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brxse. Leaves pubescent, broadly cordate, crcnate, tlu^ upper ones ses- 

 sile, claspiutj:, the lower ones on short petiok's. Flowers on axillary 

 whorls. Cafi/x hairy. Corolla with the tube long, marked witli pale 

 spots. — Bright purple. 0. Common. 6 — 8 inches. 



Genus XXV.— ISAN'THUS. Mich. 13—1. 

 (From isos, equal, and anthoe, flower, the con^lla being nearly regular.) 



Calyx campanulate, lO-nerved, 5-toothecl ; throat naked. 

 Corolla short, campanulate, of 5 nearly equal rounded lobes. 

 Stamens 4, nearly equal, erect. 



1. I. c(eru'leus, (Mich.) Viscidly pubescent. Leaves broad-lanceolate, 

 3 nerved. Flowers 1 — 3, on axillary peduncles. — Pale blue. July — 

 Aug. River banks. False Pennyroyal. 



Gexus XXVL— TRICHOSTE'MA. L. 13—1. 

 (From tJirix, a hair, and sterna, a stamen.) 



Calyx campanulate, oblique, resupinate, unequally 5-cleft, 

 the 3 upper teeth elongated. Corolla with a slender tube, up- 

 per lip falcate. Stamens 4, long and curved. 



1. T. dichot'oma, (L.) Siem erect, branching. Leaves ovate-lanceo- 

 late, broad, pubescent, entire. Floivers in diehotomous panicles, solitary, 

 in the divisions of the branches. Calyx hispid, ribbed, bilabiate. Sta- 

 mens unequal. Stigmas 2. — Blue. 0. July — Sept. Dry soils. Very 

 common, 2 — 3 feet. 



2. T. linea'ris, (Walt.) Stem viscidly pubescent. Leaves linear, 

 smooth, sessile, acute at each end ; teeth of the calyx awned. Stamens 

 very long. — Blue. @. June — Sept. Dry fields. 6 — 12 inches. 



Genus XXVIL— TEU'CRIUM, L. 13—1. 

 (Named after Tcuccr, son of Scamander,) 



Calyx tubular, or campanulate, nearly equally 5-toothed. 

 Corolla with the tube short, 4 upper lobes of the limb nearly 

 equal, the lowest lobe longest. 



1, T, Canaden'se, (L.) Stem erect, furrowed, pubescent, somewhat 

 jointed. Leaves opposite, ovate-lanceolate, serrate, on short potidlo;^, 

 almost tomentose beneath. Flowers in whorled racemes. Bracts subu- 

 late, longer than the calyx. Calyx pubescent, witli the 3 upper seg- 

 ments broad, the 2 lower narrow. Corolla pubescent, the upper lips 

 deeply divided. Stiginas 2. — Blue or reddish. U- July — September. 

 Damp soils. Common, 2 — 3 feet. 



2, T. Virgin'icum, (L.) Ste7n pubescent, furrowed. Leaves ovatt 

 oblong, serrate ; those near the summit nearly sessile. Fl'^rers in ver 

 ticillate racemes, crowded. Bracts as long as the calyx. — Blue or i)ur- 

 ple. IC, July — Aug. In wet grounds. 2 — 3 feet. 



