Pulep-ioiil^i. 

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