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fruiting calyx roundish, the teeth short and acute. — Near Wilmington, North 

 Carolina. Introduced — Stem 1°- 2° high. Corolla white. 



3. M. piperita, L. Smooth ; stem creeping at the base, ascending, 

 branched ; leaves ovate-oblong, acute, shai-ply serrate, rounded at the base, 

 short-petioled ; spikes slender, interrupted ; bracts mostly longer than the 

 whorls, the upper ones linear ; calyx-teeth hairy. — Low ground. Introduced. 

 July - Sept. — Stems 1° - 2° high. Flowers white or blue. 



4. LYCOPUS, L. 



Calyx bell-shaped, equally 4 - 5-toothed, naked at the throat. Corolla bell- 

 shaped, exserted, equally 4-cloft. Fertile stamens 2, exsertod ; the up'per pair 

 sterile, included or wanting ; anther-cells parallel. Style 2-cleft at the apex. 

 Nutlets 3-angled, truncate at the apex, narrowed at the base. — Marsh or aquatic 

 herbs, with long runners at the base. Leaves mostly toothed or pinnatifid. 

 Whorls dense, axillary. Flowers small, sessile. 



1. L. Virginieus, L. Stem sraoothish ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, toothed- 

 serrate, acute or acuminate at each end, roughened above ; calyx-teeth 4, ovate, 

 obtuse; corolla small, exserted ; sterile stamens minute. — Ponds and ditches, 

 Florida? and northward. Sept. — Stem l°-2° high. Leaves l'-2' long. 

 Flowers white. 



2. L. siuuatUS, Ell. Stem smooth, much branched ; leaves pinnatifid- 

 toothed, ovate-oblong, tapering at each end ; the upper ones narrower ; calyx- 

 teeth 5, lanceolate-subulate, acute ; corolla twice as long as the calyx ; sterile 

 stamens minute or none. (L. exaltatus, Pursh.) 



Var. intermedius. Closely pubescent or toraentose ; stem simple or 

 branched, very leafy ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate at each end, coarsely 

 serrate, pale beneath; whorls dense; calyx-teeth subulate, pubescent, nearly as 

 long as the corolla ; seeds pitted. 



Var. angustifolius, Benth. (L. angustifolius. Ell.) Pubescent; stem 

 simple or sparingly branched ; leaves sessile, lanceolate or linear, toothed- 

 serrate or entire, resinous-dotted ; calyx-teeth subulate. — Ponds and ditches, 

 Florida to Mississippi, and northward. Aug. - Oct. — Stem 2° - 4° high. 

 Leaves 2' -4' long. Flowers white. 



5. CUNILA, L. Dittany. 



Calyx tubular, 10-nerved, equally 5-toothed, hairy in the throat. Corolla 

 2-lipped ; the upper lip notched or entire, the lower 3-cleft. Stamens 2, distant, 

 exserted: anther-cells parallel. Style 2-cleft at the apex. Nutlets smooth. — 

 Perennial herbs. Flowers small, in corymbose or crowded whorls. 



1. C. Mariana, L. Smooth; stem slender, much branched ; leaves ovate, 

 serrate, acute, rounded or cordate at the base, subsessile ; cymes loose, axillary 

 and terminal, peduncled, mostly shorter than the leaves, corymbose ; calyx- 

 teeth lanceolate, acute. — Dry soil along the mountains, Gteorgia and northward. 

 July- Sept. — Stem 1° high. Leaves 1' long. Flowers purple. 

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