ORDER 89. LABIATE. 551 



4 M. didyma L. St. branched, acutely 4-angled ; Ivs. broadly ovate, acuminate, 

 somewhat rough, on short petioles, veins and veirilets hairy beneath ; fls. (crim- 

 son) in terminal, often axillary heads; bracts colored', cal. throat naked. Swamps, 

 Can. to the Mts, of Ga. Plant 2 to 3 Lvs. 2 to 5' long, very broad at base, 

 often cordate, serrate. Heads often proliferous, with large, ovate-lanceolato 

 bracts tinged with the same color as the 11s. Cor. 15" long. Abortive fil. 2, 

 short, the perfect exserted. Jl. Handsome and fragrant f 



23. BLEPHII/IA, Raf. (Gr. /ttetfwzp/V, the eyelash ; probably refer- 

 ring to the ciliate bracts.) Calyx 13-ribbed, bilabiate, upper lip 

 3-toothed, lower lip shorter, 2-toothed, the teeth setaceous ; corolla bila- 

 biate, upper lip short, erect, oblong, obtuse, entire, lower lip of 3 un- 

 equal, spreading lobes, the lateral ones orbicular ; stamens 2, fertile, 

 ascending, exserted. 2 Verticils dense, terminal and subterminal. 



3. B. hirsuta Benth. Whole plant hirsute ; Ivs. ovate-lanoeolate, acuminate, serrate, 

 petiolaie tts, in axillary verticillastera and terminal heads ; bracts colored, shorter 

 than the flowers, oblong, acuminate, In damp woods, rare N. Eng., common in 

 "W. States. St. 1 to 2f high, diffusely branching, roughly pubescent. Petiole 3 

 to 6" long, Ivs. 3 to 4 times as long, somewhat rounded at base. Fls. small, 

 forming several dense whorls near the end of each branch. Cor. 5" long, pale 

 purple, with spots of a deeper hue. Jn., JL 



2 B. ciliata Raf. SL hirsute, simple, acutely 4-angled ; Ivs. f3w oblong-lanceolate, 

 <icute at the base, subsessik, serrate, minutely pubescent ; fls. in dense, approximate? 

 involucrate, terminal and subterminal verticils, bracts ovate, veiny, glabrous, ciliate, 

 as long as the calyx. Fields, barrens, Penn. to Miss., very abundant in tho W- 

 States. Plant 2 to 4f high, generally simple, rarely with 1 or 2 branches. Lvs. 

 18" to 30' f long, a fourth as wide. Hds. larger than in No. 1, an inch in diam. 

 Jn. Aug. (Monarda ciliata L. nee MX.) 



24. LOPHAR'THUS, Benth. (Ilyssopus L.) HEDGE HYSSOP. (Gr. 

 Ao^o^, a crest, dvOog ; flowers in dense, terminal spikes.) Calyx 

 15-ribbed, oblique, 5-cleft, upper segments longer ; corolla bilabiate, 

 upper lip bifidly emarginate, lower lip 3-lobed, the middle lobe broader 

 andcrenatej stamens diverging. It Tall, erect. Verticils spicate. 



1 L. nepetoides Benth. St smooth, quadrangular, with the angles acute and 

 slightly winged ; Ivs. ovate and ovate-lanceolate, acutely serrate ; petioles smooth- 

 ish, calyx teeth ovate, green, obiusish. If Middle and Western States, common 

 about fences and dry hedges. Stem 3 Gf high, the sides somewhat concavo 

 and the angles prominent. Lvs. acuminate, about 4' by 2'. Flowers in crowded 

 axillary verticils, forming a terminal, green spike, which is nearly continuous 

 above. Corolla greenish-yellow. July, Aug. 



2 Ii. scrophularifdliiis Benth. St. pubescent, quadrangular, with tho angles 

 obtuse ; Ivs. cordate-ovate, crenate-serrate ; petioles ciliate-pubescent, cal teeth 

 lanceolate, colored, acute. With the general aspect of the former species, and 

 found in similar situations. The herbage is often changed to dark purple. Stem 

 2 4f high, purple. Leaves about 5' by 3', coarsely serrate, acuminate. Flowers 

 in crowded, axillary verticils, forming a long, dense, terminal spike. Corolla palo 

 purple, more conspicuous than in the first. JL, Aug. 



25. KEP'ETA, L. CATNEP. GROUND IVY. (Said to be from Nepct, 

 a town in Tuscany.) Calyx tubular, 5-toothed ; corolla tube slender 

 below, dilated and naked in the throat, upper lip emarginate, lower 

 3-lobed, the middle lobe largest and crenate, margin of the orifice re- 

 flected ; stamens approximate, ascending ; anther cells divergent (-Fig. 

 117.) 



Tall. Verticils in a terminal-raceme. Calyx nearly regular ....... . ................. No. 1 



GLECIIOMA. Low, diffuse. Flowers axillary. Calyx curved, obliqiio ................ No. JZ 



1 JNT. cat aria L. CATMINT. Erect, lioary-tomentous; Ivs. petiolate, cordate, 



