LABIATE. (MINT FAMILY.) 415 



blunt, obtuse at base, sessile, yellowish and purple ; teeth of the downy calyx 

 short and awnless, rigid, soon spreading ; corolla nearly smooth, yellowish, the 

 upper lip spotted with purple, notched at the apex, the tube scarcely- exceeding 

 the calyx. Sandy ground, N. Y. to Minn., south to Fla. and Tex. 



6. M. citri.od.6ra, Cerv. Annual, 1-3 high; bracts narrowly oblong, 

 their slender awned tips spreading or recurving ; calyx-teeth slender, at length 

 usually spreading ; corolla white or pinkish, not spotted. Neb. to Tex. 



20. BLEPHILIA, Raf. 



Calyx ovoid-tubular, 13-nerved, 2-lipped, naked in the throat ; upper lip with 

 3 awned teeth, the lower with 2 nearly awnless teeth. Corolla inflated in the 

 throat, strongly and nearly equally 2-lipped ; upper lip erect, entire, the lower 

 spreading, 3-cleft, its lateral lobes ovate and rounded, larger than the oblong 

 and notched middle one. Stamens 2, ascending, exserted (the upper pair 

 minute or none) ; anthers, etc., as in Monarda. Perennial herbs, with nearly 

 the foliage, etc., of Monarda ; the small pale bluish purple flowers crowded 

 in axillary and terminal globose whorls; in summer. (Name from 0\({>aps, 

 the eyelash, in reference to the hairy-fringed bracts and calyx-teeth.) 



1. B. Ciliata, Raf. Somewhat downy (1 - 2 high) ; leaves almost sessile, 

 oblong-ovate, narrowed at base, whitish-downy underneath ; outer bracts ovate, 

 acute, colored, ciliate, as long as the calyx ; corolla hairy. Dry open places, 

 Mass, to Minn., south to Ga. and Kan. 



2. B. hirsilta, Benth. Taller, hairy throughout; leaves long-petiole d, 

 ovate, pointed, rounded or heart-shaped at base ; the lower floral ones similar, 

 the uppermost and the bracts linear-awl-shaped, shorter than the long-haired 

 calyx ; corolla smoothish, pale, with darker purple spots. Moist shady places, 

 Vt. to Minn., south to Ga. and E. Tex. 



21. LOP HA NT HITS, Benth. GIANT HYSSOP. 



Calyx tubular-bell-shaped, 15-nerved, oblique, 5-toothed, the upper teeth 

 rather longer than the others. Corolla 2-lipped ; upper lip nearly erect, 2- 

 lobed, the lower somewhat spreading, 3-cleft, with the middle lobe crenate. 

 Stamens 4, exserted ; the upper pair declined, the lower and shorter pair as- 

 cending, so that the pairs cross; anther-cells nearly parallel. Perennial tall 

 herbs, with petioled serrate leaves, and small flowers crowded in interrupted 

 terminal spikes; in summer. (Name from \&(f>os, a crest, and &v6os, a flower) 



1. L. nepetoides, Benth. Stem stout, 2-6 high, sharply 4-angled, 

 smooth, or nearly so ; leaves ovate, somewhat pointed, coarsely crenate-toothed 

 (2 -4' long) ; spikes 2-6' long, crowded with the ovate pointed bracts ; calyx- 

 teeth ovate, rather obtuse, little shorter than the pale greenish-yellow corolla. 

 Borders of woods, Vt. to Minn., south to N. C. and Tex. 



2. L. scrophularisefolius, Benth. Stem (obtusely 4-angled) and lower 

 surface of the ovate or somewhat heart-shaped acute leaves more or less pubes 

 cent ; calyx-teeth lanceolate, acute, shorter than the purplish corolla (spikes 4- 15' 

 long) ; otherwise like the last. Same range. 



3. L. anisatus, Benth. Smooth, but the ovate acute leaves glaucous-white 

 underneath with minute down; calyx-teeth lanceolate, acute. Plains, Wise, to 

 Minn., Neb., and westward, Foliage with the scent of anise. 



