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2. M. flstulo'sa, L. (WildBergamot.) Corolla purplish. 

 the outer bracts somewhat purplish. Dry and rocky banks 

 and woods. 



Var. mollis, Benth., with ilesh-ooloured or lilac corolla, 

 is common in the N.W. prairie region. 



H. NEP'ETA, L. Cat-Miot. 



1. N. Cata'Pia, L. (Catnip.) Flowers in oymose clusters, 

 Stem erect, downy, branching. Leaves oblong, crenate, 

 whitish beneath. Corolla dotted with purple. — ^Roadsides. 



2. N. Gleeho'ma, Benth. (Ground Ivy.) Creeping and 

 trailing. Leaves round-kidney-shaped, crenate, green both 

 sides. Corolla light blue. — Damp waste grounds. 



la. DRACOCEPH'AI/rM, L. Dkagon-Head. 



D. parviflo'rum, Nutt. Stem erect, 8-20 inches high, 

 leafy. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, cut-toothed, petioled. Cor- 

 olla small and slender. — N.W. Ontario, in partly cleared 

 lands. 



13. liOPHAN'THirS, Benth. Giant Hyssop. 



1. L. nepetoi'des, Benth. Smooth or nearly so, coarsely 

 crenate-toothed. Calyx-teeth ovate, rather obtuse. Corolla 

 greenish-yellow. — Borders of woods. 



2. L. sepophularisefo'lius, Benth., has lanceolate calyx- 

 teeth and a purplish corolla. — Near Queenston Heights. 



3. L. anisa'tUS, Benth., has the leaves ovate, acute, and 

 glaucous- white underneath. — N.W. plains. 



CAI/ASIIN'TIIA, Moenoh. CALAMniTH. 



1. C. Clinopo'dlum, Benth. (Basil.) Stem hairy, erect, 

 1-2 feet high. Piower-clusters dense. Leaves ovate, nearly 

 entire, petioled. — Thickets and waste places. 



2. C. Nuttal'Iii, Benth. Smooth, 5-9 inches high. Leaves 

 narrowly oblong. Clusters Jew-flowered, the flowers on 

 slender naked pedicels. Bracts linear or oblong. — Wet lime- 

 stone rocks, western and south-western Ontario. 



