246 A GUIDE TO THE WILD FLOWERS 



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and toothless, }i-}^ in. long. Flowers in a dense terminal 

 stalkless globe-like cluster. Corolla very small, purple. In 

 fields and waste places, Nova Scotia to Southern New York 

 and No. Carolina. June-August. Fig. 756. 



757. Wild Basil. Koellia incana. {Pycnanthemum incanum.) 

 An erect, ashy-grey, hairy perennial, 1-3 ft. high. Leaves 

 oval or oval oblong, essentially stalkless, 2-3 in. long, rather 

 coarsely but remotely toothed. Flowers in loose terminal 

 clusters, or a few among the upper leaves. Corolla pale laven- 

 der. The long bristle-like tips of the united sepals are prom- 

 inent. In dry places. Maine to Florida, and westward. August. 

 Fig"- 757- A related species, K. mutica, differs in having more 

 crowded flower clusters and in having the tips of the united 

 sepals blunt and triangular. It is found in similar places from 

 Conn, to Penn., and southward to Virginia and Tenn. 



758. Mountain Mint. KocIlia znrginiana. {Pycnanthemum 

 virginianum.) Suggesting No. 757, but the leaves long and 

 oblong, or oblong-linear. The flower clusters are more numer- 

 ous and dense, but the tips of the united sepals are blunt and 

 triangular. In dry places. Quebec and Ontario to Georgia, 

 and westward. August. Fig. 758. A closely related species, 

 K. ficxiwsa, with similar foliage, has bristle tipped extrem- 

 ities to its united sepals. It grows in dry places from Maine 

 to Florida, and westward. 



759. Hyssop. Hyssopus officinalis. Erect, many-stemmed, Eu- 



