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C. Mariana, L. Common Dittany. 



IM tufted, corymbosely branched: hares ovate, serrate, smooth, rounded or 



haped at the base, nearly sessile ; q/wespedunelod, loosely corymbed. 



Try hills an I rosks; mmmon. July— Sept. Plant 1 foot high,, sprinkled with 



resinous and pellucid dots, much branched; branches triangled, purple. Plowers 



rose-colored. Stamens and style much exsetted, of the same hue as the corolla. 



Whole plant delightfully fragrant, and often used as a substitute for tea. 



8. BLEPHILIA, Baf. 



ir. bUpharis, the eye lash; in reference to th^ hairy-fringedbraM.? and calyx-teeth . 



Calyx ovoid-tubular, 13-nerved, 2-lipped, naked in the 

 throat. Corolla 2-lipped, inflated in the throat ; upper lip 

 erect, entire ; lower lip spreading, 3-cleft, with the lateral 

 lobes ovate and rounded. Stamens 2, ascending, exserted. — 

 Prrcnnia! herhs, icith entire or toothed leaves, and small pale 

 bluish purple flowers^ crowded in axillary and terminal glo- 

 bose capitate whorls. 



1. B. ciliata, Baf. Fringed Bleplulia. 



Somewhat downy; leaves nearly sessile, oblong-ovate, narrowed at the base, 

 whitish downy underneath ; outer bracts ovate, acute, ciliate, colored as long as 

 the calyx. 



Dry open p'aees. July. Stem simple, acutely 4-angled. 2 to 3 feet huh, rarely 

 with 1 or 2 spreading branches. Leases 1 to 2J,^ inches long, ^ to 1 inch wide". 

 Flowers small, numerous, pale purplish. 



2, B. hirsuta, Benth. Hairy Blephilia. 



Whole plant hairy ; leaves long-petioled, ovate, pointed, rounded or heart-shaped 

 at the base; bracts colored, linear-awl-shaped, shorter than the calyx. 



Damp woods ; rare. July. Stem 2 to 3 feet high, with sprea ling branches, and 

 numerous close whorls. Leaves 1 to 2 inches long, on petioles \^ to ^2 inch long. 

 br&'la scarcely y, inch long, pal9 purple, with spots of a deeper hue. Style longtir 

 than the stamens" and corolla. 



9. MONABDA, Linn. Horsemint, 



In honor of Mqnardes, an early Spanish botanist. 



Calyx tubular, elongated, 15-nerved, nearly equal, 5- 

 toothed. Corolla ringent, with a long cvliadric tubs, up- 

 per Up spreading, 3-lobed at the apex, the middle lobe long- 

 er. Stamens 2, exserted from the upper lip of the corolla. 

 lorous erect herbs, with entire or toothed leaves, and show j 

 large flowers in a few capitate whorls closely surrounded with 

 bracts. 



1. M. DIDYMA, L. Oswego Tea. Burgamot. 



Somewhat hairy ; stems acutely 4-angled; leaves broadly ovate acuminate, round- 

 ed or f lightly heart-shaped at the base, short-petioled ; calyx smooth, incurved, 

 nearly naked iD the throat; corolla smooth, elongated. Per. 



Moist wools and meadows; cultivated. July. A. handsome fragrant plant, 2 to 

 3 feet high, mostly branched. Leaves 2 to 5 inches iong, very broil at b ise. ser- 

 rate, with scatt 'ml hairs abjve. Plawifs crhu-'oii cr -scarlet, in head-;, often pro- 

 liferous with large ovate lance jiate bracts, tinged with red. n "'la 2 in - u « ' 



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