GENUS 33. MINT FAMILY. "45 
10. Koellia albéscens (T. & G.) Kuntze. 
White-leaved Mountain-Mint. Fig. 3660. 
P. albescens T. & G.; A. Gray, Am. Journ. Sci. 42: 
45. 1842. 
Koellia albescens Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 520. 1891. 
,otem slender, soft-pubescent nearly to the base. 
1°-2° high. Leaves ovate to ovate-lanceolate, peti- 
oled, acute or subacuminate at the apex, narrowed 
or sometimes rounded at the base, sharply serrate 
or nearly entire, 1-23’ long, 3’-1}’ wide, white- 
canescent beneath, green above, or the upper canes- 
cent on both sides; clusters loose, terminal and 
axillary, densely canescent, not at all villous, at 
length about 1’ broad; bracts linear, or the outer 
broader, spreading, sometimes exceeding the clus- 
ters; calyx densely canescent, its teeth triangular, 
obtuse or acute, slightly unequal, one-fifth to one- 
fourth as long as the tube; corolla-tube longer 
than the calyx. 
In dry woods and thickets, southern Virginia to : : f 
Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, Florida and Texas. Pa 
July-Sept. ‘ a 
11. Koellia mutica (Michx.) Britton. Short- 
toothed Mountain-Mint. Fig. 3670. 
Braghustaion muticum Michx. Fl. Bor. ‘Am, 2: 6. pl. 32. 
1803. 
Koellia mutica Britton, Mem. Torr. Club 4: 145. 1894. 
Stem stiff, puberulent, or glabrous below, 1°-23° 
high. Leaves short-petioled or sessile, strongly veined, 
ovate or ovate-lanceolate, firm, acute at the apex, 
rounded or sometimes subcordate at the base, sharply 
serrate or serrulate, 14’-3’ long, 3’-14’ wide, the lower 
mostly glabrous, the uppermost white-canescent on both 
sides, much smaller; flower-clusters capitate, dense, ter- 
minal, corymbose, often also in the upper axils, pubes- 
cent or canescent, 4-6” broad; bracts appressed, lan- 
ceolate-subulate or the outer broader; calyx pubescent, 
its teeth nearly equal, triangular-ovate or triangular- 
lanceolate, not much longer than wide, about one-fifth 
as long as the tube; corolla-tube exceeding the calyx. 
In sandy soil, Maine to Virginia and Florida, west to 
Pennsylvania and Missouri. Calamint. July—Sept. 
12. Koellia montana (Michx.) Kuntze. Thin- 
leaved Mountain-Mint. Fig. 3671. 
Pycnanthemum montanum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 8. 1803. 
Monardella montana Benth. Lab. Gen. & Sp. 331. 1834. 
Koellia montana Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 520. 1891. 
Stem slender, glabrous or nearly so throughout, 2°-3° 
high. Leaves distinctly petioled, membranous, glabrous, \ 
ovate-lanceolate or the upper lanceolate, long-acuminate 
at the apex, usually narrowed at the base, sharply serrate, 
2’-5’ long, 4’-2’ wide, none of them canescent; flower- 
clusters rather dense, terminal and in the upper axils, 3’—1’ 
broad; bracts appressed, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 
acuminate, not exceeding the fully developed clusters, 
bearded more or less with long hairs; calyx tubular, 
glabrous or puberulent, or villous above, its teeth triangular- 
subulate, equal, one-fifth to one-fourth as long as the 
tube; corolla-tube longer than the calyx. 
In woods, mountains of southern Virginia to Georgia, Ten- 
nessee and Alabama. July—Sept. 
34. CUNILA L. Syst. Ed. 10, 1359. 17509. 
Perennial branching herbs, or low shrubs, with dentate or entire leaves, and rather 
small, clustered, purple or white flowers. Calyx tubular-ovoid, 10-13-nerved, villous in the 
throat, equally 5-toothed. Corolla 2-lipped, longer than the calyx, the upper lip erect, emar- 
ginate, the lower spreading, 3-cleft. Anther-bearing stamens 2, long-exserted, straight, the 
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