112 LABIATAE. Vor. III. 
. am QZ 2. Agastache scrophulariaefélia 
i (Willd.) Kuntze. Figwort 
Giant-Hyssop. Fig. 3591. 
shar scrophulariaefolius Willd. Sp. Pl. 3: 
48. 1801. 
Lophanthus scrophulariaefolius Benth. Bot. 
Reg. under pl. 1282. 1829. 
Vileckia scrophulariaefolia Raf. Fl. Tell. 3: 80. 
1836. é 
Agastache scrophulariaefolia Kuntze, Rev. 
Gen. Pl. 511. 1891. 
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Similar to the preceding species, but com- 
monly taller, strong-scented, the obtusely 
4-angled stem, the petioles and lower sur- 
faces of the leaves more or less pubescent, 
sometimes villous. Leaves nearly identical 
with those of V. nepetoides in size and 
outline; spike sometimes interrupted, 3’-18’ 
long; bracts broadly ovate, abruptly acumi- 
nate; calyx-teeth lanceolate or ovate-lan- 
ceolate, very acute or sometimes acuminate, 
whitish or purplish; corolla purplish, 5-6” 
long, considerably exceeding the calyx. 
In woods and thickets, New Hampshire to 
Ontario, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Ken- 
tucky and Missouri. July—Oct. 
3. Agastache anethiodéra (Nutt.) 
Britton. Fragrant Giant-Hyssop. 
Fig. 3592. 
Hyssopus anethiodorus Nutt. Fras. Cat. 1813. 
Hyssopus anisatus Nutt. Gen. 2: 27. 1818. 
Lopanthus anisatus Benth. Bot. Reg. under pl. 
1282, 1829. 
Vieckia anisata Raf. FI. Tell. 3: 89. 1836. 
Vleckia anethiodora Greene, Mem. Torr. Club 
5: 282. 1894. 
A. anethiodora Britton in Britt. & Brown, III. 
Fl. 3: 85. 1898. 
Glabrous, or minutely puberulent; stem 
rather slender, leafy, usually branched, 2°- 
4° high. Leaves ovate or triangular-ovate, 
firm, mostly short-petioled, acute or acumi- 
nate at the apex, truncate, obtuse or some- 
times subcordate at the base, sharply ser- 
rate, green above, pale and minutely canes- 
cent beneath, 27-3’ long, anise-scented; 
spikes dense or interrupted, seldom 6’ long; 
bracts broadly ovate, abruptly acuminate; 
calyx-teeth ovate to lanceolate, acute, pur- 
ple; corolla blue, 4-5” long, somewhat 
exceeding the calyx. 
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On prairies and plains, Minnesota to Mani- 
toba, Alberta, Illinois, Nebraska and Colorado. 
July-Sept. Anise-hyssop. 
9. MEEHANIA Britton, Bull. Torr. Club 21: 32. 1804. 
A low pubescent spreading or decumbent herb, with long-petioled cordate leaves, trailing 
leafy stolons, and large blue flowers in terminal secund bracted spikes. Calyx campanulate, 
15-nerved, slightly 2-lipped, its teeth all lanceolate, acute, the 3 upper longer than the 2 lower. 
Corolla much exserted, puberulent without, pubescent within, the tube narrow at the base, 
gradually widely ampliate into the throat, the limb 2-lipped; upper lip 2-lobed, arched, the 
lobes ovate, obtuse; lower lip about equalling the upper, spreading, 3-lobed, the middle lobe 
emarginate, broader than the lateral ones. Stamens 4, didynamous, all anther-bearing, 
included, ascending under the upper lip, the upper pair longer than the lower; anthers 
2-celled, the sacs nearly parallel. Ovary deeply 4-lobed; style equally 2-cleft at the summit. 
Nutlets oblong, smooth. [Named for Thomas Meehan, of Philadelphia, 1826-1901, botanist 
and horticulturist.] 
A monotypic genus of eastern North America. 
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