LABIATAE ([MINT FAMILY) 697 



Bpikes 0.5-5 dm. long ; calyx-teeth lanceolate, acute, shorter than the purplish 

 corolla; otherwise like the preceding. {Lophanthus Benth.) — N. H. to Ont., 

 Mo., Ky., and Va. Fig. 890. Var. m6llis (Fernald) Heller. Stems and lower 

 surfaces of leaves densely villous. — Vt. and Ct. to 111. 



3. A. Foenlculum (Pursh) Ktze. Smooth, but the ovate acute leaves glaucous- 

 white underneath with minute down ; calyx-teeth lanceolate, acute. (Lophan- 

 thus anisalus Benth.; A. anethiodora Brittcm.) — Plains, L. Superior and Man. 

 to Neb., and westw. — Foliage with the scent of anise. 



8. MEEHAnIA Britton. 



Calyx rather obliquely 5-toothed, 15-nerved. Corolla ample, expanded at 

 the throat ; the upper lip flaltish or concave, 2-lobed, the lower 3-cleft, the 

 middle lobe largest. Stamens 4, ascending, the lower pair shorter ; anther- 

 cells parallel. — Low stoloniferous herb, with pale purplish flowers. (Named 

 for the late Thomas Meehan, Philadelphian botanist.) 



1. M. cordilta (Nutt.) Britton. Low, with slender runners, hairy ; leaves 

 broadly heart-shaped, orenate, petioled, the floral shorter than the calyx ; 

 whorls few-flowered, at the summit of short ascending stems ; corolla hairy 

 inside, 2-3.5 cm. long; stamens shorter than the upper lip. {Cedronella 

 Benth.) — Moist shady banks, w. Pa. to 111., Tenn., and N. C. June. 



9. N^PETA L. Cat Mint 



Calyx tubular, often incurved. Corolla dilated in the throat ; the upper lip 



erect, rather concave, notched or 2-eleft ; the lower 3-cleft, the middle lobe 

 largest, either 2-lobed or entire. — Perennial herbs. (The Latin name, thought 

 to be derived from Nepete, an Etruscan city.) 



§1. CATArIA [Tourn.] Reichenb. Cymose clusters rather dense and many- 

 flowered, forming interrupted spikes or racemes; tipper floral leaves small 

 and bract-like. 



1. W. CatXkia L. (Catnip.) Downy, erect, branched ; leaves heart-shaped, 

 oblong, deeply crenate, whitish-downy underneath ; corolla whitish, dotted 

 with purple. — Near dwellings ; a common weed. July-Sept. (Nat. from Eu. ) 



§2. GLECHOmA (L.) Benth. Leaves all alike ; 

 the axillary clusters loosely few-flowered. 



l^ 2. N. HEDBKicEA (L.) Trevisan. (Gkound 



Ivv, Gill-over-the-Ground.) Creeping and 



trailing ; leaves petioled, round-kidney-shaped, 



crenate, green both sides ; corolla thr;;;e the 



length of the calyx, light blue. (Glecoma L. ; 



891. N. hederaoea. ^- Gflechoma Benth.) — Damp or shady places, 



ITode X %! * "^^"^ towns. May-July. (Nat. irom Eu.) 



Longitudinal section of flower X 2. Fia. 891, 



10. DRACOCEPHALUM [Tourn.] L. Dragon Head 



Calyx tubular, 13-15-nerved, 5-toothed. Upper lip of the corolla slightly 

 arched and notched ; the lower 3-cleft, with its middle lobe largest and 2-clefk 

 or notched at the end. — Whorls many-flowered, mostly spiked or capitate, and 

 with awn-toothed or fringed leafy bracts. (Name from Spii/cwc, a dragon, and 

 Kc^aXii, head, alluding to the form of tlie corolla in the original species.) 



1. D. parviflbrum Nutt. Annual or biennial ; stem erect, leafy, 1.5-8 dm. 

 high ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, sharply cut-toothed, petioled ; whorls crowded 

 jn a terminal hea4 or spike ; upper tooth of the calyx ovate, nearly equaling 



