356 DIDYXAM1A C.YMN0SPERM1A 



nutely and softly pubescent beneath, pale green ; petioles 1 to 2 inches 1 >ng, smooth* 

 ish, or minutely ciliate-pubesccnt. I>r/u<7s crowded In terminal oylindnc yellowish 

 green spikes i t o 4 or 5 inches in length, somewhat interrupted at base ; brads 

 iance-ovate, sharply and conspicuously acuminate, minutely pubescent and cilate. 

 Calyx smoothish; segments lance-oblong, pale green. Corolla pals greenish 

 yullow. Stamen* and style exaerted {style often shorter than the corolla. Benth.). 

 Hub. Fence-rows; borders of woods, fcc. frequent. FL July— Aug. />. Sept. 



06*. This is often a taller plant than the preceding, but the stem is not usually 

 quite SO Stout They are readily distinguished, as far as they can be seen, by the 

 color alone,-which I believe is very constant. I have no doubt they are specifi- 

 cally distinct; and have been very properly separated, by Mr. Dudham, from 

 Ilyssopus. Two other species are enumerated in the Western Territory of the 

 U. States. 



286. NEPETA. L. Xutt. Gen. 499. 

 [Supposed to be named from Xepetc , a town in Italy.] 



Calyx tubular, sometimes ovoid, about 15-nervcd, arid; limb obliquely 

 5-toothed. Corolla bilabiate; upper lip eroct, somewhat concave, 

 emarginate, or bifid ; lower lip 3-lobod, middle lobe largest; throat dila- 

 ted, with the margin often reflcxed ; tube slender below. Stamens as- 

 cending; anthers mostly approximated in pairs, 2-cellcd ; cells diverg- 

 ing, finally divaricate. 



1. N. C atari a, L. Hoary-pubescent ; stem erect, tall ; leaves oblong- 

 cordate, acute, coarsely crenate-serrate, rugose ; verticils many-flower- 

 ed, subglobose, upper ones crowded in a spike, lower ones distant ; co- 

 rolla one half longer than the calyx. Beck, Bot. p. 279. 



Cat Nepeta. Vulgo— Cat-mint. Cat-nep. 



Gall.— Herbe aux Chats. Germ.— Die Katzenmunze. #<>/>.— Gat era. 



Root perennial. »*m 2 to 3 feet high, mostly several from the same root, erect, 

 somewhat branched, clothed with a short soft hoary pubescence. Leaves 2 to 3 

 or 4 inches long, and 1 to -2 inches wide, tapering to the apex, incised-crenate, softly 

 pubescent, green above, cancscent beneath ; petioles half an inch to an inch and 

 half Ion?, pubescent, channelled on the upper side. Verticils on short peduncles, 

 densely cymose, in interrupted terminal spikes, hoary-pubescent; pedicel* with 

 smair lance-lincar or subulate bracts at base. Calyx ovoid-tubular ; teeth sutu- 

 late-lanceolate, villose-ciliate, the upper ones rather larger. Corolla ochrolcu- 

 cous, with a reddish tinge and purple dots, pubescent ; upper lip emarginato ; 

 tube a little exserted. Akenes oval, smooth, brown. 

 Hab. Fence-rows, and cultivated lots: common. Fl. June— Aug. Fr. July— Sept. 



Obs. Extensively naturalized, so as to be rather a troublesome weed in garden* 

 and cultivated lots. The herb, in infusion, is a highly popular domestic medicine, 

 among the good ladies who deal in simples,-and is probably often useful. 



2. N. Glechoma, Benth. Stem procumbent, radicating at base; 

 leaves cordate-reniform, rounded, crenate ; verticils few-flowered, axil- 

 lary ; corolla nearly three times as long as the calyx. Benth. Lab. p. 485. 

 Glechoma hederacca. Willd. and the other authors quoted in this -work. 

 Vulgo — Ground Ivy. Ale-hoof. 



Ga//.-Lierre terrestre. Germ—Die Gundelrebe. IIisp.-Ye&ra terrestre. 



