550 ORDER 89. LABIATE. 



9 S. fdlgens Cav. St. branching at base, weak, ascending, pubescent ; Ivs. 

 long-petiolate, ovate-lanceolate, subcordate, crenate-dentate, smooth above, pubes- 

 cent beneath ; fls. opposite, in terminal racemes ; bracts deciduous ; col. slightly 

 colored, upper lip truncate, subentire; cor. fimbriate-ciliate, 3 4 times longei 

 than the calyx; sty. exserted. It A beautiful greenhouse plant. Flower- 

 bright crimson or scarlet, near 2' long. There are several varieties, f Mexico. 



10 S. spl^ndens Sellow. St. erect, glabrous; Ivs. broad-ovate and ovate, 

 petiolate, rounded or acute at base, glabrous loth sides, dent-serrate, acuminate ; 

 fls. opposite, racemous ; bracts deciduous ; cal. scarlet, and, with the corolla, pu- 

 bescent, upper lip entire, acuminate, lower lip 2-toothed. If Gardens. Plant 

 2 4f high, branched. Flowers 2' long, scarlet. After flowering the calyces en- 

 large, and become as brilliant as the corollas, f Mexico. 



21. ROSMARPNUS, L. ROSEMARY. (An ancient Latin name, com- 

 pounded of ros, dew, and marinus, of the sea.) Calyx bilabiate, upper 

 lip entire, lower bifid ; corolla bilabiate, upper lip 2-partcd, lower lip 

 reflexed, in 3 divisions of which the middle is the largest ; fil. 2 fertile, 

 elongated, ascending towards the upper lip, having a tooth on the side. 

 Shrub, with sessile, linear Ivs. 



R. officinalis L. An erect, evergreen shrub, 4f high, much branched. 

 Leaves opposite^ obtuse, linear-oblong, entire, smooth, dark green and shining 

 above, downy and sometimes whitish beneath. Flowers axillary and terminal, 

 of a bright blue color, having, like the leaves, a strong aromatic fragrance like 

 camphor. It yields by distillation a large proportion of fragrant oil. | S. Eur. 



22. MONAR'DA, L. MOUNTAIN MINT. * (Name in honor of Monard- 

 uSj a Spanish botanist of the 16th century.) Calyx elongated, cylin- 

 dric, striate, subequally 5-toothed ; cor. ringent, tubular, upper lip 

 linear, lower lip reflexed, 3-lobed, the middle lobe narrowest ; sta. 2, 

 fertile, ascending beneath the upper lip, and mostly exserted ; anth. cells 

 divaricate at base, connate at apex. 2 Verticils few, dense, many- 

 flowered, bracted. 



* Calyx densely hairy in the throat. Corolla purple or whitish Nos. 1, 5 



* Calyx naked in the throat. Corolla scarlet or yellow Nos. 3, 4 



1 M. fistulosa L. HORSEMINT. WILD BERGAMOT. Lvs. ovate-lanceolate and 

 lanceolate, obtuse at base, acute or acuminate, petiolate, more or less pubescent ; 

 hds. of fls. terminal, few, but many-flowered, bracts sessile ; cal. slightly curved, 

 with the throat hirsute. Hedges, thickets, rocky banks, W. Vt. and Can. to Ga, 

 Common westward. Exceedingly variable. St. 2 to 4f high, acutely 4-angled, 

 often hollow, frequently purple, simple, or with a few opposite branches. Lvs. 

 mostly acuminate, acutely serrate, nearly smooth, 2 to 4' long and on petioles ^ 

 their length. Outer bracts leafy, often partially whitened. Cor. much exserted, 

 1' in length, varying from greenish-white and pale purple to blue. Jl., Aug. (M 

 allophylla, oblongata, clinopodia and twenty other synonyms are enumerated ir 

 Benth.) 



2 M. Bradburiaiia Nutt. St. simple, glabrous ; Ivs, ovate or oblong-lanceolate, 

 subsessile, rounded at base, hirsute pubescent both sides, margin subdentate, apex 

 acute; cal. pilous, curved, densely bearded at throat, segm. subulate spinous; 

 hds. large, terminal ; outer bracts broad-lanceolate, ciliate, colored. Prairies and 

 bottoms, Ohio to 111. St. slender, about 3f high. Lvs. sometimes slightly petio- 

 late, 2 to 3' long, 5 to 8" wide, with long, bristly hairs beneath. Bracts purple, 

 Cor. purple. Jl. 



3 M. punctata L. HOKSEMINT. Minutely pubescent ; st. obtusely angled ; Ivs, 

 oblong-lanceolate, tapering to a petiole, remotely and obscurely serrate, the uppei 

 and bracts sessile ; bracts colored, longer than the verticils ; cal. teeth unequal, 

 rigid, throat naked ; cor. glabrous, strongly punctate. Barrens, N. J., common, 

 to Fla. (Miss Keen) and W. States. St. 2 to 3f high, branched. Lvs. 18" to 2'. 

 Cor. pale yellow, with brown spots, upper lip villous at the apex. Bracts largo, 

 yellow arid red. Sept Medicinal. 



