132 LABIATAE, Vou. IIL. 
2. Monarda clinopédia L. Basal Balm. 
Fig. 3637. 
Monarda clinopodia L. Sp. Pl. 22. L753. 
Pycnanthemum Monardella Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 8 
Pl. 34. 1803. 
Perennial; stem slender, simple, or with few long 
ascending branches, glabrous or somewhat villous, ' 
1°-3° high. Leaves lanceolate, ovate or ovate-lan-| 
ceolate, membranous, bright green, mostly slender- 
petioled, more or less villous on the veins beneath 
and puberulent above, acuminate at the apex, round- 
ed, narrowed or rarely subcordate at the base,sharply 
serrate, 2-4’ long, 4’-2’ wide; clusters solitary, ter- 
minal; bracts pale or white; calyx curved, nearly 
glabrous without, somewhat hirsute in the throat, 
its teeth subulate, slightly spreading, about as long 
as the diameter of the tube; corolla whitish or yel- 
lowish-pink, slightly pubescent, 10’-12” long; stamens 
exserted. 
In woods and thickets, New York to Illinois, Georgia 
and Kentucky. Recorded from Ontario. Ascends to 
5000 ft. in North Carolina. June—Aug. 
3. Monarda fistulosa L. Wild Bergamot. 
Fig. 3638. 
Monarda fistulésa L. Sp. Pl. 22. 1753. 
Perennial, villous-pubescent or glabrate; stem 
slender, usually branched, 2°-3° high. Leaves 
thin but not membranous, green, usually slender- 
petioled, lanceolate, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 
acuminate at the apex, serrate, rounded, narrowed 
or sometimes cordate at the base, 14’-4’ long, 
3’-23’ wide; clusters solitary and terminal, or 
rarely also in the uppermost axils; bracts whitish 
or purplish; calyx puberulent or glabrous, densely 
villous in the throat, its subulate teeth rarely 
longer than the diameter of the tube; corolla 
pubescent, especially on the upper lip, yellowish- 
pink, lilac or purplish, 1-14’ long; stamens ex- 
serted, 
On dry hills and in thickets, Maine and Ontario 
to Minnesota, Florida, Louisiana and Kansas. As- 
cends to 2500 ft. in Virginia. Oswego-tea. June— 
Sept. 
4. Monarda média Willd. Purple Ber- 
gamot. Fig. 3639. 
Monarda media Willd. Enum. 32. 1809. 
Monarda fistulosa var. rubra A. Gray, Syn. Fl. 2: 
Part 1, 374. 1878. 
M. fistulosa var. media A. Gray, loc. cit. 1878. 
Perennial, sparingly hairy or glabrate; stem 
stout, commonly branched, 2°-33° high. Leaves 
thin, but not membranous, dark green, ovate 
or ovate-lanceolate, or the uppermost lanceo- 
late, slender-petioled, acuminate at the apex, 
sharply toothed, usually rounded at the base, 
3-5’ long, 1-3’ wide; flower-clusters terminal, 
solitary, large; bracts deep purple, very con- 
spicuous; calyx curved, glabrous, or very 
nearly so, slightly villous in the throat, teeth 
slightly spreading; corolla purple or purple- 
red, about 14’ long, its upper lip pubescent; 
stamens exserted. 
In moist thickets, Maine and Ontario to Penn- 
sylvania and Virginia. June— ug. 
