Okdbe 89.— labiate. 551 



4 M. didvma L. St. branched, acutely 4-angled ; Ivs. broadly ova(e, acuminate, 

 somewhat rough, on short petioles, veins and veinleta hairy beneath ; fls. {crim- 

 son) in terminal, often axillary heads; iracti colored; cat. throat naked.— Swamps, 

 Can. to the Mts. of Ga, Plant 2 to 3f. Lvs. 2 to 5' long, very broad at base, 

 often cordate, serrate. Heads often proliferous, with large, ovate-lanoeolato 

 bracts tinged with the same color as the fls. Cor. 15" long. Abortive fil. 2, 

 short, the perfect exserted. Jl. Handsome and fragrant, f 



23. BLEPHIL'IA, Raf. (Gr. j3/lei^ap('f, the eyelash ; probably refi;r- 

 ring to the ciliate bracts.) Calyx 13-ribbed, bilabiate, upper li[i 

 3-toothed, lower lip shorter, 2-toothod, the teeth setaceous ; corolla bila- 

 biate, upper lip short, erect, oblong, obtuse, entire, lov/er lip of 3 un- 

 equal, spreading lobes, the lateral ones orbicular ; stamens 2, fertile, 

 ascending, exserted. — 24! Verticils dense, terminal and subtcrminal. 



X B. hirsfita Benth. Whole plant hirsute; lvs. ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, lerrat.:, 

 petiolate ; fls. in axillary vertioillasters and terminal heads ; hracts colored, shorter 

 than the flowers, oblong., acuminate. — In damp woods, rare N. Eng., common in 

 AV. States. St. 1 to 2f high, diffusely branching, roughly pubescent. Petiole 'i 

 to 6" long, lvs. 3 to 4 times as long, somewhat rounded at base. Pis. small, 

 forming several dense whorls near the end of each branch. Cor. 5" long, palo 

 purple, with spots of a deeper hue. Jn., Jl. 



2 B. ciliata Raf. St. hirsute, simple, acutely 4-angled ; lvs. few oblong-Umceolati:, 

 acute at the base, svisessile, serrate, minutely pubescent ; fls. in dense, approximate, 

 iuvoluorate, terminal and subterminal verticils, bracts ovate, veiny, glabrous, ciliate. 

 as long as the calyx. — Fields, barrens, Penn. to Miss,, very abundant in the W- 

 States. Plant 2 to 4f high, generally simple, rarely with 1 or 2 branches. Lvs. 

 18" to 30'' long, a fourth as wide. Hds. larger than in No. 1, an inch in diam. 

 Jn. — Aug. (Monarda ciliata L. nee Mx.) 



24. LOPHAN'THUS, Benth. (Ilyssopus L.) Hedge Hyssop. (Gr- 

 X6(j>og, a crest, avdog ; flowers in dense, terminal spikes.) Calyx 

 15-ribbed, oblique, 5-cleft, upper segments longer; corolla bilabiate, 

 upper lip bifidly emarginate, lower lip 3-lobed, the middle lobe broader 

 .and crenate ; stamens diverging. — 21 Tall, erect. Verticils spicate. 



1 L. nepetoides Benth. St. smooth, quadrangular, with the angles acute and 

 slightly winged ; lvs. ovate and ovate-lauoeolate, acutely serrate ; petioles smootli- 

 ish, calyx teeth ovate, green, obtusish. — y Middle and Western States, common 

 about fences and dry hedges. Stem 3 — 6f high, the sides somewhat concave 

 and the angles prominent. Lvs. acuminate, about 4' by 2'. Flowers in crowded 

 axillary verticils, forming a terminal, green spike, which is nearly continuous 

 above. Corolla greenish-yellow. July, Aug. 



2 L. Bcrophularifolius Benth. St. pubescent, quadrangular, with the augle.-i 

 obtuse ; lvs. cordate-ovate, crenate-serrate ; petioles ciliate-pubescent, col. teeth 

 lanceolate, colored, acute. — With the general aspect of the former species, and 

 found in similar situations. The herbage is often changed to dark purple. Stem 

 2 — if high, purple. Leaves about 5' by 3', coarsely serrate, acuminate. Flowers 

 in crowded, axillary verticils, forming a long, dense, terminal spike. Corolla palo 

 purple, more couspicubus than in the first. Jl., Aug. 



25. NEP'ETA, L. Catnep. Ground Ivy. (Said to be from Nepet, 

 a town in Tuscany.) Calyx tubular, 5-toothed ; corolla tube slender 

 below, dilated and naked in the throat, upper lip emarginate, lower 

 3-lobed, the middle lobe largest and crenate, margin of the orifice re- 

 flected ; stamens approximate, ascending ; anther cells divergent. (Fig. 

 117.) 



§ Tall, Verticils in a terminal-racemo. Calyx nearly regular No. I 



§ Olecuoua. Low, diffuse. Flowers axillary. Calyx curved, oblique No. :* 



1 IT. cataria L. Catmint. Erect, hoary-tomentous; lvs. petiolate, cordate, 



