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ovate, acute, colored, ciliate, as long as the calyx; corolla hairy. Dry open 



places, Vt. to Minn., s. to Ga. and Mo. 



2. B. hirsuta (Pursli) Benth. (Wood Mint.) Taller, hairy throughout; 

 leaves long-petioled, ovate, pointed, rounded or heart-shaped at base; the lower 

 floral ones similar, the uppermost and tiie bracts linear-awl-shaped, shorter than 

 the long-haired calyx ; corolla pale, with darker purple spots. — Moist shady 

 places, w. Que. and Vt. to Minn., s. to Ga. and e. Tex. Var. glabrXta Femald. 

 Stem and leaves glabrous. — Local, s. Vt. (^Miss Day). 



23. HEDE6mA Pers. Mock Pennyroyal 



Calyx ovoid or tubular, gibbous on the lower side near the base, 13-nerved, 

 bearded in the throat, 2-lipped ; upper lip 3-toothed, the lower 2-cleft. Upper lip 

 of corolla flat, notched at the apex, the lower spreading, 3-cleft. — Low odorous 

 annuals, with small leaves and loose axillary clusters of flowers (in summer) 

 often forming terminal leafy racemes. (Altered from i]5vo<T/xov, an ancient 

 name of Mint, from i]8vs, sweet, and da-fxi^, scent.) 



* Sterile filaments manifest; leaves oblong-ovate, petioled, someiohat serrate. 



1. H. pulegioides (L.) Pers. (American Pennyroyal.) Erect, branching, 

 hairy ; whorls few-flowered ; upper calyx-teeth triangular, the lower setaceous- 

 subulate ; corolla bluish, pubescent, scarcely exserted, 3-5 mm. long; taste and 

 odor nearly of the true Penm/royal (3Ientha Pulegium) of Europe. — Dry soil, 

 N. S. and Que. to Dak., and south w. 



* * Sterile filaments minute or obsolete ; leaves narrow, entire, sessile or nearly so. 



2. H. hispida Pursh. Mostly low ; leaves linear, crowded, almost glabrous, 

 somewhat hispid-ciliate ; bracts spreading or reflexed ; upper flowers rather 

 crowded; calyx-teeth all subulate, equaling the bluish corolla. — Plains and 

 rocky banks, N. Y. (Haberer) and Ont. to Sask. and La. ; locally introd. in Vt. 



24. MELISSA [Tourn.] L. Balm 



Calyx with the upper lip flattened and 3-toothed, the lower 2-cleft. Corolla 

 with a recurved-ascending tube. Stamens 4, curved and conniving under the 

 upper lip. Otherwise nearly as Satureja. — Chistevs few-flowered, loose, one- 

 sided, with few and mostly ovate bracts resembling the leaves. (Name from 

 fi^Xicraa, a bee; the flowers yielding abundance of honey.) 



L M. OFFICINALIS L. (Common B.) Upright, branching, perennial, pubes- 

 cent ; leaves broadly ovate, crenate-toothed, lemon-scented ; corolla nearly 

 white. — Sparingly escaped from gardens. (Introd. from Eu.) 



25. SATUREJA [Tourn.] L. Savory. Calamint 



Calyx tubular to bell-shaped, 10-13-nerved, naked or hairy in ' the throat. 

 Corolla with a straight tube and an inflated throat, distinctly 2-lipped ; the upper 

 lip erect, flattish, entire or notched ; the lower spreading, 3-parted, the middle 

 lobe usually largest. Stamens 4, somewhat ascending. — Herbs or shrubs, with 

 mostly purplish or whitish flowers produced all summer ; inflorescence various. 

 (The ancient Latin name.) Including Clinopodium L. Calamintha Lam. 



§ 1. Loosely flowered, loithout long-subulate bracts. 



* Calyx bell-shaped, naked in the throat. 



1. S. HORTENSTS L. (SuMMER S.) PubescGnt aunual ; leavBs linear, eutlie , 

 clusters few-flowered, in dense interrupted spikes; bracts small or none. — 

 Escaped from gardens and sparingly wild, N. B. to Mich, and Ky. (Introd 

 >Tom Eu.) 



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