546 Order 89.— LABIATiE. 



pointed with beardless awns like the calyx teeth, as long as the oorolla. — Pine 

 barrens, N. J. to Fla. St. 1 to 2f high. Lvs. 18" to 2' long, the floral sometunea 

 whitened. Heads few, rather larger (6 to 9" diam.) 



6 P. byssopifolium Benth. Lvs. linear-ohloTig, obtuse, suientire, subsessile, and 

 with the stem glabrous or minutely canescent-downy ; hds. few, large (nearly 1' 

 dlam.). Barrens, Ta. to Fla. and La. St. 1 to 2f high. Lvs. 1' to 18" long, less 

 rigid than in No. 5. 



7 P. Torrdyi Benth. Lvs. Unear-lanceolate, acute, thin, nearly entire, tapering at 

 base to a very short petiole, and with the stem slighUy pubescent ; bracts and 

 subulate calyx teeth white-pubescent. — Dry soils, near N. Y. city, and in N. J. 

 Perhaps too near P. lanceolatum, but the tapering, petiolate base of the long, nar- 

 row, thin leaves are usually well defined. Cymes scarcely capitate. Aug., 

 Sept. 



8 P. pilosum Nutt. Lvs. lamceolate, subentire, acute at each end, subsessile, and 

 with the stem and branches more or less clothed with soft, spreading hairs; cal 

 teeth ovate-lanceolate, acute, and with the bracts canescent-viUoua— Prairies, &c., 

 W. States to Tenn. and Ga. Plant about 2f high, panioulately branched (but the 

 lower branches longer, ascending), hoary with a pubescence, never whitened. 

 Lvs. 2 to 3' long. Cymes somewhat dilated, hardly capitate, 6 to 9" broad. Aug. 



9 P. miiticuin Pers. Lvs. ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, remotely subserrate, 

 rounded or sitbcordate at the base, subpetiolate, the upper with the corymbously 

 paniculate branches minutely pubescent and whitened ; cat teeth triangular-ovate, 

 equal, short, the bracts scarcely longer. — Dry woods. Me. to La. Plant 2 to 3f 

 high. Lvs. of a firm texture, 1 to 2 J' long, usually half as wide. Heads smaU, 

 compact, roundish, 4 to 6" diam. Cor. purplish white, dotted. Aug. 



10 P. lanceolatum Ph. Lvs. linear-lanceolate, entire, acute, rigid, rounded at 

 base, sessile, nearly glabrous, the corymbous branches pubescent on the angles; 

 cal, teeth short, triangular-ovate, hairy. — Common in dry woods, Mass. to 111., 

 Tenn. and N. Car. Handsome and fragrant, 1 to 3f high. Lvs. 18" to 2' long, 

 2 to 5" wide. Hds. dense, all raised to near the same level, 4 to 6" broad. Cor. 

 purplish, spotted. Aug. 



IIP. linifolium Ph. Glabrous, corymbed ; lvs. linear, attenuated to each end, 

 sessile, entire, rigid ; hds. compact ; bracts ciliate and cal. teeth pungently awn- 

 pointed. — Dry woods and prairies, Mass. to Iowa, Ky. and Ga. Plant very 

 smooth, little fragrant, 1 to 2f high. Lvs. 1' to 18" long, 1 to 3" wide. Hds. 

 small, numerous, dense. Fls. whitish. Aug. 



;12 P. ntidum Nutt. Glabrous, pale green, subsimple; lvs. small, few ovate-oblong, , 

 obtuse at each end, entire, sessile ; fls. in loose heads, terminal, corymbed, inner 

 bracts subulate, very short. — Mts. N. Car. to Ga. St. strict, 1 to 2f high. Lvs. 

 erect, 1' long or less. Hds. few-flowered. Cor. pubescent. Jl., Aug. 



13 P. mont^num Mx. Lvs. lanceolate, serrate, acute, the lower rounded at 

 base, glabrous as well as the stem ; hds. globous, subtended by many bracts, ter- 

 minal or sessUe at the upper nodes ; bracts villous-ciliate, very acute, outer ovate, 

 inner linear; cal. teeth short, acute. — Mts. Ta. and Car. Plant resembling a Mo- 

 narda, 1 to 2f high, fragrant. Jl. (Monardella, Mx.) 



14. SATURE^JA, L. Summer Savory. (Arabic satur, tic general 

 name for labiate plants.) Calyx tubular, 10-ribbed, throat not hairy, 

 segments of the bilabiate corolla not equal ; stamens diverging, scarcely 

 exserted. — Herbs with small lvs. and purplish fls. 



S. hort^usis L. St. branching ; lvs. linear oblong, entire, acute at the end ; 

 ped. axillary, cymous. — y Eiver banks, W. States, rare. St. branching and 

 bushy, IJf high, woody at base, frequently changing to purple. Lvs. numerous, 

 small and narrow, with axillary cymes of pink-colored fls. CaL about as long as 

 the cor. Jl.. Aug. J Italy. A culinary, aromatic herb. 



15. DICERAN'DRA, Benth. (Gr. dig, twice, icepag, a horn, avSpa, 

 anthers.) (Elliott's name had been preoccupied.) Calyx 13-striate, 

 tubular, upper lip subentire, lower bifid, throat hairy ; corolla tube ex- 



