LABIAT/E. (MINT FAMILY.) 3o7 



f- -•- Corolla (8'' -9" long), rvith a slender tube: lower lip large and rather longer 

 than the somewhat arched upper lip : stem simple. 



9. S. galericul&ta, L. Smooth or a little downy, erect (l°-2° high) ; 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute, serrate, roundish and slightly heart-shaped at the 

 base (1' — 2' long). — Wet shady places : common northward. (Eu.) 



* * * Flowers small (blue, 3" long), in axillary and often also in terminal one-sided 

 racemes ; the lower Jloral leaves like the others, the upper small and bract-like. 



10. S. laterifldra, L. Smooth; stem upright, much branched (l°-2° 

 high) ; leaves lanceolate-ovate or ovate-oblong, pointed, coarsely serrate, rounded 

 at the base, petioled (2'- 3' lony). — Wet shaded places : common. — A quack 

 having formerly vaunted its virtues as a remedy for hydrophobia, this species 

 bears the name of Mad-dog Skullcap. 



27. MARRUBIUM, L. Horehound. 



Calyx tubular, 5 - 10-nerved, nearly equally 5 - 10-toothed ; the teeth more or 

 less spiny-pointed and spreading at maturity. Upper lip of the corolla erect, 

 notched ; the lower spreading, 3-cleft, its middle lobe broadest. Stamens 4, 

 included in the tube of the corolla. Nutlets not truncate. — Whitish-woolly bitter- 

 aromatic perennials, branched at the base, with rugose and crenate or cut leaves, 

 and many-flowered axillary whorls. (A name of Pliny, said to be derived from 

 the Hebrew marrob, a bitter juice.) 



1. M. vulg\re, L. (Common Horehound.) Stems ascending; leaves 

 round-ovate, petioled, crenate-toothed ; whorls capitate; calyx with 10 recurved 

 teeth, the alternate ones- shorter ; corolla small, white. — Escaped from gardens 

 into waste places. (Nat. from Eu.) 



28. GALEOPSIS, L. Hemp-Nettle. 



Calyx tubular-bell-shaped, about 5-nerved, with 5 somewhat equal and spiny- 

 tipped teeth. Corolla dilated at the throat ; the upper lip ovate, arched, entire ; 

 the lower 3-cleft, spreading ; the lateral lobes ovate, the middle one inversely 

 heart-shaped ; palate with 2 teeth at the sinuses. Stamens 4, ascending under 

 the upper lip : anther-cells transversely 2-valved ; the inner valve of each cell bristly- 

 fringed, the outer one larger and naked. — Annuals, with spreading branches, 

 and several - many-flowered whorls in the axils of floral leaves which are nearly 

 like the lower ones. (Name composed of yaXcn, a weasel, and o\^ty, resemblance, 

 from some fancied likeness of the corolla to the head of a weasel.) 



1. G. Tetr\hit, L. (Common Hemp-Nettle.) Stem sivollen beloio the 

 joints, bristly-hairy ; leaves ovate, coarsely serrate ; corolla purplish, or variegated, 

 about twice the length of the calyx ; or, in var. graxdifl6ra, 3-4 times the 

 length of the calyx, often yellowish with a purple spot on the lower lip. — 

 Waste places : rather common. Aug., Sept. (Nat. from Eu.) 



2. G. L.vdasum, L. (Red H.) Stem smooth or pubescent; leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, more or less downy ; corolla red or rose-color (the throat often spotted 

 with yellow), much exceeding the calyx. — Eastern New England : rare. Aug. 

 (Adv. from Eu.) 



