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usnallj the pedicels hairy. The common form has the stems hninj doionwards. 

 — Muddy shores, Nantiioiic River, Delaware, IT. .1/. Ctinbi). — Var. glahrAta, 

 Briitii., a ucarly sinootli litrin, dittlrin},' from Peppermint in the rounder leaves 

 and i^])ike of 2 or a rounded heads (M. eitratii, Eltrh.). — Litchtield, Connecti- 

 cut, Dr. T. F. Allen. (Nat. from Eu.) 

 * * » Inflorescence axilla ri/, the (/lobular whorls or clusters all in the axils of the leaves, 



the iipprrmost axils not floiver-biarinij : leaves more or less ytlioled, toothed. ( The 



species (tjiparenllij run together,) 



5. M. satIva, L. (WiiouLED MrNT.) Stem hninj doumcards; \ca.ycs ovate ; 

 calyx ohlong-cylindrical with vcri/ slender teeth. Intermediate between the last 

 and the ne.xt, ap|)arently runs into both. — Kivcr-banks, N. Jersey &Penn., Prof. 

 Porter. (Adv. from Eu.)* 



6. M. AKVEN'sis, L. (Corn Mixt.) Lower and smuUcr-leavcd tliaii tlio 

 last; calyx bell -shaped, the teeth short and broader. — Moist fields: rare. (Adv, 

 from Eu.) 



7. M. Canadensis, L. (Wild Mint.) Z.<?aie.s varying from ovate-oblong 

 to lanei'olate, l<i/i<riii(i to both ends; calyx oblony-bell-sliaped, tiie teeth rather 

 short; hairs on tiie stem when present not conspicuously reflcxed. The com- 

 moner form is more or less hairy, and has nearly the odor of Pennyroyal. — 

 Var. GLABRATA, Bcnth. (M. borealia, Michx.) is smoothish, "the scent pleas- 

 antcr, more like that of Monarda." (Prof. Porter.) — Shady wet places, New 

 England to Kentucky.and northward. 



6. LYCOPUS, L. Water IIoreiiound. 



Calyx bell-sh:ipcd, 4-.5-toothed, naked in the throat. Corolla bell-shaped, 

 scarcely lon;;er than the calyx, nearly equally 4-lobed. Stamens 2, distant ; the 

 upper pLiir either sterile rudiments or wanting. Nutlets with thickened margins. 

 — Perennial low herbs, reseful)ling Mints, with sharply toothed or pininitilid 

 leaves, the floral ones similar and much longer tlAn the dense axillary whorls of 

 small mostly white flowers; in summer. (Name compounded of XJicoy, a wolf, 

 and TTovs, fo"t, from some fancieil likeness in the leaves.) 



1. L. Virginicus, L. (Blgi.e-weed.) Stem obtusely 4-angled (6'- 18' 

 high), producing long and slender runners from the base ; leaves oblong or ovatc- 

 laneeolate, toothed, entire towards the base, short-petiolcd ; calyx-teeth 4, ovate, 

 bluntish and pointless. — Shady moist places: common, especially northward. — 

 Smooth, often purpli>ih, with small caj)itate clusters of very small flowers. — The 

 depauperate, few-flowered form, often tiiU'riferous at base (L. uniHorus, il/(c/ix., 

 and L. piinrilus, Vulil), I.,ake Superior and northward. Plant very Iiitter. 



2. L. Europceus, L. Stem sharply 4-angled (1° -3° high); leaves ovate- 

 oiilong or o!)long-lanccolate, sinuate-toothed.or pinnatifid, usually more or less 

 jjCtioled ; whorls many-flowered ; cali/x-teeth 5, triampilarlanceohite, tajKrincj to a 

 rifjid reri) sharp ])oint ; nutlets (smooth or glandular-roHgliene<l at the top) equal- 

 ling or exceeding the calyx-tube. (En.) — Includes several nominal species (tho 

 sterile filaments variable) ; among them in our district is 



Var. sessilif61ius. Nearly smooth, producing slender leafy runners from 

 the decumbent base ; leaves oblong-ovate, closely sessile or almost clasping, re- 



