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LABIATiE. (mint FAMILY.) 



# Stamens and style exserted beyond the ven/ narrow and acute upper lip of the carol- 

 la : root perennial. 



1. M. didyma, L. (Oswego Tea.) Somewhat hairy ; leaves petiolod. 

 ovate-lanceolate, pointed, rounded or slightly heart-shaped at the base ; the floral 

 ones and the large outer bracts tinged with red; cal>/x smooth, incurved, nearly 

 naked in the throat ; corolla smooth, much elongated (2' long), bright red. — Moist 

 woods by streams, N. England to Wisconsin northward, and southward in the 

 AUeghanies : often cultivated (under the name of Balm or Bee-Balm). July. — 

 Plant 2° high, with very showy flowers. 



2. M. fistulosa, L. (Wild Beegamot.) Smoothish or downy ; fcaws 

 petioled, ovate-lanceolate from a rounded or slightly heart-shaped base ; the upper- 

 most and outer bracts somewhat colored (whitish or purplish) ; calyx slightly 

 cui'ved, very hairy in the throat ; corolla purplish, rose-color or almost white, smooth 

 or hairy. — Woods and rocky banks, W. Vermont to Wisconsin, and south- 

 ward, principally westward. July- Sept. — -Very variable in appearance, 2°- 

 5° high ; the pale corolla smaller than in the last. 



3. M. Bradtoui'ifjna, Beck. Leaves nearly sessile, ovate-lanceohte, round- 

 ed at the base, clothed with long soft hairs, especially underneath; the floral and the 

 outer bracts somewhat heart-shaped, pui-plish ; calyx smoothish, contraeted above, 



' very hairy in the throat, with awl-shaped awned teeth ; corolla smoothish, bearded 

 at the tip of the upper lip, scarcely twice the length of the calyx, pale purplish, 

 the lower lip dotted with purple. — River-banks and plains, Ohio to Illinois, 

 and westward. July. 



* * Stamens not exceeding the notched upper lip of the short corolla. 



4. M. punctata, L. (Horse-Mint.) Minutely downy (2° -3° high) ; 

 leaves petioled, lanceolate, narrowed at the base ; bracts lanceolate, obtuse at 

 the base, sessile, yellowish and purple ; teeth of the downy calyx short and 

 rigid, awnlcss ; corolla nearly smooth, yellowish, the upper lip spotted with pur- 

 ple, the tube scarcely exceeding the calyx. — Sandy fields and dry banks, New 

 York to Virginia, and southward. Aug., Sept. — Very odorous and pungent. 



18. BliEPItililA, Raf. Blephilia. 



Calyx ovoid-tubular, 13-nerved, 2-lipped, naked in the throat; upper lip with 

 3 awned teeth, the lower with 2 nearly awuless teeth. Corolla inflated in the 

 throat, strongly and nearly equally 2-lipped ; the upper lip erect, entire ; the 

 lower spreading, 3-cleft, with the lateral lobes ovate and rounded, larger than 

 the oblong and notched middle one. Stamens 2, ascending, exserted (the rudi- 

 mcnts of the upper pair minute or none) : anthers, &c. as in Monarda. — Pe- 

 rennial herbs, with nearly the foliage, &c. of Monarda ; the small pale bluish- 

 purple flowers crowded in axillary and tenninal globose capitate whorls. 

 (Name from p\e(j)apls, the eyelash, in reference to the hairy-fringed bracts and 

 calyx-teeth.) 



1. B. Ciliitta, Raf. Somewhat downy; leaves almost sessile, oblong-ovati, 

 narrowed at the base, whitish-do^vny underneath ; outer bracts ovate, acute, col- 

 ored, ciliate, as long as the calyx. (Monai'da ciiiata, L.) — Dry open places, 



