548 Obdbb. 89;i-LABIAT^. 



1 C. Cliaopddium Bent^u Wild Basil. TiUoua; Iva. orate, subs^rrate j tbp- 

 ticila dense, sessile, many-flowered, hairy ; bracts numerous, subulate. — Tf. Low- 

 woods, N". and W. States. Plant 1 to 2f high. St. square, simple or sparingly 

 branched, and as well as the whole plant, clothed with whitish hairs. Lvs. peli- 

 olate, tapering to an obtuse point, pale. Pis. purplish, in heads mostly terminal, 

 near 1' wide, involuerate with bracts. 



2 C. N6peta Link. Villous with soft, whitish hairs, much branched below; 

 lvs. small, broad-ovate, obtuse, subserrate, pelicdate ; cymes few-flowered in the 

 upper axils becoming somewhat raoemed ; cal. teeth subulate, the 2 lower longer ; 

 cor. upper lip emarginate, the lower in 3 equal lobes. — Dry hills, roadsides, &o., 

 throughout Tenn. and Ta. Plant about 2f high, strongly aromatic. Lvs. about 

 half an inch long. Cor. white, thrice longer (3 to 4"), than the calyx, Jl., Aug. 

 §Bur. 



3 C. glabella Benth. Glabrous, decumbent at base, diffusely branched ; lvs. 

 narrowly oblong, subpetiolate, few-toothed or entire, tapering to the base •, veiij- 

 cils 6 to 10-flowered ; cal. teeth subulate-acuminate ; bracts as long as the pedicels 

 — On limestone rocks, Ohio to Ark. Sts. 1 to 2f long. Lvs. 1' to 18" long. Cor. 

 moderately bilabiate, near twice longer (4 to 5") than the calyx, pale violet. Jn. 



(8. DivERSiFOLiA. Flowering stems nearly erect, the barren prostrate, like 



runners, bearing small, ovate, entire lvs. ; plant geneiglly smaller, with the 



floral lvs. narrow, and mostly entire. — ^Limestone rocks^ Niagara Palls, to the 



Falls of St. Anthony, and to Ark. Fragrant like pennyroyal. Upright stB. 



6 to 12' high. Lvs. 1'. Lvs. of the runners 3 to 4" long. (C. Nuttallii 



Benth.) — These two very diverse forms are connected by specimens found in 



Ohio (Sullivant apud Torrey), having the characteristics of both. 



•4 C. can6soens Torr. & Gr. Minutely canescent-downy, shrubby ; lvs. linear, 



obtuse, entire, revohde-edged, much fascicled,; verticils of 2 opposite fls. ; cor. thrice 



longer than the strongly 2-lipped calyx. — Sandy seaboards, Fla. Shrub scarce a 



foot high, with numerous lvs., 1 to 8" by 1", and few rose-red pretty fls., as large 



as in No. 2. May. 



5 C. coccinea Benth. I/os. na/rrowly obovate-oblong, obtuse, entire, short-peti- 

 oled) verticils of 2 to 6 fls. ; cal. upper lip very short, tube 3 or 4 times shorter 

 than the ample corolla. — B. Fla. Shrub with virgate branches. Lvs. 6 to 8" long. 

 Cor. a fine scarlet, glandular-pubescent, 15 to 18" long. (Cunila coccinea Nutt) 



6 C. Caroliniana Swartz. Sts. glabrous and simple; lvs. very smooth, ovate, 

 obtuse, crenate-serrate, tapering to a petiole ; cymes few-flowered, on short peduii- 

 cles ; cal. strongly 2-iipped, nearly naked in the throat ; cor. ample, tube enlarged 

 upwards. — Dry woods, N. Car. to Fla. and La. A pretty flowerer, somewhat , 

 shrubby, If high or more. Cymes in the upper axils 3 to 5-flowered. Lvs. I'or 

 less long. Bracts as long as the calyx, the corolla thrice longer (7 to 8"), rose- 

 purple, spotted. Jn. — Aug. (C. grandiflora Ph.) 



19. MELIS'SA, Tourn. Balm. (Gr. name of the bee, from fieX, 

 honey ; which, bees seek in these flowers.) Calyx 13-ribbed, the upper 

 lip 3-toothed, flattened and dilated, lower bifid ; corolla tube reeurved- 

 ascending, upper lip erect, flattish, lower spreading, 3-lobed, the middle 

 lobe mostly broadest ; stamens ascending. 



M. ofQcinalis L. Pubescent ; st. erect, branching ; fls. in loose, axillary cymes, 

 subsessile ; lvs. ovate, acute, coarsely crenate-serrate, on slender petioles ; bracts 

 few, ovate-lanceolate, petiolate. — U N. Eng. to Ind. and Tenn., in waste grounds 

 and in the deepest forests. A well known garden plant. St. 1 to 2 to 3f high. 

 Lvs. 2 to 3' long, petioles 1' or more. Bracts of the same form, diminished. Cor. 

 twice longer {1") than the calyx, yellowish white. Jl., Aug. J § Eur. Fra- 

 grant of lemons. Balm tea is a popular remedy. 



20. SAL'VIA, L. Sage. (Lat. salveo, to be in health; probably 

 from its salutary qualities.) Calyx striate, bilabiate, upper lip 3-toothed 

 or entire, lower bifid, throat naked ; corolla ringent, tube equal, upper 

 lip straight or falcate, lower spreading or pendent, 3-lobed; stamens 2, 

 connectile transversely articulated to the filament, supporting at each 



