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3. LYCOPUS, Linn. Water Horeiiound. 



Gr.luros, a wolf, and perns, a foot; from some fancied resemblance in the lcavw. 



•Calyx oblong-bell-shaped, 4 to 5-toothed. Corolla 

 bell-shaped, nearly equally 4-lobed, scarcely longer than the 

 calyx. Stamens 2. distant. Aciienla 4, smooth, with 

 thickened margins. — Low perennial herb.*, with sharply 

 teothed or pinnatifd leaves, and dense axillary whorls of small whits 

 flowers, 



1. L. Yirginicus, L. Bwjh-weetl. 



Sm»oth; stem stolouiLrous at base, smoothish, obture 1-angled; leaves oblong or 

 ovate-lanceolate, toothed, entire towards the base; short-peticied ; calyx-teeth 4, 

 ovate blunt. 



Shady moist places, comunn. Aug. PLini often purplish. Slem 10 to 15 inchwi 

 hi^h, often purplish, simple or sparingly branched. Leaves opposite, Flowers 

 white in minute capitate clusters. 



2. L. eiNUATUS, Eil. Water Horeiiound. 



Kern erect, sharply 4 angled; Isaves oblong-lanceolate, narrowed at both en4*», 

 pet'.oled, the lovjer ones pinnr.tifid, the others sinuate teothed, or the uppermo** 

 Knew and nearly entire ; calyx-teelh 5, spiny-pointed. 



Low grounds, eomm-m. July, Aug. SmoothLh. Stem 1 -to-2 feet high. F}«n+- 

 •"» hi d*at:o whotls, -vrhii.e, larger than the last. 



4. ORIGANUM, "Linn. Marjoram. 



Gr. ores, a mountain, and g«.nos, delight, 



-Calyx ovoid-tubular, 5-toothed. Corolla somewhat 2- 

 lfpped; ujjper lip erect, nearly fiat, slightly notched; lower 

 of 3 nearly equal spreading lobes ; tube about as long as ths 

 calyx. Stamens 4, exserted, somewhat didynamous. — Herlt 

 with nearly entire leaves, and purplish flowers crowded in cylindri- 

 cal t oblong spikes which are imbricated with colored bracts. 



1. 0. yulgare, L. Wild. Marjoram. 



Perenniel, upright/ hairy, branched at the summit; leaves round-ovate, petiole**, 

 obtuse, nearly entire; brads ovate, obtuse, longer than the calyx; spikes roundish, 

 panicled, clustered, smooth. 



Rocky fields and dry banks, sparingly naturalized. -June — Oct. Stem 10 to 15 

 inches high, purple. Leaves very slightly serrate, opposite, sprinkled with resiuou* 

 dots. Bracts tinged with purple. Flowers pale-purple, in numerous small spike* 

 which are crowded together so as -to focia a terminal head. 



2. 0. Marjorana, Ph. Sweet Marjoram. 



■Leaves oval or obovate. obtuse, entire, petiolate, hoary-pubescent ; spikes roundish, 

 «empact, pedunculate, clustered atthe ends of the branches; tracts roundish. Na 

 tive of Portugal. A perennial plant, cultivated in gardens for its pleasant aromatio 

 flavor, which is employed in various ways as a seaeoniDg. Whole plant soft downy, 

 1 fcot high. Flowers pink. July, Aug. 



