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MINT FAMILY. 



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24. BLEPHILIA Raf. Journ/ Phys. 89: 98. 1819. 



Perennial hirsute or pubescent erect herbs, with axillary and terminal dense glomerules 

 of rather small purplish or bluish flowers, or the glomerules in terminal more or less inter- 

 rupted spikes. Calyx tubular, 13-nerved, not villous in the throat, 2-lipped, the upper lip 

 3-toothed, the lower 2-toothed, the teeth all aristate or those of the lower lip subulate. 

 Corolla glabrous within, the tube expanded above, the limb 2-lipped; upper lip erect, entire; 

 lower lip 3-lobed, the middle lobe narrower than the lateral ones. Anther-bearing (anterior) 

 stamens 2, ascending, exserted or included; posterior stamens reduced to filiform staminodia, 

 or none; anthers 2-celled, the sacs divaricate, somewhat confluent at the base. Ovary 

 deeply 4-parted; style 2-cleft at the apex. Nutlets ovoid, smooth. [Greek, eyelash, from 

 the fringed calyx-teeth.] 



Two species, natives of eastern North America. 

 Pubescence short; upper leaves lanceolate or oblong, slightly serrate. i. B. ciliata. 



Pubescence villous; leaves ovate or ovate -lanceolate, sharply serrate. 2. B. hirsuta. 



i. Blephilia ciliata (L/.) Raf. Downy 

 Blephilia. (Fig. 31 39.) 



Monarda ciliata L,. Sp. PI. 23. 1753. 

 Blephilia ciliala Raf. Journ. Phys. 89: 98. 1819. 



Stem puberulent, or with some short-villous 

 pubescence above, commonly simple, i-2 high. 

 Lower leaves and those of sterile shoots ovate or 

 oval, slender-petioled, crenate-denticulate, i / -2 / 

 long, the upper lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 

 short-petioled or sessile, mostly acute, longer and 

 narrower, nearly entire; flower-clusters in a term- 

 inal spike and in the uppermost axils; outer bracts 

 ovate to lanceolate, acuminate, usually purplish, 

 pinnately veined, ciliate; calyx hirsute, the teeth 

 of the upper lip about one-third longer than those 

 of the lower; corolla purple, villous-pubescent, 

 $"-6" long; stamens exserted or included. 



In dry woods and thickets, Massachusetts to Michi- 

 gan and Wisconsin, south to Georgia and Missouri. 

 June-Aug. 



2. Blephilia hirsuta (Pursh) Torr. 

 Hairy Blephilia. (Fig. 3140.) 



Monarda hirsuta Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 19. 1814. 

 Blephilia nepetoides Raf. Journ. Phys. 89: 98. 1819. 

 Blephilia hirsuta Torr. Fl. U. S. 27. 1824. 



Stem villous-pubescent, usually branched, i^-3 

 high. Leaves membranous, ovate or ovate-lanceo- 

 late, acuminate at the apex, rounded or narrowed 

 at the base, sharply serrate, slender-petioled, i'-\ r 

 long, or the lower shorter and broader; flower- 

 clusters axillary, or in a short terminal spike; 

 outer bracts lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, long- 

 acuminate, hirsute; calyx-tube nearly glabrous, its 

 teeth very villous, those of the upper lip much ex- 

 ceeding the lower; corolla pubescent, pale purple, 

 rather conspicuously darker-spotted, 4 // -5 // long. 



In woods and thickets, Vermont to Wisconsin, south 

 to Georgia and Texas. Ascends to 4000 ft. in North 

 Carolina. June-Sept. 



25. HEDEOMA Pers. Syn. 2: 131. 1807. 

 Annual or perennial, strongly aromatic and pungent herbs, with small entire or crenu- 

 late leaves, and small blue or purple flowers in axillary clusters, these crowded into terminal 

 spikes or racemes. Calyx tubular, 13-nerved, villous in the throat, the mouth mostly con- 

 tracted in fruit, gibbous on the lower side at the base, or nearly terete, 2-lipped, or nearly 

 equally 5-toothed, the upper lip 3-toothed, the lower 2-cleft. Corolla-limb 2-lipped, the upper 

 lip erect, entire, emarginate or 2-lobed, the lower spreading, 3-cleft. Perfect stamens 2, as- 

 cending under the upper lip, their anthers 2-celled, the sacs divergent or divaricate. Sterile 

 stamens (staminodia) 2, minute, or none, very rarely anther-bearing. Ovary deeply 4-parted; 

 style 2-cleft at the summit, glabrous. Nutlets ovoid, smooth. [Greek, sweet smell.] 



