352 LABIATE. (mint FAMILY.) 



3. M. Eradburi^na, Beck. Leaves nearly sessile, clothed with long soft hairs, 

 especially underneath ; the floral and the outer bracts somewhat heart-shaped, pur- 

 plish ; calyx smoothish, contracted above, very hairy in the throat, with awl-shaped 

 owned 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. — Oak- 

 openings and woods, Ohio to Illinois, and westward. May - July. 



* * Stamens not exceeding the upper lip of the short corolla: annuals or biennials. 



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, 

 awnless ; corolla nearly smooth, yellowish, the upper lip spotted with purple, 

 notched at the apex, the tube scarcely exceeding the calyx. — Sandy fields and 

 dry banks, New York to Illinois and southward. July - Sept. — Very odorous 

 and pungent. 



18. BLSFHILIA, Raf. Blephilia. 



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

 3 awned teeth, the lower with 2 nearly awnless 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- 

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

 nial herbs, with nearly the foliage, &c. of Monarda ; the small pale bluish purple 

 flowers crowded in axillary and terminal globose capitate whorls ; in summer. 

 (Name from ^\f(f>apis, the eyelash, in reference to the hairy-fringed bracts and 

 calyx-teeth. ) 



1. B. cilid,ta, Raf. Somewhat downy (l°-2° high) ; leaves almost sessile, 

 oblong-ovate, narrowed at the base, whitish-downy underneath ; onter bracts ovate, 

 acute, colored, ciliate, as long as the calyx ; corolla hairy. (Monarda ciliata, 

 L.) — Dry open places, Penn. to Kentucky and Wisconsin. 



2. B. hirstlta, Benth. 'B.aity throughout; leaves long-petioled, ovate, pointed, 

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

 and the Iricts linear-awl-shaped, shorter than the long-haired calyx ; corolla 

 smoothish, pale, with darker purple spots. (B. nepetoides, Eaf. Monarda hir- 

 suta, Pursh.) — Damp rich woods, E. Vermont to Wisconsin and Kentucky. — 

 Plant 2° - 3° high, with spreading branches, and numerous close whorls, the 

 lower remote. 



19. L OP H A IT THUS, Benth. Giant Hyssop. 



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

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

 the lower somewhat spreading, 3<left, with the middle lobe crenate. 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 peti- 

 oled serrate leaves, and small flowers crowded in interrupted terminal spikes ; in 

 summer. (Name from Xd^or, a crest, and avBos, ajlower.) 



