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 L. Virginicus, L. (Bugle-weed.) Glabrous or somewhat pubescent: stem obtusely 

 angled, b to 24 inches high : leaves ovate or oblong-lanceolate, coarsely serrate in the 

 middle, acummate at both ends, tapering into a short petiole : calyx-teeth ovate or lanceo- 

 , late-ovate : sterile stamens minute rudiments. — Spec. i. 21; Raf Med. Fl. t. 61. L uni- 

 Jlorus, Michx. i. 14 (L. p«wi7«s, Vahl, L. Vinj.y&v. paucijiorus, Benth.),'a diminutive' and 

 northern few-flowered form, a span high. L. macroplajllus, Benth. Lab. & in DC. Prodr. 

 xu. 177 (var. macrophyllus, Gray, 1. c), a tall and large-leaved form of Northern Pacific 

 coast. — Labrador to Florida, Missouri, and north-westward to Brit. Columbia and Oregon. 



■J- -t- Calyx-teeth 5, or occasionally 4, very acute, in fruit longer than the nutlets. 

 ++ Bracts minute: corolla nearly twice the length of the calyx: rudiments of posterior stamens 

 very short, oval or lingulate : herbage glabrous or puberulent : stems 6 to 20 inches high. 

 L. sessilifolius, Gray, 1. c. Stem ascending, rather acutely 4-angled : leaves all closely 

 sessile, ovate or lanceolate-oblong (inch or two long), sparsely sharply serrate : calyx-teeth 

 subulate, rigid. — /.. £'«ro/wus, var. sessilifolius, Gray, Man. ed. 5, 345. — New Jersey, in pine 

 barrens, late-flowering, Canby, Parker. 

 L. rubellus, Moench. Stem rather obtusely 4-angled, erect or ascending: leaves ovate- 

 oblong or oblong-lanceolate, sharply serrate in the middle, attenuate-acuminate at both 

 ends (3 inches long), petioled: calyx-teeth triangular-subulate, not rigid-pointed. — Moench, 

 Meth. Suppl. 44G ; Fresenius in Regensb. Flora, 1842 ; Benth. ip DC. 1. c. L. obtusifolius, 

 Vahl ■? not Centh. L. Arkansams, Fresenius, 1. c. : puberulent form, with rather broader 

 triangular-lanceolate less pointed calyx-teeth, the rudiments of sterile stamens varying 

 from lingulate to linear-spatulate. L. Exiropreus, var. integrij'ulius, Gray, Man. 1. c. — Pcnn.? 

 and Ohio to S. Carolina, Louisiana and Arkansas. 



++ ++ Outer bracts conspicuous, very acute, often equalling the flowers: corolla hardiv exceeding 

 the calyx : rudiments of sterile stamens slender and capitellate or clavate-tipped. 

 L. lucidus, Turcz. Stem strict, stout, 2 or 3 feet high, hirsute-pubescent or glabrate, 

 acutely angled above: leaves lanceolate and oblong-lanceolate (2 to 4 inches long), acute 

 or acuminate, very sharply and coarsely serrate with triangular-subulate ascending teeth, 

 sessile or nearly so by an obtuse or acute base, coarsely punctate : calyx-teeth attenuate- 

 subulate. (Siberia, Japan.) 



Var. Americanus, Gray, 1. c. Leaves dull, often minutely puberulent both sides : 

 calyx-teeth less rigid. — Bot. Calif. 1. 592. L. obtusifolius, Benth! in DC. 1. c. ? — Saskatche- 

 wan to Kansas, Arizona, and California. 



* * Not sfoloniferous, but rootstocks more or less creeping: calvx-teeth 5, cuspidate or spinulose- 

 tipped, rigid, nearly equalling the corolla, in fruit surpassing the nutlets : subulate outer bracU 

 often equalling the flowers. 



L. sinuatus, Ell. Stem erect, 1 to 3 feet high, acutely 4-angled, glabrous, roughish, or 

 minutely pubescent: leaves oblong or lanceolate (H or 2 inches long), acuminate, irregu- 

 larly incised or laciniate-pinnatlfid, or some of the upper merely sinuate or incisely toothed, 

 tapering at base mostly into a slender petiole : calyx-teeth triangular-subulate and short- 

 cuspidate : rudiments of sterile stamens slender, conspicuous, and with a globular or sub- 

 clavate tip. — Sk. i. 187. L. Europceus, Walt. &c. L. sinuatus, exaltatus & anrjustifolius, Ell. 

 1. C. L. vulgaris & L. angustifolius, Nutt. Gen., without char. L. Europa^us, var. sinuatus. 

 Gray, Man. 1. c. — N. Canada to Florida, Texas, and west to Oregon and N. California. 



L. EuROP^us, L., has less acutely angled stems, mostly broader and.shorter subsessile leaves 

 with less unequal teeth or lobes, subulate-spinulose calyx-teeth, and rudiments of sterile 

 stamens obsolete or minute. — Occurs as a ballast-weed at Norfolk and Philadelphia, Durand, 

 Parker. (Probably not yet nat. from Eu.) 



11. CUNILA, L. Dittany. (An ancient Latin name of some Labiate 



plant, applied by Linnjeus to a small American genus.) — Perennials, with small 



purplish flowers, in summer. (Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 8, 365.) 



C. Mariana, L. Herbaceous, cymosely much branched, a foot high, glabrous except the 



nodes : leaves nearly sessile, ovate with subcordate or rounded base, serrate, much punc- 



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