WILD FLOWERS OF NEW YORK 24 1 



American Wild Mint 



Mentha canadensis Linnaeus 



Plate 191a 



Stems slender, erect, simple or sometimes branched, more or less hairy 

 or nearly smooth, 6 to 25 inches high, from a perennial root which propa- 

 gates by suckers. Leaves opposite, oblong to oblong-lanceolate, acute at 

 the apex, or the lower ones blunt, sharply toothed, narrowed at the base 

 into short, slender petioles, smooth or sparingly pubescent, 1 to 3 inches 

 long, one-half to 1 inch wide, and when crushed giving off the odor of Penny- 

 royal. Whorls of flowers all axillary, often shorter than the petioles. 

 Calyx oblong-campanulate, hairy all over, five-nerved, with five acute, 

 short teeth. Corolla white or slightly pink, about one-eighth of an inch 

 broad, four-lobed, the posterior lobes broader than the others. 



Marshes, swamps and moist soil, New Brunswick to British Columbia, 

 south to Virginia and New Mexico. Flowering in summer and often in 

 flower as late as October. 



Stoneroot; Richweed; Horse Balm 



Collin sonia canadensis Linnaeus 



Plate 192 



Stems rather stout, erect, more or less branched, 1 to 4 feet high, from 

 a large, thick, hard and woody perennial root, smooth or with some 

 glandular pubescence above. Leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, blunt or 

 sometimes heart-shaped at the base, the upper leaves nearly sessile, the 

 lower ones with slender petioles; blades 4 to 8 inches long, all sharply and 

 coarsely toothed. Flowers lemon-scented, numerous, in several racemes, 

 forming a terminal inflorescence sometimes a foot long. Calyx bell-shaped, 

 ten-nerved, two-lipped; upper lip three-toothed, lower lip with two much 

 longer teeth. Corolla light yellow, about one-half of an inch long, obliquely 

 bell-shaped, five-lobed, four of the lobes nearly equal, the fifth pendent, 

 fringed and larger than the others, appearing like a lower lip ; fertile stamens 

 two, long exserted from the flower. 



