148 LABIATAE. Vor, IIT? 
5. Lycopus americanus Muh]. Cut-leaved 
Water Hoarhound. Fig. 3677. 
L. americanus Muhl.; Bart. Fl. Phil. Prodr.15. 1815. 
Lycopus sinuatus Ell. Bot. S. C. & Ga. 1: 26. 1817. 
Lycopaeus europaeus var. sinuatus A. Gray, Man. 
Ed. 5, 346. 1867. 
Puberulent or glabrous, perennial by suckers; 
stem stiff, erect, simple or branched, 1°—2° high. 
Leaves lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate in outline, 
petioled, acuminate at the apex, incised, pinna- 
tifid or the uppermost merely serrate, 2’-4’ long; 
bracts subulate, the outer ones sometimes exceed- 
ing the calyx; calyx-teeth triangular-subulate, 
cuspidate, rigid; corolla little exceeding the ca- 
lyx; rudimentary posterior stamens thickened at 
their tips; nutlets much shorter than the calyx. 
In wet soil, Newfoundland to British Columbia, 
south to Florida, Texas, Utah and California. Gipsy- 
wort. Bitter bugle. Paul’s-betony. June—Oct. 
6. Lycopus asper Greene. Western Water Hoarhound. Fig. 3678. 
Lycopus asper Greene, Pittonia 3: 339. 1898. 
Lycopus lucidus var. americanus A. Gray, Proc. Am. 
Acad. 8: 286. 1870. 
Pubescent or glabrate, perennial by stolons; stem 
usually stout, erect, strict, leafy, simple, or some- 
times branched, 1°-3° high. Leaves oblong-lanceo- 
late, acute at the apex, narrowed or rounded at the 
base, sessile, or very short-petioled, 2’-6’ long, 4’-13’ 
wide, sharply serrate with acute ascending teeth; 
bracts ovate or lanceolate, acuminate-subulate, the 
outer ones often as long as the flowers; calyx-teeth 
3, subulate-lanceolate, nearly as long as the tube; 
corolla little longer than the calyx; rudimentary 
stamens slender, thickened at the tips; nutlets much 
shorter than the calyx. 
In wet soil, Michigan to Kansas, west to Manitoba, 
British Columbia, California and Arizona. Regarded in 
the first edition of this work as the same as L. lucidus 
Turcz. of NW. America and NE. ‘Asia. July—Sept. 
3 
7. Lycopus europaéus L. Water or Marsh 
Hoarhound. Gipsy-wort. Gipsy-herb. 
Fig. 36709. 
Lycopus europaeus L. Sp. Pl. 21. 1753. 
Puberulent or pubescent, perennial by suckers; 
stems stout, at length widely branched, 1°-23° 
high. Leaves ovate, ovate-oblong, or oblong- 
lanceolate, short-petioled, or the upper sometimes 
sessile, coarsely dentate, or the lower incised at 
the base, 1’-3’ long, 3’-1’ wide; bracts subulate- 
lanceolate, the outer shorter than or equalling 
the flowers; calyx-teeth subulate-spinulose; co- 
rolla scarcely longer than the calyx; rudimentary 
posterior stamens obsolete; nutlets shorter than 
the calyx. 
In waste places, Massachusetts to Virginia. Natu- 
ralized from Europe. Greenarchangel. Bitter bugle- 
weed. July—Sept. 
36. MENTHA [Tourn.] L. Sp. Pl. 576. 1753. 
Erect or diffuse odorous herbs, with simple sessile or petioled mostly punctate leaves, 
and small whorled purple pink or white flowers, the whorls axillary or in terminal dense or 
interrupted spikes. Calyx campanulate to tubular, 1o-nerved, regular, or slightly 2-lipped, 
