LABIATAE (MINT FAMILY) 697 



Bpikes 0.5-5 dm. long; calyx-teeth lanceolate^ acitte, shorter than the purplish 

 corolla; otherwise like the preceding. (Lophanthns Benth.) — N. H. to Ont., 

 Mo., Ky. ,and Ya. Fig. 890. Yar. mollis (Fernald) Heller. Stems and lower 

 surfaces of leaves densely villous. — Vt. and Ct. to 111. 



3. A. Foeniculum (Pursh) Ktze. Smooth, but the ovate acute leaves glaucous- 

 white rinderneath with minute down ; calyx-teeth lanceolate, acute. {Lophan- 

 thus anisatus Benth.; A. aneth'iodora Britton. ) — Plains, L. Superior and Man. 

 to Neb. , and westw. — Foliage with the scent of anise. 



8. MEEHANIA Britton. 



Calyx rather obliquely 5-toothed, 15-nerved. Corolla ample, expanded at 

 the throat ; the upper lip flattish or concave, 2-lobed, the lower 3-cleft, the 

 middle lobe largest. Stamens 4, ascending, the lower pair shorter ; anther- 

 cells parallel. — Low stoloniferous herb, with pale purplish flowers. (Named 

 for the late Thomas Meehan. Philadelphian botanist.) 



1. M. cordata (Nutt.) Britton. Low, with slendor runners, haiiy ; leaves 

 broadly heart-shaped, crenate, petioled, the floral shorter than the calyx ; 

 whorls few-flowered, at the summit of short ascending stems ; corolla hairy 

 inside, 2-3.5 cm. long; stamens shorter than the upper lip. {Cedronella 

 Benth.) — Moist shady banks, w. Pa. to 111., Tenn., and N. C. June. 



9. NEPETA L. Cat Mint 



Calyx tubular, often incurved. Corolla dilated in the throat ; the upper lip 

 erect, rather concave, notched or 2-cleft ; the lower 3-cleft, the middle lobe 

 largest, either 2-lobed or entire, — Perennial herbs. (The Latin name, thought 

 to be derived from Xepete, an Etruscan city. ) 



§ 1. CATAeIA [Tourn.] Reichenb. Cymose clusters rather dense and many- 

 floicered, forming interrupted spikes or racemes ; upper floral leaves small 

 and bract-like. 



1. N. CatXria L. (Catnip.) Downy, erect, branched ; leaves heart-shaped, 

 oblong, deeply crenate, whitish-downy underneath ; corolla whitish, dotted 

 with purple. — Near dwellings ; a common weed. July-Sept. (Nat. from Eu. ) 



§ 2. GLECHOMA (L.) Benth. Leaves all alike ; 

 the axillary clusters loosely feic-floivered. 



2. N. hederXcea (L.) Trevisan. (Ground 



Ivy, Gill-over-the-Ground.) Creeping and 



trailing ; leaves petioled. round-kidney-shaped, 



crenate, green both sides ; corolla thrice the 



length of the calyx, light blue. {Glecoma L. ; 



891. N. hederacea. ^- Glechoma Benth.) — Damp or shady places, 



Node X y,. near towns. May-July. (Nat. from Eu.) 



Longitudinal section of flower X 2. FlG. 891. 



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10. DRACOCEPHALUM [Tourn.] L. Dragon Head 



Calyx tubular, 13-15-nerved, 5-toothed. Upper lip of the corolla slightly 

 arched and notched ; the lower 3-cleft. with its middle lobe largest and 2-cleft 

 or notched at the end. — Whorls many-flowered, mostly spiked or capitate, and 

 with awn-toothed or fringed leafy bracts. (Name from 5pdK0Jv, a dragon, and 

 K€(pa\Tj. head, alluding to the form of the corolla in the original species.) 



1. D. parvifl5rum Nutt. Annual or biennial ; stem erect, leafy, 1.6-8 dm. 

 high : leaves ovate-lanceolate, sharply cut-toothed, petioled ; whorls crowded 

 in a terminal head or spike ; upper tooth of the calyx ovate, nearly equaling 



