362 Karl M. Wiegand and Arthur J. Eames 



16. Melissa (Tourn.) L. 

 1. M. officinalis L. Balm. 



Rich gravelly, often alluvial, nonacid soils ; frequent. July-Aug. 15. 



Escaped from gardens: roadside near Newfield, 1878 (Trelease & Severance) ; 

 roadsides near Coy Glen; -Tioga St., Ithaca; C. U. campus, near the Veterinary 

 College; old house site, n. side of Fall Creek above Forest. Home; small ravine near 

 Elm Beach, Romulus; King Ferry (D.) ; bottom land, Paine Creek; Big Gully (£>.)• 



Me. to Fla., Mo., and Ark., also Oreg. and Calif. Naturalized from Eu. 



17. Satureja (Tourn.) L. 



a. Bracts shorter than the pedicels ; annuals. 



b. Calyx naked in the throat; leaves linear. [S. hortensis] 



b. Calyx hairy in the throat ; leaves ovate to oblong, about 1 cm. long. 



1. S. Acinos 

 a. Bracts setaceous, longer than the pedicels and equaling the calyx ; leaves ovate, 

 2-6 cm. long; perennials. 2. S. vulgaris 



[S. hortensis L. Summer Savory. 



Springing up occasionally on dumps and in waste places, but not established. 



Escaped from cultivation. Native of Eu.] 



1. S. Acinos (L.) Scheele. (Calamintha Acinos of Cayuga Fl.) 

 Roadsides and waste places ; rare. May-Aug. 



Along road e. of cemetery, University Ave., Ithaca, 1881 (H. B. Lord, D.), also in 

 rocky part of cemetery (D.) ; gravelly strand at lower end of Paine Creek, 1919 

 (K. M. W., A. J. E., & L. F. Randolph). 



Ont. to Mass. and N. J. Naturalized from Eu. 



2. S. vulgaris (L.) Fritsch. (Calamintha Clinopodium of Cayuga Fl.) Basil. 

 Fields and roadsides, in rich damp alluvial soils, also in rich clays and gravels, 



less frequent in the more acid sterile soils ; common. July. 



Newf. to Man., southw. to Mass., Va., and Ind. ; much less common on. the Coastal 

 Plain. Found also in Eurasia. 



There are no good lines of segregation in the genus Satureja. For a discussion of 

 the reasons for retaining the various segregates of this genus in one large genus, 

 see Briquet in Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam., vol. 10, part 3a, p. 296. 



18. Pycnanthemum Michx. 



a. Leaves narrowly lanceolate or linear ; flowers in dense, corymbosely arranged 

 heads; leaves glabrous. 

 b. Leaves linear, the larger ones 2-4 mm. wide ; stems and branches nearly or quite 

 glabrous ; calyx teeth evident on the head, subulate, firm-tipped. 



1. P. flexuosum 

 b. Leaves lanceolate, the larger ones 6-13 mm. wide ; stems and branches hairy ; 

 calyx teeth obscure, more triangular, scarcely firm-tipped. 2. P. virginianum 

 a. Leaves ovate-oblong ; flowers in loose cymose verticels ; leaves densely hoary 

 beneath. 3. P. incanum 



1. P. flexuosum (Walt.) BSP. Mountain Mint. 



Moist, rarely dry, open gravelly sterile fields ; scarce. Aug.-Sept. 



Low field between Summit Marsh and Spencer Lake ; Caroline Pinnacles ; South 

 Hill, n. of marsh, 1904, first recorded date (F, W. Foxworthy in C. U. Herb.) ; 

 pastures n. and s. sides of Fall Creek, e. of Forest Home; border of thicket, Trip- 

 hammer Road near the spring; two miles n. w. of Freeville; n. e. of McLean; near 



