548 Ordeb 89.— labiate. 



1 C. Clinopddium Benth. Wild Basil. Villous ; Ivs. orate, subscrrate ; vei^ 



ticils dense, sessile, many-flowered, hairy; bracts numerous, subulate. — if Low 

 woods, H. and W. States. Plant 1 to 2f higli. St. square, simple or sparingly 

 branched, and as well as the whole plant, clothed with whitish hairs. Lvs. peti- 

 olate, tapering to an obtuse point, pale. Pis. purplish, in heads mostly terminal, 

 near 1' wide, involuorate with bracts. 



2 C. N^peta Link. Villous with soft, whitish hairs, much branched below; 

 lvs. small, broad-ovate, obtuse, subserrate, petiolate ; cymes few-flowered in the 

 upper axils, becoming somewhat racemed ; cal. teeth subulate, the 2 lower longer ; 

 cor. upper lip emarginate, the lower in 3 equal lobes. — Dry hills, roadsides, Ac., 

 throughout Tenn. and Va. Plant about 2f high, strongly aromatic. Lvs. about 

 half an inch long. Cor. white, thrice longer (3 to 4"), than the calyx Jl., Aug. 

 §Eur. 



3 C. glabella Benth. Glabrous, decumbent at base, diffusely branched ; Iva 

 nan'owly oblong, subpetiolate, few-toothed or entire, tapering to the base ; verti- 

 cils 6 to 10-flowered ; cal. teeth subulate-acuminate ; bracts as long as the pedicels 

 — On limestone rooks, Ohio to Ark. Sts. 1 to 2f long. Lvs. 1' to 1 8" long. Cor. 

 moderately bilabiate, near twice longer (4 to 5") than the calyx, pale violet. Jn. 



/3. DiVERS'FOLiA. Flowering stems nearly erect, the barren prostrate, like 

 runners, bearing small, ovate, entire lvs. ; plant generally smaller, with the 

 floral lvs. narrow, and mostly entire. — Limestone rooks, Niagara Falls, to the 

 Falls of St. Anthony, and to Ark. Fragrant like pennyroyal. Upright sis. 

 6 to 12' high. Lvs. 1'. Lvs. of the runners 3 to 4" long. (C. Nuttallii 

 Benth.) — These two very diverse forms are connected by specimens found in 

 Ohio (SuUivant apud Torrey), having the characteristics of both. 



4 C. can^soens Torr. & Gr. Minutely canesceut-downy, shrubby ; lvs. linear, 

 obtuse, entire, revoluie-edged, much fascicled; verticils of 2 opposite fls. ; cor. thrice 

 longer than the strongly 2-lipped calyx. — Sandy seaboards, Fla« Shrub scarce a 

 foot high, with numerous lvs., 1 to 8" by 1", and few roso-rod protty fla., as largo 

 as in No. 2. May. 



5 C. ooocinea Benth. Zms. narrowly obovate-ohlong, obtuse, entire, short-peti- 

 oled ; verticils of i to G fls. ; cal. upper lip very short, tube 3 or 4 times shorter 

 than the ample corolla. — B. Fla. Shrub with virgate branches. Lvs. 6 to 8" long. 

 Cor. a fine scarlet, glandular-pubescent, 15 to 18" long. (Cunila coccinea Nutt.) 



6 C. Carolini^na Swartz. Sts. glabrous and simple ; lvs. very smooth, ovate., 

 obtuse, crenate-serrate, tapering to a petiole ; cymes few-flowered, on short pedun- 

 cles ; cal. strongly 2-lipped, nearly naked in the throat ; cor. ample, tube enlarged 

 upwards. — Dry woods, N. Car. to Fla. and' La. A pretty flowerer, somewhat 



.shrubby. If high or more. Cymes in the upper axils 3 to 5-flowered. Lvs. 1' or 

 less long. Bracts as long as the calyx, the corolla thrice longer (1 to 8"), rose- 

 purple, spotted. Jn. — Aug. (0. graudiflora Ph.) 



19. MELIS'SA, Tourn. Balm. (Gr. name of tlie bee, from jj^?^ 

 honey; whicli bees seek in these flowers.) Calyx 13-ribbed, the upper 

 lip 3-toothed, flattened and dilated, lower bifid ; corolla tube recurved- 

 ascending, upper lip erect, flattish, lower spreading, 3-lobod, the middle 

 lobe mostly broadest ; stamens ascending. 



M. officinalis L. Pubescent ; st erect, branching ; fls. in loose, axillary cymes, 

 subsessile ; lvs. ovate, acute, coarsely crenate-serrate, on slender petioles ; bracts 

 few, ovate-lanceolate, petiolate. — y N. Eng. to Ind. and Tenn., in waste grounds 

 and in the deepest forests. A well known garden plant St. 1 to 2 to 3f high. 

 Lvs. 2 to 3' long, petioles 1' or more. Bracts of the same form, diminished. Cor. 

 twice longer (7") than the calyx, yellowish white. JL, Aug. J: g Eur. Fra^ 

 gi'ant of lemons. Balm tea is a popular remedy. 



20. SAL'VIA, L. Sage. (Lat. salveo, to be in health ; probably 

 from its salutary qualities.) Calyx striate, bilabiate, upper lip 3-toothed 

 or entire, lower bifid, throat naked; corolla ringent, tube equal, upper 

 lip straight or falcate, lower spreading or pendent, 3-lobcd; stamens 2, 

 connectile transversely articulated to the filament, supporting at each 



