LABIATAE. 



VOL. III. 



7. Koellia aristata (Michx.) Kuntze. Awned 

 Mountain-Mint. Fig. 3666. 



Pyc. aristatum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 8. pi. 33. 1803. 

 Koellia aristata Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 520. 1891. 



Similar to the preceding species; stem slender, 

 stiff, minutely canescent, 1 2 -2j high. Leaves ovate, 

 or some of them ovate-lanceolate, short-petioled, 

 sharply serrate, serrulate, or the upper entire, acute 

 at the apex, rounded at the base, i'-2' long, 4" '-12" 

 wide, the uppermost usually minutely canescent ; 

 inflorescence as in the preceding species ; bracts long- 

 awned, appressed, the awn about one-third the length 

 of the body; calyx canescent, its teeth equal, bristle- 

 pointed, widened below, one-third to one-half as 

 long as the tube; corolla-tube about equalling the 

 calyx. 



In dry pine barrens, New Jersey to Florida and Louisi- 

 ana, mostly near the coast. Wild basil. July-Sept. 



8. Koellia incana (L.) Kuntze. Hoary Mountain-Mint. Fig. 3667. 



Clinopodium incanum L. Sp. PI. 588. 1753. 

 Pycnanthemum incanum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 7. 1803. 

 Koellia incana Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 520. 1891. 



Stem pubescent, or glabrous below, stout, i$-3 

 high. Leaves thin, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, peti- 

 oled, acute at the apex, sharply serrate or serrulate, 

 white-canescent beneath, puberulent or glabrous 

 above, ii'-3' long, i'-i4' wide, or the uppermost 

 smaller and sometimes canescent on both sides ; 

 clusters loose, terminal and in the upper axils, i'-ii' 

 broad, canescent, the flowers sometimes secund on 

 their branches; bracts linear, or the outer broader, 

 canescent or slightly villous, spreading, mostly 

 shorter than the clusters ; calyx canescent, slightly 

 2-lipped, its teeth subulate, somewhat unequal, the 

 longer one-fourth to one-half as long as the tube, 

 rarely villous; corolla-tube equalling or longer than 

 the calyx. 



Dry thickets and hillsides, Maine to Ontario, Florida, 

 Alabama and Missouri. Calamint. Wild basil. Aug.-Oct. 



9. Koellia pycnanthemoides (Leavenw.) Kuntze. Southern Mountain-Mint. 



Fig. 3668. 



Tullia pycnanthemoides Leavenw. Am. Journ. Sci. 20 : 



343. pi. 5. 1830. 



P. Tullia Benth. Lab. Gen. & Sp. 328. 1834. 

 K. pycnanthemoides Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 520. 1891. 

 P. pycnanthemoides Fernald, Rhodora 10: 86. 1908. 



Stem rather stout, pubescent nearly to the base, 

 2-3 high. Leaves membranous, petioled, mostly 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminate or acute at the apex, 

 narrowed at the base, sharply serrate, pubescent 

 beneath, puberulent or glabrate and dark green 

 above, ii'-34' long, i'-ii' wide, the lower green, the 

 upper smaller and white-canescent on both sides; 

 clusters loose, villous and canescent, terminal and 

 axillary, i'-2' broad, the flowers often secund ; 

 bracts linear-oblong, acuminate or subulate-tipped, 

 villous, spreading; calyx-teeth very unequal, subu- 

 late, villous, the longer about equalling the tube; 

 corolla-tube not exceeding the calyx. 



In dry woods and on hills, Virginia to Georgia, Ken- 

 tucky and Tennessee. Calamint. July-Sept. 



