2Q34 WEEDS AND USEFUL PLANTS. 
is now, however, but little a et in the virtues thus 
these 
eveey or implied ; and in mpera’ es, the doctrine of the 
concluding line would be de ater as tk} osey ave though the 
charm be fortified “ with Rue,’—that “ of gra ’ Sundays,” as 
HAKSPEARE terms it—which is here appropriately enough ass 
with i ups ! 0 ; ry sterile meadow 
ks, a native species of this genus (§. lyra’ta, L.), whi a mere 
weed, but scarcely of sufficient importance to require a pha coia Dey: 
eral tropica re cultivated in ea a 
bs poser L. Carntr. 
Nepete,—a town in Italy.] 
Calyx dibedad: senha ovoid, about 15-nerved, <a sche a 
Corolla bilabiate—the upper lip e rect, somewhat concave, ema 
or bifid—the lower lip spreading, Sobel, Snails is largest ; Brroat 
dilated, Stamens 4, ascending,—the lower pair shorter ; ginthers mostly 
ecg a ge in pairs, 2-celled ; cells diverging, finally divaricate. Pe 
re. 
1. N. Cata’ria, L. Hoary-pubescent ; stem erect, tall ; leaves oblong- 
cordate, acute, coarsely crenate-serrate , upper floral ones small and 
bract-like ; cymules densely many dlowered, the upper ones crowded in a 
spike—the peal ones distant; calyx ovoid-tubular ; corolla one half 
longer than the cal 
Car Seg Cat aint Catnip. 
Fr. Herbe aux Chats. Germ. Die Katzen muenze. Span. Gatera. 
Stem 2-3 feet high, mostly several from the same root, somewhat branched. Leaves 
2-Sr inches ne green above ; canescent beneath ; - petioles half an inch to an inch 
Fe ength ules on short common peduncles, in or eae 
SF cd git 3 waste places; introduced. Native of Europe. Fl. June-Aug- 
ee naturalized as to be a rather 
ublesome weed. The d sg md in we gard is a highly popular 
Gavin among the Soa Tales who deal i simples,—and is probably 
often as a weed on the farm, iti is F objectionable, a when 
permitted to multiply, gives to the premises a very slovenly appearance. 
te-reniform, rounded, crenate, all ; cymules few-flowered,— 
all oo * axillary ; calyx tubular; corolla nearly three times as long 
Ground Ivy. Ale-hoof. Gill. {-yaolde 
_ kr. Lierve terrestre. Germ. Die Gundelrebe. Span. Yodee. terrestis 
