704 LABI AT AE (MINT FAMILY) 



ones and the large outer bracts tinged with red; calyx smoothish, nearly naked 

 in the throat; corolla smooth or minutely pubescent^ 4-5 cm. long^ bright red, 

 showy. — Moist woods, by streams, w. Que., Ont., and southw. July, Aug. 



= = Calyx hairy in the throat. 



2. M. clinopbdia L. Nearly glabrous to villous-pubescent ; leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate and ovate ; bracts whitish ; calyx moderately hirsute in the throat ; 

 corolla slightly pubescent, 2-2.5 cm. long, dull white or Jlesh-colored. — Shady 

 places, ravines, etc., N. Y. to 111. and Ga. July. 



3. M. fistulbsa L. (Wild Bergamot.) Branches more or less villous or 

 hirsute, 0.5-1.5 m. high ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, pubescent especially beneath, 

 the uppermost and outer bracts somewhat colored (whitish or purplish); calyx 

 slightly curved, very hairy in the throat; corolla 2.5-4 cm. long, lilac or pink, 

 the upper lip very hairy. — Dry soil, N. E. to Col. and Tex. ; often cultivated 

 and mostly introd. northeastw. Var. RtjBRA Gray. Stem smooth ; corolla bright 

 crimson or rose-red ; habit of no. 1, but upper lip of corolla villous-bearded on 

 the back at tip ; throat of calyx with the outer bristly hairs widely spreading. 

 {M. media Willd.) — Me. to Ont. and Tenn.; mostly introd. northw. July, 

 Aug. 



++ ++ Leaves canescent (especially beneath) with minute appressed puberulence. 



4. M. m611is L. Tall and branching ; leaves firm, oblong- or deltoid-ovate, 

 long-acuminate ; throat of calyx mostly tilled with dense beard, with sometimes 

 an outer row of bristles ; corolla flesh-color to lilac, glandular, its upper lip 

 hairy outside or more bearded at the tip. (M. scabra Beck ; 31. fistulosa, var. 

 mollis Benth.) — Dry plains. Me. to Man., and southw. July, Aug. 



-i- •»- Leaves nearly sessile; calyx-teeth elongated, lax; head solitary. 



5. M. Bradburiana Beck. Leaves clothed with long soft hairs, especially 

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

 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 or white, the lower lip dotted with 

 purple. — Thickets and woods, Ind. to Tenn. and Mo. May-July. 



* * Stamens not exceeding the falcate upper lip of the short corolla; heads axil- 

 lary or interrupted-spicate ; leaves lanceolate or oblong, sparsely serrate, 

 tapering into the petiole. 



^ 6. M. punctata L. (Horse Mint.) Perennial, minutely downy, 3-9 dm. 

 high ; leaves petioled, lanceolate, narrowed at base ; bracts lanceolate, blunt, 

 obtuse at base, sessile, yellowish and purple ; teeth o/the downy calyx short and 

 awnless, rigid, soon spreading ; corolla nearly smooth, yellowish, the upper lip 

 spotted with purple, notched at the apex, the tube scarcely exceeding the calyx. 

 — Sandy ground, N. Y. to Minn., s. to Fla. and Tex.; adv. in N. E. July-Sept. 

 7. M. citriodbra Cerv. (Lemon Mint.) Annual, 3-8 dm. high; bracts nar- 

 rowly oblong, their slender awned tips spreading or recurving; calyx-teeth 

 slender, at length usually spreading ; corolla ivhite or pinkish, not spotted. — 111. 

 to Neb. and Tex. June- Sept. 



22. BLEPHILIA Raf. 



Calyx 13-nerved, naked in the throat ; upper lip with 3 awned teeth, the 

 lower with 2 nearly awnless teeth. Corolla inflated in the throat, nearly equally 

 2-lipped ; upper lip erect, entire, the lower spreading, 3-cleft, its lateral lobes 

 ovate and rounded, larger than the oblong and notched middle one. Stamens 

 exserted (the upper pair minute or none) . — Perennial herbs, with nearly the 

 foliage, etc., of Monarda; the small pale bluish-purple flowers crowded in 

 axillary and terminal globose whorls ; in summer. (Name from ^Xecpapis, the 

 eyelash, in reference to the hairy fringe of the bracts and calyx-teeth.) 



LB. ciliata (L.) Raf. Somewhat downy, 3-9 dm. high; leaves almost 

 sessile, oblong-ovate, narrowed at base., whitish-downy underneath j outer-6mcfs 



