320 LABIATE. (.MINT FAMILY.) 



widening upward, the middle lobe of the lower lip dilated and notched. — Var. 

 OBOVATA is less hairy, with the obovate leaves merely toothed or wavy on the 

 margins. (S. obovata, Ell.) — Sandy soil, Florida to North Carolina, and west- 

 ward. April and May. — Stem 1° high. Leaves 3' -6' long, commonly purple 

 beneath. Racemes in fruit 6'- 12' long. Corolla 9" -12" long, blue, white- 

 spotted in the throat. 



6. S. Claytoni, Ell. Leaves cordate-ovate, sinuate, toothed, rugose; teeth 

 of the upper lip of the calyx connivent. — Dry sandy pastures, around Beaufort, 

 South Carolina, Elliott. North Carolina, Curtis ; flowering through the summer. 

 — Root thick, perennial. Stem 1° high. Leaves pubescent on the veins and 

 margins. Bracts cordate-ovate, acuminate, toothed. 



S. OFFICINALIS, L., is the common Garden Saoe. 



S. cocciNEA, L., is common in gardens, and occasionally spontaneous around 

 dwellings. 



14. MONARDA, L. Horse-Mint. 



Calyx tubular, elongated, 1 5-nerved, nearly equally 5-toothed, bearded in the 

 throat. Corolla nearly equally 2-lipped ; the upper lip notched or entire, the 

 lower 3-toothed. Stamens 2, ascending under the upper lip, and oftener ex- 

 serted : anther-cells linear, diverging, confluent. Nutlets smooth. — Herbs. 

 Leaves undivided. "Whorls large, dense-flowered. Bracts colored. 



* Upper lip of the coivlla linear, acute. 



1. M. didyma, L. Stem smoothish ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 serrate, rounded at the base, petioled, smooth or hispid ; whorls mostly solitary, 

 terminal; calyx smooth, incurved; corolla large, bright red. — Mountains of 

 North Carolina, and northward. Aug. and Sept. — Stem erect, 2° high. Leaves 

 2' -3' long. Bracts lanceolate, red. Corolla 1' long. 



2. 1/t. fistulosa, L. Stem branching, more or less pubescent, commonly 

 hairy at the joints ; leaves petioled, ovate-lanceolate, acute, sharply serrate, 

 mostly rounded or truncate at the base ; whorls terminal ; calyx slightly incurved, 

 hispid in the throat ; corolla slender, rose-color. (M. Clinopodia, and M. mollis, 

 L.) — Mountains of Georgia, and northward. Aug. and Sept. — Stem 2° - 5° 

 high. Leaves smoothish, tomentose, or hispid, 1 ' - 3' long. Bracts pale pui-ple. 



* # Upper lip of the corolla broader, notched. 



3. M. punctata, L. Closely and finely pubescent ; stem much branched ; 

 leaves lanceolate or oblong, acutish, slightly senate, narrowed into a petiole , 

 whorls lateral and terminal ; bracts ovate or oblong, purple ; corolla yellowish ; 

 the lower lip dotted with brown, the upper keeled ; stamens not cxserted. — Dry 

 sandy soil, Florida to Mississippi, and northward. Aug. -Oct. — Stem l°-3° 

 high. Leaves 1 ' - 2' long. 



4. M. gracilis, Pursh. Very smooth; whorls lateral and terminal ; exte- 

 rior bracts linear, ciliate ; corolla short ; leaves linear-lanceolate, acuminate, ser- 

 rate. — Mountains of Carolina, Lyon. — Stem obtuse-angled. Whorls small, 

 naked. Calyx pubescent, ciliate. Corolla very slender, smooth, yellowish- 

 white. { * ) 



