FLOWERING PLANTS AND FEBNS OF INDIANA. 909 



HEDEOMA Pers. 



H. pulegioides (L.) Pers. Pennyroyal. 



Abundant in most parts of the State, growing in dry soils. It 

 finds its best conditions in open woods or other light shaded 

 places. 



Flowers from June until October. 



Tippecanoe (Cunningham); Jefferson (Barnes); Putnam (Mac- 

 Dougal); Gibson and Posey (Schneck); Clark (Baird and Taylor); 

 Franklin (Meyncke); Xoble (Van Gorder); Jay, Delaware, Ran- 

 dolph, and Wayne (Phinney); Dearborn (Collins); Fayette (Hess- 

 ler); Vigo (Blatchley): Hamilton and Marion (Wilson); Steuben 

 (Bradner). 



MELISSA L. 



M. officinalis L. Garden Balm. 



In the southern and eastern counties of the State, usually in 

 the neighborhood of abandoned gardens or old dwellings. Thor- 

 oughly established. 



Flowers in June and July. 



Clark (Baird and Taylor); Jefferson (J. M. Coulter); Jay, Dela- 

 ware, Eandolph, and Wayne (Phinney); Fayette (Hessler). 



SATUREIA L. 



S. hortensis L. Savory. Summer Savory. 

 Escaped, in waste places. 

 Flowering season from July until September. 

 Gibson. 



CLIXOPODIUM L. 



C. vulgare L. Wild Basil. Basil-weed. 



(Galamintha Clinopodium Benth.) 

 Confined to the counties fronting the Ohio River, and there 

 found but sparingly. 



Flowering from June through September. 



Clark (Baird and Taylor); Jefferson (J. M. Coulter). 



C. Nepeta (L.) Kuntze. Field Balm. 



(Calamintha Nepeta Link and Hoffmansg.) 

 Only in southeastern part of State, growing in woods. Only 

 occasional. 



Flowering in July in our area. 

 Franklin (Meyncke). 



