594 LABIAT/E. Monurdtlia. 



4. M. odoratissima, licntli. Pale and nearly glabrous, or cancscently-tonien- 

 tulose, a sjian to a loot high : leaves oblong-lanceolate, mostly entire (-t to 15 lines 

 long), and short-jietioleil ; the veins not i)roininent : bracts thin-niembranaceous 

 and colored (whitish or pinkisli), inclining to parallel-veined, ciliate or villous : 

 culyx-teotli short, triangular-lanceolate, hirauto without and within. 



Dry hills iiloiifr the Siciiii Nevada ut 5,000 to 10,000 foot, and through the interior of Oregon 

 to Wasiiingtou Tenitoiy. Plant with a strong scent of Pennyroyal : in California it is hardly if 

 at all pubescent, except tlie head. 



5. M. linoides, < i ray. ^linutely canescent, but the pubescouco imperceptible : 

 stems more erect and rigid, u foot high, slonilor : leavers small (about hull' an inch 

 long), lanceolate, or tlie uppi-r linear and sessile and the lowest oblong-spatulate, ob- 

 tuse, the veins very obscure : bracts nearly aa iu tlio preceding but barely ciliate : 

 culyx-teoth narrowly lauceolate, merely pubescent. — I'roc. Am. Acad. xi. iUl. 



Mountains east of San Diego, near the Orollamme mine. Palmer. Redolent of Berganiot. 



* * Annual, less Uafij: Uaves entire or merely undulate. 



+- Corolla {from Jlesh-color to rose or purple) with tube slightly or moderately ex- 

 serted from the calyx : the lobes linear or elongated-oblong. 



++ Bracts jiointlt'ss, jjaralld-veiued or chiefly so: calyx-teeth rather broad and blunt. 



G. M. undulata, lienth. A ii\Kin to a foot or more high : leaves from oblong- 

 spatulate to nearly linear with a narrowed base, obtuse, undulate-margined (com- 

 moidy an inch long), tapering into a jietiole, minutely jiubescent or glabrous: bracts 

 and calyx villous ; the former broadly ovate, mostly obtuse, thin-niend>rana(;eous or 

 scarious, destitute of cross- veinlets between the nerves ; corolla rose-color. 



Not luicommon in tlio western part of the State, from near San Francisco to its soutiiern bor- 

 ders. " F.xhules a strong odor of Peppermint. " 



7. M. lanceolata, ( I my. A foot or ao high, bracliiately brancheil, gnum aiul 

 ahaost glabrous, or the stem puberulent : leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolato (an 

 inch or two lojig), tapering below into slender pi^tioles ; the upper acute ; all with 

 entire and even margins: brai^ls foliaceous or nearly so, ovate or olilong, mostly 

 acute, copiously reticulated between the ascending or parallel ribs or primary veins 

 by cross veinlets : calyx inconspicuously nerved ; the short teeth densely hirsute 

 ■within, sparsely if at all so Avithout : corolla bright rose-color or purple, sometimes 

 spotted with darker dots. — Proc. Am. Acad. 1. c. 102. 



Dry giound, common along the foot-hills of the Sierra Nevada, from Plumas Co. to Tejon 

 and San l^iego Co. It h.as been confounded both wilii Af. undulata and M. cundicans. Apparently 

 mncli handsomer tlian eitlier. 



8. M. candicans, Benth. A foot or so in height, at lengtb loo.sely branched, 

 canescently soft-puljcrulent, at least above : leaves oblong or lauceolate (about an 

 inch long), commoidy obtuse, rather abruptly ct)ntracted at the base into a slender 

 juitiole, the margins even : bracts thin-membranaceous or almost scarious, ovate, 

 obtuse, reticulated by some cross-vein lets between the parallel ribs: calyx evidently 

 nerved ; the teeth very villous both within and without : corolla pale or white, the 

 tube not exserted. — 1^1. Ilartw. 330. 



Koot-hills on the Sacramento, Stani.shui.s, Cosumnes, &c. 



+-h +-^ Bracts cuspidate, mostly scarious except the strong ribs : calyx-teeth subulate. 



1). M. Breiveri, (Jray. A span or more high, ituberulent : leaves oblong or 

 ovate, abruptly petioled, pinnately veined (the larger an inch long) : bracts broadly 

 ovate, abruptly acuminate-cuspiciate, whitish-scarious, the outer pinnately and the 

 inner nervosely 7-9-ribbed, most of the ribs converging into the pt)int : corolla 

 rose-purple, the tube surpassing the calyx. — Proc. Am. Acad. vii. 386. 



Corral Hollow, Contra Costa Co., soutli of Monte Diablo, on a very dry sandy hill, Brewer. 

 The plant hiis the ns|ject of a small Munanhi fmliihtmi. 



