810 LABIATE. (MINT FAMILY.) 



* Stamens and style exserted beyond the very narrow a-\d acute, upper lip of the carol- 

 la: root perennial. 



1. M. (liclyma, L. (OSWEGO TEA.) Somewhat hairy ; leaves petioled, 

 ovate-lanceolate, pointed, rounded or slightly heart-shaped at the base ; the floral 

 ones and the large outer bracts tinged with red ; calyx smooth, incurved, nearly 

 naked in the throat ; corolla smooth, much elongated (2' long), bright red. Moist 

 woods by streams, N. England to Wisconsin northward, and southward in the 

 Alleghanies : often cultivated (under the name of Balm or Bee-Balm). July. 

 Plant 2 high, with very showy flowers. 



2. M. fistillosa, L. (WILD BERGAMOT.) Smoothish or downy; leaves 

 petioled, ovate-lanceolate from a rounded or slightly heart-shaped base ; the upper- 

 most and outer bracts somewhat colored (whitish or purplish) ; calyx slightly 

 curved, very hairy in the throat; corolla purplish, rose-color or almost white, smooth 

 or haiiy . Woods and rocky banks, W. Vermont to Wisconsin, and south- 

 ward, principally westward. July - Sept. Very variable in appearance, 2- 

 5 high ; the pale corolla smaller than in the last. 



3. M. Bracllmriaiia, Beck. Leaves nearly sessile, ovate-lanceolate, round- 

 ed at the base, clothed with long soft hairs, especially underneath ; the floral and the 

 outer bracts somewhat heart-shaped, purplish ; calyx smoothish, contracted above, 

 very hairy in the throat, with awl-shaped awned teeth ; corolla smoothish, bearded 

 at the tip of the upper lip, scarcely twice the length of the calyx, pale purplish, 

 the lower lip dotted with purple. Oak-openings and woods, Ohio to Illinois, 

 and westward. July. 



* * Stamens not exceeding the notched upper lip of the short corolla. 



4. M. punctata, L. (HORSE-MINT.) Minutely downy (2 -3 high); 

 leaves petioled, lanceolate, narrowed at the base ; bracts lanceolate, obtuse at 

 the base, sessile, yellowish and purple ; teeth of the downy calyx short and 

 rigid, awnless ; corolla nearly smooth, yellowish, the upper lip spotted with pur- 

 ple, the tube scarcely exceeding the calyx. Sandy fields and dry banks, New 

 York to Virginia, and southward. Aug., Sept. Very odorous and pungent. 



18i BLEPHILIA, Raf. BLEPHILIA. 



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 ; the upper lip erect, entire ; tho 

 lower spreading, 3-cleft, with the lateral lobes ovate and rounded, larger than 

 the oblong and notched middle one. Stamens 2, ascending, exserted (the rudi- 

 ments of the upper pair minute or none) : anthers, &c. as in Monarda. Pe- 

 rennial herbs, with nearly the foliage, &c. of Monarda ; the small pale bluish- 

 purple flowers crowded in axillary and terminal globose capitate whorls. 

 (Name from /3Xe<apis, the eyelash, in reference to the hairy-fringed bracts and 

 calyx-teeth. ) 



1. B. Ciliata, Raf. Somewhat downy; leaves almost sessile, oblong-ovafa, 

 narrowed at the base, whitish-downy underneath ; outer bracts ovate, acute, col- 

 ored, ciliate, as long as the calyx. (Monarda ciiiata, L.) Dry open places. 



