ORDER XCI. — LABIATE. 409 



rinuate, dentate, rugose, pubescent on the veins. Flowers G m a whorl 

 Calyx hispid along the veins, — Violet. 2£. June — Oct. Coniuion 

 8 — 12 inches. 



Genus XIV.— MONAR'DA. L. 2—1. 



(In honor of N. Monarda.) 



Calyx many-nerved, 5-toothed, cylindric. Corolla ringent. 

 with the tube long, cylindric ; upper lip linear, entire, the lowei 

 one reflexed, 3-lobed, middle lobe longest. Stamens 2. Seed \ 



1. M. clixopo'dia, (Pursh.) Stem glabrous, obtuse, angled. Leavn 

 ovate-lanceolate, ta|iering at the base, serrate near the middle, smooth, 

 or slightly hairy, whitish beneath. Flowers in simple terminal heads. 

 Bracts broad-ovate, acute, entire, nearly glabrous. Cahjx short, ciliate. 

 Corolla slender, pubescent. — Pale purple, li. July — Sept. Mount- 

 ains, Dry soils. 2 — 3 feet. 



2. M. puncta'ta, (L.) Stem erect, branched, nearly glabrous, obtuse, 

 angled, whitish. Leaves oblong, lanceolate, remote and obscurely ser- 

 rate, tapering at the base, smooth. Floicers in whorls. Bracts lance- 

 olate, colored, longer than the whorl. Cali/x long. Corolla hairy, dot- 

 ted with brown, the upper lip slightly arched, longer than the lower. 

 — Yellow. $ . Dry pine-barrens. Common. 3 — 5 feet. Horscmint, 



3. M. cilia'ta, (L.) Stem acutely angled, hirsute. Leaves pubescent, 

 ovate, finely serrate, tapering. Flowers in whorls. Bracts strongly 

 veined. Calyx hairy. Corolla small. — Blue. If. July — September. 

 Mountains. Blcphilia ciliata, Kaf. 



Genus XV.— NEP'ETA. L. 13—1. {Catmint.) 

 (From Nepi, a town in Tuscany.) 



Calyx tubular, ribbed, 5-toothed, with the teeth nearly equal. 

 Corolla with the upper lip slightly emarginate, straight, the 

 lower one 3-lobed, the middle lobe crenate. Stamens approx- 

 imate. 



1. N. cata'ria, (L.) Ste7n pubescent. Leaves on petioles, cordate, 

 serrate, pubescent, hoary beneath. Floicers in verticillate spikes. Up- 

 per tooth of the calyx longest. Corolla small, with lateral lobes re- 

 flexed. — Nearly white. If. June — Aug. Conuiion around buildings. 

 1 — 3 feet. Catnip. 



This plant is very frequently employed as a family medicine, in poultices as an ex- 

 ternal application, and internally for colic in children. It is agreeable, and is said to 

 be efficacious. 



Genus XVI— DRACOCEPH'ALUM. L. 13—1. {Physoslegia.) 

 (From drakon, a dragon, and kcjyhalf, a head.) 



Calyx 5-cleft, with the segments nearly equal. Corolla with 

 the throat inflated, the upper lip concave. Stamens 4. 



1 D. Virginia'num, (L.) Stem erect, glabrous, or pubescent near the 

 summit, square. Leaves opposite, linear-lanceolate, sessile, acutely per- 

 rate. Flowers in terminal spikes, crowded. Bracts' email, subulate, 



