labiatjE. (mint family.) 311 



I'enn. to Kentucky and Wisconsin. July. — Plant l°-2°high, less bnnnhcd 

 than the next, the hairy corolla shorter. 



2, B. hirsutit, Benth. Haiiy throughout ; leaves long-petiokd, ovate, poinled^ 

 rounded or heart-shaped at the base ; the lower floral ones similar, the uppermost 

 and the bracts linear-awl-shaped, shorter than the long-haired calyx. (B. nepe- 

 toides, Raf. Monarda hirsnta, Pursh.) — Damp rich woods, N. New York to 

 Wisconsin and Kentucky. July. — Plant 2° - 3° high, with spreading branches, 

 and numerous close whorls, the lower remote. Corolla smoothish, pale, with 

 darker purple spots. 



19. LrOPHANTHVS, Benth. Giant Hyssop. 



Calyx tuhular-bell-shaped, 15-nerved, oblique, 5-toothed, the upper teeth rather 

 longer than the others. Corolla 2-Iipped ; the upper lip nearly erect, 2-lobed ; 

 the lower somewhat spreading, 3-cleft, with the middle lobe cronate. Stamens 4, 

 exserted ; the upper pair declined ; the lower and shorter pair ascending, so that 

 the pairs cross. Anther-cells nearly parallel. — Perennial tall herbs, with petioled 

 serrate leaves, and small flowers crowded in interrupted terminal spikes. (Name 

 from Xo^oi, a crest, and av6os, a flower. ) 



1. li. nepetoldes, Benth. Smooth, or nearly so; loaves ovate, some- 

 what pointed, coarsely crenate-toothed (2' -4' long); calyx-teeth ovate, ratlier ob- 

 tuse, little shorter than the pale greenish-ydlow corolla. — Borders of woods, W. 

 Vermont to Wisconsin, and southward. Aug. — Stem stout, 4° -6° high, 

 sharply 4-angled. Spikes 2' - 6' long, crowded with the ovate pointed bracts. 



2. li. Scroi»IluIariEef6lins, Benth. Stem (obtusely 4-angled) and 

 lower surface of the ovate or somewhat heart-shaped a«ute leaves more or 

 less pubescent ; calyx-teeth lanceolate, acute, shorter than the purplish corolla (spikes 

 4' - 15 long) : otherwise like the last. — Same geographical range. 



3. Li. anisatus, Benth. (Anise Hyssop.) Smooth, but the ovate 

 acute leaves glaucous-white underneath with minute down ; calyx-teeth lanceolate, 

 acute. — Plains, Wisconsin 1 and northwestward. — Foliage with the taste and 

 smell of anise. 



20. NEPETA, L. Cat-Mist. 



Calyx tubular, often incurved, obliquely 5-toothed. Corolla dilated in the 

 throat, 2-Iipped ; the upper lip erect, rather concave, notched or 2-cleft ; the low- 

 er spreading, 3-cleft, the middle lobe largest, either 2-lobed or entire. Stamens 

 4, ascending under the upper lip, the lower pair shorter. Anthers approximate 

 in pairs; the cells divergent. — Perennial herbs. (The Latin name, thought to 

 be derived from Nepete, an Etrurian city. ) 



§ 1. Cymose clusters rather dense and many flowered, forming interrupted spikes or 

 racemes ; upper floral leaves small and brad-like. 



1. IV. CatAkia, I/. (Catnip.) Downy, erect, branched; leaves heartr 

 shnped, oblong, deeply crenate, whitish-downy underneath ; corolla whitish, dot- 

 ted with purple. — iVIanured and cultivated grounds, a very common weed 

 July, Aug. (Adv. from Eu.) 



