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11. SATUREIA, L. SAVOEY. 



Calyx bell-shaped, 10-nerved, equally 5-toothed, naked in the throat. Corolla 

 2-lipped ; the upper lip erect, flat, nearly entire, the lower 3-cleft. Stamens 4, 

 somewhat ascending. Aromatic plants, with narrow entire leaves, often clus- 

 tered, and somewhat spiked purplish flowers. (The ancient Latin name.) 



1. S. HORTENSIS, L. (SUMMER SAVORY.) Pubescent annual ; clusters few- 

 flowered ; bracts small or none. Prairies of Illinois, and rocky islands at the 

 Falls of the Ohio, Short: escaped from gardens. (Adv. from Eu.) % 



12. CALAMINTHA, Moench. CALAMINTH. 



Calyx tubular, 13-nerved, mostly hairy in the throat, 2-lipped ; the upper lip 

 3-cleft, the lower 2-cleft. Corolla with a straight tube and an inflated throat, 

 distinctly 2-lipped ; the upper lip erect, flattish, entire or notched ; the lower 

 spreading, 3-parted, the middle lobe usually largest. Stamens 4, mostly ascend- 

 ing; the anthers usually approximate in pairs. Perennials, with mostly pur- 

 plish or whitish flowers ; produced all summer: inflorescence various. (Name 

 composed of fcaXds, beautiful, and pivBa, Mint. ) 

 1. CALAMlNTHA, Mcench. Calyx striate, scarcely gibbous at the base : clusters 



of flowers loose and peduncled in the axils of the leaves, and forming a raceme at 



the summit : bracts minute. 



1. C. NEPETA, Link. (BASIL-THYME.) Soft hairy; stem ascending (1- 

 3 high) ; leaves petioled, broadly ovate, obtuse, crenate ; corolla (3" long) about 

 twice the length of the calyx. Dry hills, Virginia, &c. (Nat. from Eu.) 



2. CALOMELfSSA, Benth. Calyx nearly as 1 : whorh few - several-flow- 

 ered, sessile ; flowers on slender naked pedicels ; the bracts at their base linear or 

 oblong, leaf-like. 



2. C. glabella, Benth. Smooth ; stems diffuse or spreading (1 -2 long) ; 

 leaves slightly petioled, oblong or oblong-linear, narrowed at the base (8" -2' 

 long), sparingly toothed, or nearly entire ; clusters 6-10-flowered ; corolla (pur- 

 plish, 5" - 6" long) fully twice the length of the calyx, the teeth of the latter 

 awl-pointed. ( Cunila glabella, Michx. Micromeria, Benth. ) Limestone banks, 

 near Frankfort, Kentucky (Short), and southward. 



Var. Nuttallii, Gray. Smaller; the flowering stems more upright (5' -9' 

 high), with narrower mostly entire leaves and fewer-flowered clusters ; while 

 sterile runners from the base bear ovate thickish leaves only 2" - 5" long. (C. 

 Nuttallii, Benth. Micromeria glabella, var. angustifolia, Torr. ) Wet limestone 

 rocks, Niagara Falls to Wisconsin, Central Ohio (Sullivant), and southwestward. 

 Appearing very distinct, but united by southwestern specimens. 

 3. CLINOPODIUM, L. Calyx more or less gibbous below: clusters sessile and 

 many-flowered, dense, crowded with awl-shaped bracts. 



3. C. Clinopbdium, Benth. (BASIL.) Hairy, erect (1- 2 high); leaves 

 ovate, petioled, nearly entire; flowers (pale purple) in globular clusters; hairy 

 bracts as long as the calyx. (Clinopodium vulgare, L.) Borders of thickets 

 and fields. Naturalized extensively : but apparently also indigenous about the 

 upper Great Lakes and elsewhere. (Eu.) 



