120 SELECTED WESTERN FLORA 



9. MONARDA. Hoesb Mint. 



Calyx 5-toothed, tubular, hairy in the throat; corolla elongated, 

 gradually widening, 2-lipped, the upper lip erect, usually entire, 

 the lower 3-lobed, spreading; fertile stamens 2, usually exserted. 

 Aromatic herbs with dentate or serrate leaves and showy reddish- 

 purple flowers in dense terminal clusters, the bracts sometimes 

 colored. 



1. M. mollis, L. Wild Bergamot. 



Throat of the calyx densely hairy; upper lip of the corolla hairy on the 

 outside ; leaves oblong to ovate, rather taper-pointed, somewhat canescent, 

 especially beneath. About thickets, Man.-Alta. 



10. LtCOPUS. Water Hobehound. 



Calyx 4-toothed, naked in the throat; corolla equally 4-cleft, 

 or one lobe slightly broader than the others; perfect stamens 2, 

 the other pair rudimentary or wanting. Perennial stoloniferous 

 herbs with small whitish or purplish flowers in dense axiUary clusters. 



1. L. lucidus, Turcz. ; var. americSnus, Gray. 



Rather stout and strict; leaves oblong to lanceolate, sharply serrate, ' 

 sessile. Wet places, Man.-Alta. 



2. L. americanus, Muhl. 



Somewhat slender, glabrous, stoloniferous, and sharply 4-angled; leaves 

 oblong to lanceolate, irregularly and deeply cut, or the upper narrow and 

 more sinuate. Wet places, Man.-Alta. 



11. MENTHA. Mint. 



Calyx equally 5-toothed; corolla irregularly 4-toothed, the tube 

 shorter than the calyx; stamens 4, equal. Diffuse or stoloniferous 

 herbs with thick glandular leaves and whorls of white or purplish 

 flowers in terminal spikes, the foliage having a strong mint odor. 



1. M. arvensis, L.; var. canadensis, (L.) Briquet. 



Diffusely branching; leaves oblong to lanceolate, narrowed at the base, 

 pubescent. {M. canadensis, L.) Damp places, Man.-Alta. 



LXXV. SOLAN ACE.ffi (Nightshade Family). 



Succulent herbs with alternate exstipulate leaves and regular 

 perfect flowers. Calyx gamosepalous, mostly 5-lobed, persistent; 



