352 LABIATE. (MINT FAMILY.) 



3. M. Bradburiana, Beck. Leaves nearly sessile, clothed with long soft hairs, 

 especially underneath ; the floral and the outer bracts somewhat heart-shaped, pur- 

 plish ; 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. May - July. 



# * Stamens not exceeding the upper lip of the short corolla: annuals or biennials. 



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 purple, 

 notched at the apex, the tube scarcely exceeding the calyx. Sandy fields and 

 dry banks, New York to Illinois and southward. July - Sept. Very odorous 

 and pungent. 



18. BLEPHILIA, Baf. 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 ; the 

 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. Peren- 

 nial herbs, with nearly the foliage, &c. of Monarda ; the small pale bluish purple 

 flowers crowded in axillary and terminal globose capitate whorls ; in summer. 

 (Name from jSXe Copt's, the eyelash, in reference to the hairy-fringed bracts and 

 calyx-teeth. ) 



1. B. Ciliata, Raf. Somewhat downy (l-29high); leaves almost sessile, 

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

 acute, colored, ciliate, as long as the calyx ; corolla hairy. (Monarda ciliata, 

 L.) Dry open places, Penn. to Kentucky and Wisconsin. 



2. B. hirstlta, Benth. Hairy throughout ; leaves long-petiokd, ovate, pointed, 

 rounded or heart-shaped at the 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. (B. nepetoides, Raf. Monarda hir- 

 suta, Pursh.) Damp rich woods, E. Vermont to Wisconsin and Kentucky. 

 Plant 2 - 3 high, with spreading branches, and numerous close whorls, the 

 lower remote. 



19. LOPHANTHTJS, Benth. GIANT HYSSOP. 



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

 longer than the others. Corolla 2-lipped ; the 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 ascending, so that 

 the pairs cross. Anther-cells nearly parallel. Perennial tall herbs, with peti- 

 oled serrate leaves, and small flowers crowded in interrupted terminal spikes ; in 

 summer. (Name from Xd<os, a crest, and avQos, a flower.} 



