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to 4f high. Lvs. opposite, closely sessile, 3 to 6' by 3" to 3' (the lower often 

 very large), with remote and shallow teeth. Fls. numerous, dense, or often sub- 

 remote. Bracts subulate. Cor. pale purple, about an inch long, spotted inside. 

 Aug., Sept. (D. Virginiana, denticulatum, variegatum and obovatum of authors.) 



33. LA^MIUM, L. HENBIT. (Lat. lamia, the name of a sea mon- 

 ster, to which the grotesque flowers may be likened.) Calyx 5-veined, 

 with 5 subequal, subulate teeth ; corolla dilated at throat, upper lip 

 vaulted, galeate, nearly entire, lower lip broad, emarginate, lateral lobes 

 truncate, often toothed on each side near the margin of the dilated 

 thpoat ; stamens 4, ascending. 



1 L. amplexicaulis L. Lvs. roundish, incisely crenate, floral broadly cordate, 

 obtuse, sessile, amplexicaul, lower one petiolate ; anth. hairy. CD Waste grounds, 

 Mid., S. and "W. States. Sts. ascending, several from the same root, 6 to 10' high, 

 with opposite, broad, short, hairy Ivs., lower ones on stalks 1 to 2' in length. Fls. 

 In dense verticils, in the axils of the upper leaves. Cor. purple, downy, the tube 

 much exserted, the lower lip spotted with white. May Nov. Eur. 



2 L. purpfrreum L. Lower Ivs. roundish, the floral ovate, all crenate, $e tiolate, 

 the petioles longer than the calyxes; cor. tube straight ; anth. hairy. Waste 

 grounds, Penn., rare. Eur. f- Varies with the Ivs. white-striped. 



34. PHUTMIS, -L. JERUSALEM SAGE. (Gr. 0A6. a flame; the 

 dried, woolly leaves of P. lychnitis were used in ancient lamps.) Calyx 

 5 to 10-veined, limb equal, truncate or 5-toothed; corolla upper lip 

 galeate, carinate, broad, entire or emarginate, incurved, the lower 

 spreading, trifid ; stamens ascending beneath the galea ; upper filaments 

 adnate, often with a subulate appendage at base ; anther cells divari- 

 cate, confluent ; achenia 3-angled. Fls. often showy, in axillary, bracted 

 verticils. Lvs. rugous. 



1 P. tuberosa L. Tall, smoothish; Ivs. ample, ovate, obtuse, crenate, deeply cor- 

 date, floral lance-oblong ; bracts subulate and with the calyx somewhat ciliate; 

 cal. lirnb truncated, with 5 rigid points ; cor. galea very hairy inside. 1\- Shores 

 of L. Ontario, near Rochester (Dewey) and Can. Plant 3 to 5f high, with Ivs. 

 near a foot long. Verticils remote, with 30 to 40 purple fls. E. Eur. 



2 P. fmticosa L. Branches and oblong-ovate Ivs. beneath cottony-tomentous ; 

 verticils dense-flowered, very woolly. Shrubby, ;3f high. Curious in cultivation 

 with its grotesque yellow fls. S. Eur. 



35. BALLOTA, L. BLACK HOARHOUND. (Gr. /fcaAw, to reject; 

 on account of its offensive odor.) Calyx funnel-form, 10-veined, 5- 

 toothed ; corolla bilabiate, tube cylindrical, as long as the calyx, upper 

 lip concave, crenate, lower lip 3 -cleft, middle segment largest, emargin- 

 ate ; stamens 4, ascending, exserted ; ach. ovoid-triangular. 2f . 



'B. nigra L. Lvs. ovate, subcordate, undivided, serrate; bracts linear-subulate; 

 cal. somewhat truncate, throat dilated, teeth spreading, acuminate. Is frequent 

 about hedges, &c., Mass, and Conn. Stem 2 3f high, pubescent, as well as the 

 opposite, broad leaves. Flowers purple or white, in axillary verticils. Jl. Has 

 the general appearance of Hoarhound (Marrubium), but not its fragrance. Eur. 



36. MOLUCCEL'LA, L. MOLUCCA BALM. SHELL FLOWER. (Brought 

 from the Molucca Islands, <fcc.) Calyx campanulate, very large, the 

 margin expanding, often repand-spinous ; cor. tube included, limb bila- 

 biate ; stamens 4, ascending. 0. 



M. lEevis L. St. ascending, subsimple, glabrous; Ivs. petiolate, roundish- 

 ovate, incisely crenate; fls. in a terminal, leafy raceme; cal. campanulate, 

 equally 5-toothed, nearly twice longer than the corolla, teeth awnless. A curious 

 plant in gardens, smooth in all its parts and of a glaucous green, 1 2f high. It ia 



