352 MINT FAMILY. 



24. MONARDA, HORSEMINT or BALM. (An early Spanish writer 

 on the medicinal plants of the New World, Nicolas Monardez.) 

 Flowers summer. (Lessons, Fig. 300.) 



* Stamens and style protruding beyond the narrow acute upper lip of the 

 corolla; leaves oblong-ovate or lance-ovate, with roundish or slightly 

 heart-shaped base, veiny, pleasant-scented. 11 



M. didynia, Linn. OSWEGO TEA, BEE BALM, FRAGRANT BALM. 

 Leaves petioled, the floral ones tinged with red ; calyx naked in the 

 throat ; corolla bright red, the large heads handsome. N. Eng., W. and 

 S. , and cult. 



M. fistu!6sa, Linn. WILD BERGAMOT. Soft-downy or smoothish ; 

 leaves petioled, the floral ones often whitish ; calyx very hairy in the 

 throat ; corolla rose-color, purple, or white. Dry soil, Vt. , W. and S. 

 Variable. 



M. Bradburiana, Beck. Differs from the preceding in the sessile 

 leaves soft-hairy beneath, calyx contracted above, and shorter corolla. 

 Ind., S. and W. 



* * Stamens not longer than the purple-spotted notched upper lip of tht 



short corolla, the tube of which is nearly inclosed in the calyx. 



M. punctata, Linn. HORSEMINT. Sterile ground, from N. J. to 

 Minn., and S.; strong-scented and pungent, slightly hoary ; leaves lance- 

 olate, the floral ones and bracts tinged yellow and purple ; calyx teeth 

 short and awnless ; corolla yellowish. ^ 



M.. citrioddra, Cerv. Calyx strongly bearded in the throat and with 

 awn-iike teeth, the floral leaves and bracts conspicuously awn -tipped. 

 Neb., S. and W. 



25. LOFHANTHUS, GIANT HYSSOP. (Greek: crest and flower.) 

 Wild in rich soil, chiefly N. and W., with ovate and toothed leaves; 

 flowers summer. 1J. 



* Leaves white beneath. 



Ii. anisatus, Benth. Slender, with anise-scented leaves, glaucous whi*- 

 downy beneath, and calyx much shorter than the lavender- blue corolla. 

 Wis., W. andS. 



* * Leaves not white beneath. 



L. nepetoldes, Benth. Smooth, coarse, not sweet-scented ; stem 

 4-6 high and sharply 4-angled ; calyx teeth ovate, bluntish, almost 

 equaling the dull yellowish corolla. Vt., W. and S. 



L. scrophularieefdlius, Benth. Resembles the preceding, but the 

 obtusely angled stem and sharper-toothed leaves rather pubescent, the 

 lanceolate acute calyx teeth shorter than the purplish corolla. 



26. NEFETA, CATMINT. (Latin, from the Etrurian city Nepete.) 11 



N. Cataria, Linn. CATNIP. Weed nat. from Eu., around dwellings 

 and gardens, with strong fragrance ; soft-downy ; leaves oblong, heart- 

 shaped, deeply crenate ; whitish flowers crowded in terminal clusters or 

 spikes, in late summer. 



N. Glechbma, Benth. GROUND IVY, GILL. Weed nat. from Eu. in 

 waste or cult, shaded grounds ; creeping and spreading, with smoothish, 

 rounded, kidney-shaped, crenate leaves on slender petioles, and light blue 

 flowers in their axils, each pair of anther cells approaching and forming 

 a little cross ; flowers all spring and summer. 



