LABIATE. (MINT FAMILY.^ 31 J 



Penn. to Kentucky and Wisconsin. July. Plant l-2 high, less branched 

 than the next, the hairy corolla shorter. 



2. B. Iiirsuta, Bunth. Hairy throughout; leaves long-petioled, ovate, pointed, 

 rounded or heart-shaped at the bate ; the lower floral ones similar, the uppermost 

 and the bracts linear-awl-shaped, shorter than the long-haired calyx. (B. nepe- 

 toides, Raf. Monarda hirsuta, Pursh.) Damp rich woods, N. New York to 

 Wisconsin and Kentucky. July. Plant 2 - 3 high, with spreading branches, 

 and numerous close whorls, the lower remote. Corolla smoothish, pale, with 

 darker purple spots. 



19. L.OPHANTHUS, 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 petioled 

 serrate leaves, and small flowers crowded in interrupted terminal spikes. (Name 

 from X<xos, a crest, and avdos, a flower.) 



1. Li. nepetoides, Benth. Smooth, or nearly so; leaves ovate, some- 

 what pointed, coarsely crenate-toothed (2' -4' long) ; calyx-teeth ovate, rather ob- 

 tuse, little shorter than the pale greenish-yellow corolla. Borders of woods, W. 

 Vermont to Wisconsin, and southward. Aug. Stem stout, 4 -6 high, 

 sharply 4-angled. Spikes 2' - 6' long, crowded with the ovate pointed bracts. 



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

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

 less pubescent ; calyx-teeth lanceolate, acute, shorter than the purplish corolla (spikes 

 4' - 15 long) : otherwise like the last. Same geographical range. 



3. L.. aiiisatus, Benth. (ANISE HYSSOP.) Smooth, but the ovate 

 acute leaves glaucous-white underneath with minute down ; calyx-teeth lanceolate, 

 acute. Plains, Wisconsin ? and northwestward. Foliage with the taste and 

 smell of anise. 



20. NEPETA, L. CAT-MINT. 



Calyx tubular, often incurved, obliquely 5-toothed. Corolla dilated in the 

 throat, 2-lipped ; the upper lip erect, rather concave, notched or 2-cleft ; the low- 

 er spreading, 3-cleft, the middle lobe largest, either 2-lobed or entii-e. Stamens 

 4, ascending under the upper lip, the lower pair shorter. Anthers approximate 

 in pairs; the cells divergent. Perennial herbs. (The Latin name, thought to 

 be derived from Nepete, an Etrurian city.) 



$ 1. Cyrnose clusters rather dense and many-flowered, forming interrupted spikes or 



racemes: upper floral leaves small and bract-like. 



1. J. CATARIA, L. (CATNIP.) Downy, erect, branched; leaves heart- 

 shaped, oblong, deeply crenate, whitish-downy underneath ; corolla whitish, dot- 

 ted with purple. Manured and cultivated grounds, a verv common weed 

 July, Aug. (Adv. from Eu.) 



