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in. high. Leaves ^-i^ in. long broadest towards the tip. 

 Flowers in dense, head-like, stalkless clusters, among the 

 leaves. Corolla about 34 in. long, bluish-purple. In dry places. 

 Nova Scotia and Ontario to Florida, and westward. August. 

 Fig. 744. 



745. Stone Mint. Cunila origanoides. A stiff branching 

 perennial, 8-20 in. high. Leaves broadest towards the prac- 

 tically stalkless base, oval, 3^-1)^ in. long. Flowers in long 

 stalked clusters from the upper leaves, the clusters rather 

 open. Corolla purplish-pink, almost 3^ in. long. In dry woods. 

 Long Island, N. Y., to Florida, and westward. August. Fig. 



745. 



746. Field Basil. Clinopodium vulgare. (Satureia vulgaris.) 

 An erect hairy perennial, 1-2 ft. high. Leaves broadest to- 

 wards the base, those of the stem stalkless, but some of the 

 lowest ones short stalked, i-i^ in. long, pointed towards the 

 tip, distinctly toothed. Flowers in close stalkless clusters 

 among the upper leaves. Corolla purple, pink or white, about 

 3/8 in. long. In woods and thickets. Newfoundland to No. 

 Carolina, and westward. June-October. Fig. 746. 



747. Bugle. Ajuga reptans. A European weed with creep- 

 ing or erect stems, 6-15 in. high. Leaves oval or roundish, 

 stalkless 1-3 in. long, the teeth remote and rounded, and the 

 margins in some leaves merely wavy. Flowers rather few 

 in each stalkless cluster from among the leaves. Corolla about 



