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11. SATUEEIA, L. Savoet. 



CaljTc bell-shaped, lO-flei^ed, equally 5-toothed, naked in the throat. Corolla 

 2-lippcd ; the upper lip erect, flat, nearly entire, the lower 3-cleft. Stamens 4, 

 somewhat ascending. — Aromatic plants, with narrow entire leaves, often clus- 

 tered, and somewhat spiked purplish flowers. (The ancient Latin name.) 



1. S. HORTENSis, L. (Summer SavoRt.) Pubescent annual ; clusters feW- 

 flowered ; bracts small or none. -^ Prairies of Illinois, and rocky islands at the 

 Falls of the Ohio, Short: escaped from gardens. (Adv. from Eu.) 



12. CALAMINTHA, Moench. Calaminth. 



Calyx tubular, 13-nerved, mostly hairy in the throat, 2-lipped ; the upper lip 

 3-cleft, the lower 2-cleft. Corolla with a straight tube and an inflated throat, 

 distinctly 2-lipped ; the upper lip erect, flattish, entire or notched ; the lower 

 spreading, 3-parted, the middle lobe usually largest. Stamens 4, mostly ascend- 

 ing ; the anthers usually approximate in pairs. — Perennials, with mostly pur- 

 plish or whitish flowers ; produced all summer ; inflorescence various. (Name 

 composed of Ka\6s, beautiful, and jilvBa, Mint. ) 

 § 1. CALAMfNTHA, Moench. Calyx striate, scarcely gibbous at the base: dusters 



of flowers loose and peduncled in the axils of the leaves, and fanning a raceme at 



the summit ; bracts minute. 



1. C. NtpETA, Link. (Basil-Thyme.) Soft hairy; stem ascending (1°- 

 3° high) ; leaves petioled, broadly ovate, ob^jlse, crenate ; corolla (3" long) about 

 twice the length of the calyx. — Dry hills, Virginia, &c. (Nat. from Eu.) 



§ 2. CALOMELtSSA, Benth. Calyx nearly as § 1 : whorls few ^several-flovo- 

 ered, sessile; flowers on slender naked pedicels ; the bracts at Hieir base linear or 

 oblong, leaf-like. 



2. C. glabella, Benth. Smooth ; stems diffuse or spreading (l°-2° long) ; 

 leaves slightly petioled, oblong or oblong-linear, narrowed at the base {8"- 2' 

 long), sparingly toothed, or nearly entire ; clusters 6 -10-flowered; corolla (pur- 

 pUsh, 5" -6" long) folly twice the length of the calyx, the teeth of the latter 

 awl-pointed. (Cunilaglabella, Michx. Micromeria, Benth.) — Limestone banks, 

 near Frankfort, Kentucky (Short), and southward. 



Var. Nutt&llii, Gray. Smaller; the flowering stems more upright (5' -9 

 high), with narrower mostly entire leaves and fewer-flowered clusters; while 

 sterile runners from the base bear ovate thickish leaves only 2" -5" long. (C. 

 Nuttallii, Benth. Micromeria glabella, var. angustifolia, Torr. ) — Wet limestone 

 rocks, Niagara Falls to Wisconsin, Central Ohio (Sullivant), and southwestward. 

 — Appearing very distinct, but united by southwestern specimens. 

 § ». CLINOPODIUM, L> Calyx more or kss gibbous below; clusters sessile and 

 many-flowered, dense, crowded with awl-shaped bracts, 



3. C. Clinop6dium, Benth. (Basil.) Hairy, erect (1°- 2° high); leaves 

 ovate, petioled, nearly entire; flowers (pale purple) in globular clusters; hairy 

 bracts as long as the calyX. (Clinopodinm Vulgare, L.) —Borders of thickets 

 and fields. Naturalized extensively : but apparently also indigenous about the 

 upper Great Lakes. (Eu.) 



