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Salvia splendens Ker (shining). 

 Scarlet Sage. 



Rare. Escaped from cultivation to waste places : West- 

 port (Eames). Sept. — Oct. Fugitive from Brazil. 



MONARDA L. Horse Mint. 



Monarda didyma L. (twin). 



Bee Balm. Oswego Tea. Fragrant Balm. 



Rare or occasional. Roadsides, about old houses and 

 • borders of woods as an escape from cultivation. July — Aug. 

 Naturalized from the West. 



The herb finds some popular uses in medical practice, 

 depending on its aromatic properties. All our species are 

 similar in this respect and are one of the sources of thymol. 



Monarda clinopodia L. (like Clinopodium, the Basil). 

 Basil Balm. 



Rare. Waste ground and roadsides: Ledyard (Graves), 

 Waterbury (A. E. Blewitt). July — Aug. Adventive from 

 the West. 



Monarda fistulosa L. (tubular). 

 Wild Bergamot. 



Rare. Dry soil of shrubby and waste places : East Lyme 

 (Miss A. M. Ryon), Bolton (Bissell), Manchester (H. S. 

 Qark), West Hartford and Southbury (Harger), Stratford, 

 Bridgeport, Fairfield and Norwalk (Eames). July — Aug. 



The var. rubra Gray (red), Monarda media Willd., is 

 rare as an escape from gardens: Groton (Graves), Andover 

 (Mrs. C. S. Phelps & Weatherby), Somers and Southington 

 (Bissell), Bridgeport (Eames). The variety is adventive 

 from the West as is the species in part. 



Monarda mollis L. (soft). 



Monarda fistulosa L., var. mollis Benth. 

 Downy Bergamot. 



Occasional or frequent. Dry pastures, waste places and 

 roadsides. ' July — Aug. 



BLEPHILIA Raf. 

 Blephilia ciliata (L.) Raf. (fringed). 

 Wood Mint. 



