66 CLASS XIV. ORDER I. 



downy. %• w-p. Both species have a pleasant 

 pungent laste. 



Nepeta. Calyx dry ; striated : corol with a 

 longish tube, under lip with the middle division 

 crenate, throat with a reflected margin ; stamens 

 approximate. 42. 39 — cataria (catmint) flowers 

 whorled, leaves cordate tooth-serrate, ij.. v/-b. 



Hyssopus. Corol with the under lip 3-parted, 

 its intermediate division sub-crenate : stamens 

 strait, distant. 42. 39 — officinalis (hyssop) leaves 



lanceolate obtuse entire. %. b. e 7ie/ietoide8y 



leaves sub- cordate acute-toothed. 2/.y. 



Mentha. Corol nearly equal, 4.cleft : broadest 

 division emat'ginate : stamens erect) distant. 42. 39 

 '^viridis, (spear mint) spikes interrupted, leaves ses. 

 sile, bracts bristle-form. IJ.. p — piperita^ (pepper- 

 mint) spikes obtuse, leaves petioled, ovatish. 1^. b. 

 -^borealisi (Canada mint) leaves petioled project- 

 ing. ;2/. b-w. 



Stack Ys. Corol -with the upper lip vaulted, 

 the lower lip reflexed at the sides, the middle di- 

 vision largest, emarginate : stamens reflexed to- 

 wards the sides after discharging the pollen. 42. 39 

 -^aspera (false horehound) stem erect, with hairs 

 pointing backward, leaves lance-cordate, sqike 

 "whorled. 1^. r. ''%t 



Satureja. Calyx tubular, striate : corol with 

 divisions nearly equal : stamens distant. 42. 39 — 

 hortensis, (summer savory) peduncles axillary 1 or 

 5-flowered, leaves lance-ovate. 0. b. e. 



Leonurus. Calyx 5-angled, 5 -toothed, corol 

 "W-ith the upper lip villose, flat, entire ; lower lip 

 3-parted, middle division undivided. 42. 39 — car- 

 diaca, (motherwort) upper leaves 3-lobed, entire. 

 Vw. 



Marrubrium. Calyx salver-form, rigid, mark- 

 ed with 10 lines ^ corol with the upper lip 2-cleft, 



