277 



ly oblong, coarsely and incisely toothed, 

 sessile, the lower 3' long, \' wide, the 

 upper reduced; ex-teeth attenuate^subu- 

 late. Sib. 



Abrams, Fl LA 348. SBer valley 

 (Parish). 



Jepson. ti W Mid Cal 466. 

 LYCOPTTS AMEBICANU3 Muhl. 



St erect, branching above, 2-3 : hi. 

 very acutely 4-angled, from creeping rt- 

 s, not bearing stolons; herbage 

 nearly glabrous; Ivs broadly or narrow- 

 ly-lanceolate, incisely toothed or lacin- 

 iate-pinnatifkl, narrowed at base into a 

 slender petiole, 1^-2', long; ex-teeth ac- 

 ute: rudiments of sterile sta conspicu- 

 ous: inner angle of nutlet granulose at 

 apex. 



Canada to Fla; Oregon to S Ber (Par- 

 ish }: 



Jepson. Fl W Mid Cal 46'3. 



Lycopus sinuatus Ell. 



Genus ME\THA Linnaeus. 



Erect or diffuse aromatic herbs with 

 simple mostly punctate Ivs. and sm 

 whorled fls, the whorls axy or 

 in terminal dense or inter- 

 rupted spikes: ex campanulate to tubu- 

 lar, 10-nerved, regular or slightly bila- 

 biate, 5-toothed: cor-tube shorter than 

 ex, the limb 4-cleft, somewhat regular, 

 posterior lobe usually somewhat broad- 

 er than the others, entire or emargin- 

 ate: sta 4, equal, erect, included or ex- 

 serted: fil glabrous; anth 2-celled, the 

 sacs parallel: ova 4-parted; sty 2-cleft; 

 nutlets ovoid, smooth. 

 MEXTHA CANADENSIS Linn. 



Per by suckers; sts often several ft 

 long, simple or much branched; herbage 

 tomentose-pubescent, sometimes almost 

 hoary, more commonly g'ish; Ivs ob- 

 long-lanceolate, sharply serrate, taper- 

 ing at base into a petiole. l l / 2 --' long; 

 whorls of fls often shorter than, the 

 petioles of Ivs; ex pube'scent, its teeth 

 one-fourth to one-third as long as tube. 

 SF: Xev. 



Hall. U 108. 



Type locality: "in Canada." 



Coville, CXH 4:174. Yoseraite valley. 

 Variety GX.ABRATA Bentham. 



Comondu, Baja (Ber). Atlantic to 

 Pacific. Canada to Mexico. 

 MENTHA SFICATA L. 



Spearmint. Lvs sessile or oiib. c .e.-5S'le. 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute, incisely ser- 

 rate: bracts setaceous, and with ex- 

 teeth somewhat hairy: spikes slender, 

 interrupted, attenuate above. Eu; Can; 

 U. S. 



Mentha viridis L. 



Genus MIRABILIS Linnaeus. 



Per herbs, somewhat woody toward 

 the base, with opp Ivs and ax solitary or 

 paniculate ped: inv ex-like. 5-cleft or 

 5-parted. herbaceous unchanged in fr. 

 bearing 1-12 fls: ex tubular or narrowly 

 campanulate, with somewhat spreading 

 lobes: sta 5, equaling the ex; fil united 

 at the base: fr globose to ovate-oblong, 

 smooth or slightly ribbed or angled. 

 MIRABILIS FROEBELII Behr. 



ut. spreading, very viscid-pubes- 

 cent, the foliage in age somewhat sca- 



brous: Ivs thick, broadly ovate, the low- 

 er cordate, slightly decurrent on the 

 short-petioles, 4' long and nearly as 

 broad; inv 5-cleft about half way down 

 into rather acute lobes; 5-6-fld: perianth 

 funnelform. 1%' long, the limb 1' 

 across, dull p, pubescent and viscid out- 

 side: fr ovate-oblong, not tuberculate, 

 light brown, marked by 10 lines of a 

 lighter color." Greene, Cal. ac b 1:124 

 (1885). 



Type locality: Warner's Ranch SD Co. 



Coville, CX'H 4:177. Panamint mts. 



Colo, to Texas; mts San Diego (Or). 



Oxybaphus Froebellii Behr, Cal ac pr 

 1:69 (1855). 



Mirabilis multiflora var pubescens 

 Watson. Bot Cal 2:2. 

 MIRABILIS LAEVIS Curran. 



Xevada, Utah, to Southern Baja. 



Curran. Cal ac pr sr 2, 1:235 (1889). 



Type locality: "Bay of Magdalena," 



Seville, CXH 4:177. Ut ; Xev; Cal. 



Oxybaphus laevis Bentham, Bot Sulph 

 44 (1844). 



Mirabilis Californica Gray. 



Gray. Bot Mex B 173. 



Sts ascending or spreading from a 

 somewhat woody base, 3-6 dm long: her- 

 bage viscid-pubescent; Ivs rather thick, 

 1-3 cm long, broadly ovate to cordate, 

 obtuse or acute; petioles slender. 1-2 

 cm long; inv about 6 mm long, acutely 

 5-cleft to near the middle; ex narrowly 

 campanulate. 10 mm long, lobes spread- 

 ing, emarginate; sta equaling ex and 

 nearly equaling sty: fr ovate, smooth, 

 3 mm long. Xev: Ut. 



Abrams. Fl LA 137. 

 MIRABILIS MULTIPLOBA A. Gray. 



Gray. Bot Mex B 169 (1859). 



Watson, Bot Cal 2:2. 



See M. Froebelii Behr. 



Oxybaphus multiflorus Torrey, Ann 

 Lye XY 2:237 (1828). 



Type locality: "about the Forks of 

 the Platte." 

 VarietyPUBESCENS S. Watson. 



Abrams. Fl LA 136. 



See Mirabilis Fraebelii Behr. 

 MIRABILIS TENUILOBA S. Watson. 



San Borgia, Baja (Br). 



Genus ABRONIA Jussien. 



Inv of 5-15 distinct somewhat scari- 

 ous Ifts, enclosing num sessile fls: per- 

 ianth salverform, tube elongated, limb 

 of 4 or 5 obcordate or emarginate seg; 

 sta usually 5, unequal, included in tube 

 and adnate to it: sty included: stig 

 linear-clavate; fr coriaceous or indur- 

 rated. 3-5-winged, mostly reticulately 

 veined, enclosing a smooth cylindrical 

 ak: embryo by abortion monocotyled- 

 onous: an or per herbs, often prostrate, 

 com more or less viscid-pubescent, with 

 thick opp unequal Ivs, and elongated 

 axy and terminal peduncles: fls usually 

 very fragrant and showy. Sand-ver- 

 bena. 

 ABROXIA MARITIMA Nutt. 



Sts stout, prostrate, somewhat pub- 

 escent and viscid: Ivs thick, broadly 

 ovate to oblong, cuneate or rounded at 

 base. 1' long, 9n short stout petioles: 

 peduncles usually a little exceeding the 

 Ivs: inv bracts short, ovate oblong: fls 



