134 LABIATAE. Vor. III. 
8. Monarda pectinata Nutt. Plains Lemon Monarda. Fig. 3643. 
M. pectinata Nutt. Proc. Acad. Phila. (II.) 1: 182. 
1848. 
Annual, puberulent ; stem stout, simple or branch- 
ed, 1°-2° high. Leaves lanceolate or oblong-lan- 
ceolate, mostly sharply serrate or serrulate, acute 
at the apex, narrowed at the base, 1’-3’ long, 
2”-6” wide; flower-clusters axillary and terminal, 
several or numerous; bracts pale, usually grayish 
or brownish, gradually awned at the tip; calyx- 
tube nearly glabrous, the throat densely villous, 
the teeth bristle-pointed, barbed, lax, nearly half 
as long as the tube; corolla pink or nearly white, 
not spotted, nearly or quite glabrous, 8’-10” 
long; stamens not exserted. 
On dry plains, Nebraska and Colorado to Texas 
and Arizona. Prairie-bergamot. June—Sept. 
Monarda citriodéra Cerv., of Mexico, to which 
this was referred in our first edition, differs by long 
narrow reflexed bracts and shorter calyx-teeth. 
Monarda tenuiaristata (A. Gray) Small [M. aris- 
tata Nutt., not Hook.] of the south-central States, 
with narrower bracts and longer plumose calyx-teeth, 
ranges northward into Kansas. 
9. Monarda dispérsa Small. Purple 
Lemon Monarda. Fig. 3644. 
M. dispersa Small, Fl. SE. U. S. 1038. 1903. 
Annual, puberulent; stem stout, usually 
branched, 1°-23° high. Leaves oblong-spatu- 
late, oblanceolate or oblong; or narrowly ob- 
long to linear on the upper part of the stem, 
1’-44’ long, shallowly serrate; flower clusters 
axillary and terminal, often numerous and 
usually conspicuous by the broad abruptly 
bristle-tipped purple bracts; calyx-tube longer 
than in M. pectinata, the teeth usually longer 
and more slender, fully half as long as the 
tube; corolla pale, usually pink, puberulent, 
11-13” long; stamens mostly not exceeding 
the upper lip. 
On plains and prairies and in cultivated grounds, 
Missouri and Kansas to Georgia, Florida, Texas, 
New Mexico and adjacent Mexico. May-Aug. 
25. BLEPHILIA Raf. Journ. Phys. 89:98. 1819. 
Perennial hirsute or pubescent erect herbs, with axillary and terminal dense glomerules 
of rather small purplish or bluish flowers, or the glomerules in terminal more or less inter- 
rupted spikes. Calyx tubular, 13-nerved, not villous in the throat, 2-lipped, the upper lip 
3-toothed, the lower 2-toothed, the teeth all aristate or those of the lower lip subulate. 
Corolla glabrous within, the tube expanded above, the limb 2-lipped; upper lip erect, entire; 
lower lip 3-lobed, the notched middle lobe narrower than the lateral ones. Anther-bearing 
(anterior) stamens 2, ascending, exserted or included; posterior stamens reduced to filiform 
staminodia, or none; anthers 2-celled, the sacs divaricate, somewhat confluent at the base. 
Ovary deeply 4-parted; style 2-cleft at the apex. Nutlets ovoid, smooth. [Greek, eyelash, 
from the fringed calyx-teeth.] 
Two species, natives of eastern North America. Type species: Blephilia ciliata (L.) Raf. 
Upper leaves lanceolate or oblong, sessile or short-petioled, slightly serrate. 1. B. ciliata. 
Leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate, long-petioled, sharply serrate. 2. B. hirsuta. 
