34 DIDTNAMIA. GYMNOSPERMIA. 



pltuli larg-e and terminal; lanceolate bractes and Gallx 

 canesCKntly viilous, both awnlesb; corolla pubescent; sta- 

 mina exseried. Obs. A species more nearly allied to P. 

 "vivginicum than P. nuUicuniy but disiinct apparently from 

 both. Stem a little branched towaids the summit; brac- 

 tes shorter than the calix, acute, but not awned; dentures 

 of the callx minute, ojifice of the corolla and its external 

 surface pubescent, immaculatef seeds unbearded. '1 aste 

 and scent similar to JMentha Pulegiiim. Hab. In the 

 glades of Kentucky and Tennessee. 



10. * tiudam. Very smooth; stem nearly simple; leaves 

 oblong-ovate, entire, erect and sessile, margin partly revo- 

 lute; capituii pedicellate, few- flowered, naked; flowers 

 distinct; smooth lanceolate bractes and calix awnless, 

 both conspicuously covered with resinous punctures, den- 

 tures bearded, minute. Obs. About 2 feet high; leaves 

 very smooth, about an inch long, prominently veined, and 

 opaque; capituii numerous and small, subtended by- brac- 

 tes about the same length; orifice and exterior of the co- 

 rolla pubescent, lobes of the lower lip nearly equal; sta- 

 mina exserted; seeds smooth. Hab. In the mountains of 

 Carolina and Georgia. Aroma similar to that of Satureja 

 hortensis. 



A North American genus. 



f f Calix hilahiate, 



410. CLINOPODIUM. L. (Wild Basil.) 

 Verticill surrounded by a setaceous involu- 



cruni. — Upper iip of the corolla flat, obcordate 

 and straight. 



Flowers in a terminal capitulate cyme; segments of the 

 calix and bractes setaceous, divaricately and conspicuous- 

 ly pilose; leaves ovate. 



Species. 1. C viiljare. Truly indigenous to North 

 America as well as Europe. 



411. ORIGANUM. X. (Marjoram.) 



Flowers collected into a 4 -sided strobilus or 

 dense spike. — Upper lip of the corolla erect^ 

 fiat; lower 3 -parted; segments equal. 



Peduncles axillary and terminal, each supporting seve- 

 ral spikes; flowers sepanted from each other by broad 

 bractes. 



