Cunila. LABIATE. 353 



# Stoloniferous : long filiform runners produced in summer from the base of the stem, often tuberi- 

 ferous at their apex. 



-)— Calyx-teeth i, or sometimes 5, obtuse or barely acutish, as also the very short bracts, in fruit 

 shorter than the nutlets. 



^^^Li. Virginious, L. (Blgle-weed.) Glabrous or somewhat i)ubescent: stem obtusely 

 angled, 6 to 2i inches high : leaves ovate or oblong-lanceolate, coarsely serrate in the 

 middle, acuminate at both ends, tapering into a short petiole : calj'x-teetli ovate or lanceo- 

 late-ovate: sterile stamens minute rudiments. — Spec. i. 21; Raf. Med. Fl. t. 61. L. uni- 

 Jiorus, Miclix. i. 14 (L. jmmilus,\&h\, L. Vinj.vaT. jiaucijiorus, Benth.), a diminutive and 

 northern few-flowered form, a span high. L. macroj>/ii/llas, Benth. Lab. & in DC. Prodr. 

 xii. 177 (var. maaophi/lliis, Gray, 1. c), a tall and large-leaved form of Northern Pacific 

 coast. — Labrador to Florida, Missouri, and north-westward to Brit. Columbia and Oregon. 



-i— 4— Calyx-teeth 5, or occasionally 4, very acute, in fruit longer than the nutlets. 

 ++ Bracts minute: corolla nearly twice the length of the calyx: rudiinent.s of posterior stamens 

 very short, oval or Ungulate : herbage glabrous or puberulent : stems 6 to 20 inches high. 



... L, sessilifolius, Gray, 1. c. Stem ascending, rather acutely 4-angled : leaves all closely 



sessile, ovate or lanceolate-oblong (inch or two long), sparsely sharply serrate : calyx-teeth 

 subulate, rigid. — L. Euiopieus, var. sessilifolius, Gray, Man. ed. 5, 345. — Xew Jersey, in pine 



as^c ZjT^SbBi^S^~Mxnc]f. xSfeSTatlier obtusely 4-angled, erect or ascending: leaves ovate- 

 oblong or oblong-lanceolate, sharply serrate in the middle, attenuate-acuminate at both 

 ends {'■', inches long), petioled : calyx-teeth triangular-subulate, not rigid-pointed. — Moencli, 

 Meth. Suppl. 440 ; Fresenius in Regensb. Flora, 1842 ; Benth. in DC. 1. c. L. oUusiJblius, 

 ^'ahl ! not Benth. L. Arktmsimus, Fresenius, 1. c. . puberulent form, with ratlier broader 

 triangular-lanceolate less pointed calyx-teeth, the rudiments of sterile stamens varying 

 from Ungulate to linear-spatulate. L. Euroixcxis, var. inlegrijotius. Gray, .Man. 1. c. — Penn.? 

 and Ohio to S Carolina, Louisiana and Arkansas. 



■H- -H- Outer bracts conspicuous, very acute, often equalling the flowers : corolla hardly exceeding 

 the calyx : rudiments of sterile stamens slender and capiteliate or clavate-tijjped. 



L. lucidus, Turcz. Stem strict, stout, 2 or 3 feet high, hirsute-pubescent or glabrate, 

 acutely angled above: leaves lanceolate and oblong-lanceolate (2 to 4 inches long), acute 

 or acuminate, very sharply and coarsely serrate with triangular-subulate ascending teeth, 

 sessile or nearly so by an obtuse or acute base, coarsely punctate: calyx-teeth attenuate- 

 subulate. (Siberia, Japan.) 

 ,„„ Var. Americanus, Gray, 1. c. Leaves dull, often minutely puberulent both sides : 



calyx-teeth less rigid. — Bot. Calif, i. 592. L. obtusifolius, Benth. in DC. 1. c. ? — Saskatche- 

 wan to Kansas, Arizona, and California. 



* * Xot stoloniferous, but rootstocks more or le.ss creeping: cahTC-teeth 5, cuspidate or spinulose- 

 tipped, rigid, nearly equalling the corolla, in fruit surpassing the nutlets : subulate outer bracts 

 often equalling the flowers. 



'■A' w L. sinuatUS, Ell. Stem erect, 1 to feet high, acutely 4-angled, glabrous, roughish, or 

 minutely pubescent : leaves oblong or lanceolate (IJ or 2 inches long), acuminate, irregu- 

 larly incised or laciniate-pinnatifid, or some of the upper merely sinuate or incisely toothed, 

 tapering at base mostly into a slender petiole : calyx-teeth triangular-subulate and short- 

 cuspidate : rudiments of sterile stamens slender, conspicuous, and with a globular or sub- 

 clavate tip. — Sk. i. 187. L. Eurojxeus, Walt. &c. L. sinuatus, exaltaltis &, angustif alius. Ell. 

 1. c. L. vtilgaris & L. angiisiifolius, Nutt. Gen., without char. L. Enropceus, var. sinuatus, 

 Gray, JIan. 1. c. — X. Canada to Florida, Texas, and west to Oregon and X. California. 

 L . EcRor.rus, L., has less acutely angled stems, mostly broader and shorter subsessile leaves 

 with less unequal teeth or lobes, subiilate-spinulose calyx-teeth, and rudiments of sterile 

 stamens obsolete or minute. — Occurs as a ballast-weed at Norfolk and Pliiladelphia, Durand, 

 Parker. (Probably not yet nat. from Eu.) 



11. CUNILA, L. Dittany. (An ancient Latin name of some Labiate 

 plant, applied by Linnaeus to a small American genus.) — Perennials, with small 

 purplish flowers, in summer. (Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 8. 365.) 



^^=C. Mariana, L. Herbaceous, eymosely much branched, a foot high, glabrous except the 

 nodes ; leaves nearly sessile, ovate with subcordate or rounded base, serrate, much punc- 



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