MINT FAMILY. Labiat3e. 



, ^ ^ A rather smooth form with handsome 



Monarda fistu- . . , , ^ „ , 



Zosa var. rubra crmisoii-pmk or rose red flowers finely 

 Crimson-pink hairy over the tube and upper lip, and thin 

 leaves rather smooth. On the borders of 

 moist thickets, Me. and N. H. , south along the mountains 

 to Pa. and Va. The var. media, with deep purple flowers. 

 Alleghany Mts.. and w^est to Minn, The var. rubra is 

 locally plentiful in parts of N. H., notably south of New- 

 found Lake. It is unfortunately classified as Purple 

 Bergamot, Monardamedia, in Britton and Brown, which 

 is manifestly confusing. Monarda mollis is a less com- 

 mon species ; flowers flesh pink and lilac ; in S. Dak. 



_, A woodland species rather similar in 



Downy '■ 



Blephiiia many respects to Monarda. The small 



BJephilia cili- tubular flowers about ^ inch long, with a 

 "^''' three-lobed under lip, light purple or 



Light purple ^.-^jg^ ^^^ fine-hairy. The lance-shaped 

 June-August , ' , / , , 



leaves almost toothless (except the lower 



ones), white-dow^ny beneath, and quite stemless, or nearly 

 so. The stem downy and mostly simple. 1-2 feet high. 

 Mass., south to Ga., and west to Minn, and Kan. 

 Catnip -^^ exceedingly common weed to which 



Nepeta Cataria many of the animals of the tribe Felis are 

 Lilac=white greatly attached. A favorite Manx cat of 

 July-October j^^jj^^ vvould walk a mile every other day 

 or so, from my Campton studio to a spot where it 

 grew in plenty, notwithstanding the way was through 

 the woods and over a hill of no small difficulty ! The 

 stem is densely downy as well as the deeply round-toothed 

 leaves, and both are sage green in color. The pale lilac 

 or lilac-white and spotted flowers are also downy, and 

 gathered in small terminal clusters, which are rarely 4 

 inches long. Leaves strongly aromatic. 2-3 feet high. 

 Common everywhere. Naturalized from Europe. 



A small creeping plant, adventive from 

 Ground Ivy or • n • i_ i, j i 



GilI=over=the= Europe, common in all moist shady places ; 



Ground it takes the place of our Trailing Arbutus 



Nepeta Gle- in the moist fields of .England in April. 

 choma r^hQ p^^jg purple flowers, spotted darker 



Am-il-May ^ "^^^ ^^^^ throat, and often with the calyx 

 magenta-tinged, has two lips, the upper 

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