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BB. Corolla strongly 2-lipped. 

 c. Calyx 2-lipped. 



D. Lips of calyx toothed : flowers in dense terminal 



spikes or heads 7. Brunella 



DD. Lips of calyx entire, the upper humped, or 

 appendaged: flowers axillary in bracts or 



leaf axils, solitary or raceraed 8. Scutellaria 



cc. Calyx nearly or quite regular. 



D. Upper pair of the stamens the longer 9. Nepeta 



DD. Upper pair of the stamens the shorter. 



E. Stamens short, included in the tube of the 



corolla 10. Mnrrubium 



EE. Stamens long, projecting from the corolla- 

 tube 11. Leonurus 



1. MONARDA. Horse-mint. 



Rather stout, mostly perennials, with flowers in close terminal heads: 

 calyx tubular, 15-nerved, hairy in the throat, the teeth nearly equal: corolla 

 strongly 2-lipped, the upper lip erect, the lower spreading and 3-lobed. 



M. fistuldsa, Linn. Two to 5 ft., in clumps: leaves ovate-lai.eeolate: 

 flowers in a clover-like flattish head: calyx slightly curved: corolla about 



1 in. long, purple. Common in dry places. 



M. didyma, Linn. Oswego tea. Bee halm. Stem 4-angled and branch- 

 ing: leaves petioled, shortly ovate to lanceolate, those about the terminal 

 Lead tinged with red: not very common wild, but cultivated. 



2. L"?COPUS, Water Hoarhound. 



Low perennials, with stolons or suckers, much like the mints (Mentha) 

 and growing in similar moist or shady places: not aromatic: flowers 

 small, white clustered in leaf axils: calyx bell-shaped, 4- to 5-toothed: 

 corolla campanulate, with 4 nearly equal lobes: fertile stamens 2, the other 



2 rudimentary or wanting: flowers small, white or purplish, braeted and 

 whorled in axillary clusters. 



L. Virginicus, Linn. Stem G in. to 2 ft., obtusely 4-angled, green or 

 often purplish: Stoloniferous: leaves oblong or ovate-lanceolate, serrate, 

 except at base, short-petioled or nearly sessile. In moist places. Summer. 



?,. SALVIA. Sage. 



Annuals or perennials, mostly with large and showy flowers: calyx and 

 corolla 2-lipped: upper lip of corolla large and usually arched, entire or 

 nearly so, the lower lip spreading and 3-lobed: stamens 2, short, the anther 

 locules separated by a transverse bar. 



S. officinalis, Linn. Common sage. Erect low perennial, with gray 

 pubescent foliage: leaves oblong-lanceolate, crenulate, very veiny: flowers 

 blue, in spiked whorls. Europe; used for seasoning. 



S. splendens, Sell. (5. coccinea of gardens). Scarlet sage. Tender 

 l>erennial from Brazil, but much cultivated for its bright scarlet floral 

 leaves, calyx, and corolla: leaves ovate-pointed. 



