LABIATE. 405 



4. MONARDELLA, Benth. 



1. MONARDELLA ODORATISSIMA, Benth. 



Monardella odoratissima, Benth. Lab. p. 322, & in DC. Prodr 12 p 190 • Hook 

 Fl. Bor.-Ain. 2, p. 113. 



Hab. On the Kooskooskee River, Washington Territory, and near 

 Fort Walla-Walla on the Columbia. — In our solitary specimen from 

 the Kooskooskee the leaves are narrower, and remotely and conspicu- 

 ously denticulate. This species is suffruticose ; throwing up from a 

 prostrate base numerous branching stems 12 to 15 inches high. 



2. Monardella villosa, Benth. 



Monardella villosa, Benth. Bot. Sulph. p. 42, t. 21, & in DC. Prodr. 12, p. 191 ; 

 Torr. Bot. Mex. Bound. Surv. p. 129. 



Hab. Sides of Mount Palmas, near San Francisco, California. 



Late in the season clusters of very small leaves, on short branches 

 are formed on the lower part of the stem. Flowers bright rose color. 



5. M I C R M E R I A, Benth. 

 1. Micromeria Douglasii, Benth. 



Micromeria Douglasii, Benth. Lab. p. 372 ; & in DC. Prodr. 12, p. 223 ; Hook Fl 

 Bor.-Am. 2, p. 114. 



Hab. Puget Sound, and southward to San Francisco. — The slender 

 prostrate branches are sometimes 2 or 3 feet long. Leaves very vari- 

 able in size. This is the Yerba Baena of the Californians. 



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