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hirsute in the throat, its teeth subulate, nearly erect, about as long as the diameter 

 of the tube; corolla sparingly puberulent. In moist soil, especially along streams, 

 N. B. (?) to Out., Mich, and Ga. July-Sept. 



2. Monarda Clinopodia L. BASAL BALM. (I. F. f. 3132.) Perennial; 

 stem glabrous or slightly villous, 3-9 dm. high. Leaves lanceolate, ovate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, bright green, mostly slender-petioled, villous on the veins beneath and 

 puberulent above, acuminate, sharply serrate, 5-10 cm. long; bracts pale or white; 

 calyx curved, nearly glabrous without, somewhat hirsute in the throat, its teeth 

 subulate, slightly spreading, about as long as the diameter of the tube ; corolla 

 yellowish pink, slightly pubescent. In woods and thickets, Ont. to Ga. and Ky. 

 June-Aug. 



3. Monarda fistulosa L. WILD BERGAMOT. (I. F. f. 3133.) Perennial, 

 villous-pubescent or glabrate ; stem 6-9 dm. high. Leaves thin but not membra- 

 nous, usually slender-petioled, lanceolate, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 serrate, 3-10 cm. long; bracts whitish or purplish; calyx puberulent or glabrous, 

 densely villous in the throat, its subulate teeth rarely longer than the diameter of 

 the tube ; corolla yellowish-pink or purplish. On dry hills and in thickets, Me. 

 and Ont. to Minn., Kans., Fla. and La. June- Sept. 



4. Monarda media Willd. PURPLE BERGAMOT. (I. F. f. 3134.) Perennial, 

 sparingly hairy or glabrate; stem stout, 6-n dm. high. Leaves dark green, ovate, 

 ovate- lanceolate, or the uppermost lanceolate, slender-petioled, acuminate, sharply 

 toothed, usually rounded at the base, 7-13 cm. long; bracts deep purple, very con- 

 spicuous; calyx curved, glabrous, or nearly so, slightly villous in the throat, its teeth 

 slightly spreading. In moist thickets, Me. to Ont.. Penn. and Va. June-Aug. 



5. Monarda scabra Beck. PALE WILD BERGAMOT. (I. F. f. 3135.) Peren- 

 nial; stem slender, puberulent at least above, 3-8 dm. high. Leaves usually short- 

 petioled, acuminate or acute, serrate, cane scent or puberulent, rarely nearly 

 glabrous, 2-10 cm. long, 1-2.5 cm - wide; bracts green or slightly pink; calyx 

 puberulent, often hairy at the summit, densely villous in the throat, its short 

 subulate teeth nearly erect; corolla yellowish or pink, pubescent, sometimes gland- 

 ular. On prairies and plains, N. W. Terr, and Br. Col. to Mont., Neb., Mo. and 

 Tex. June-Aug. 



6. Monarda Bradburiana Beck. BRADBURY'S MONARDA. (I. F. f. 3136.) 

 Perennial, sparingly villous or glabrate; stem slender, 3-6 dm. high. Leaves 

 bright green, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, sessile, or nearly so. or partly clasping by 

 the cordate or subcordate base, acuminate, serrate. 5-9 cm. long; bracts green or 

 purplish; calyx glabrous outside, hirsute within, narrowed at the throat, its teeth 

 long, bristle-pointed, divergent, longer than the diameter of the tube; corolla pink 

 or nearly white, about 2.5 cm. long, its upper lip pubescent or puberulent, the 

 lower commonly purple-spotted. On dry hills or in thickets, 111. to Ala., Mo. and 

 Kans. May-July. 



7. Monarda punctata L. HORSE-MINT. (I. F. f. 3137.) Perennial, usually 

 rather densely downy; stem usually branched, 6-9 dm. high. Leaves lanceolate, 

 linear-lanceolate or narrowly oblong, serrate, or nearly entire, usually acute at 

 both ends, petioled, 2-8 cm. long, often with smaller ones fascicled in their axils; 

 bracts white or purplish, acute; calyx puberulent, villous in the throat, its teeth 

 short, not longer than the diameter of the tube; corolla purple-spotted, about 

 2.5 cm. long, the stamens equalling or slightly surpassing its pubescent upper lip. 

 In dry fields, southern N. Y. to Fla., Wis., Kans. and Tex. July-Oct. 



8. Monarda pectinata Nutt. LEMON MONARDA. (I. F. f. 3138.) Annual, 

 puberulent; stem 3-6 dm. high. Leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, mostly 

 sharply serrate or serrulate, acute, narrowed at the base, 2-8 cm. long; bracts 

 white or purple, awned, the awns becoming recurved; calyx-tube nearly glabrous, 

 the throat densely villous, the teeth bristle pointed, barbed, divergent or spreading, 

 nearly half as long as the tube; corolla not spotted, nearly or quite glabrous, 

 2-2.5 cm - l n &> stamens not exserted. On dry plains, Neb. and Colo, to Mo., 

 Tex. and Ariz. June-Sept. 



Monarda clinopodioldes A. Gray, a related Texan species, with a slender stem, 

 green or greenish bracts, and hirsute calyx with erect broader teeth, is reported from 

 Kansas. 



