LABIATE.fi. 203 



J T f.«,,.., ,-, ^''•"« •^■•o'-*, square, pubescent, branched. Z>nrr« broad** 



lai: iniiuatc, tapering at the base. Flcutrs in 



:i i.~, Califx persistent, uiinrnicd, fhort* r than 



'i-lobeci, Jiuju'h tveed. 



4 June — Ai;_;. \\et soils, common. 1-2 ft. 



• viiviuii^. S/*""! erect, glabrous, square. A^'^tv.t narrow-Innce 

 ■>per ones slightly, and the lower ones deeply toothed, 

 . -'^^ '.\ Calyx armed with spine>a, longer than the 

 late. Water Horehound. 



A Au^.i-;— ."^tpt. Wet places. 1-2 ft. 



._ . TATT3. L"iir.< at the base pinnatifid, serrate, with the segments 



enure -orra'e. Calyx spinoiis. Elliott. 



Au_ . . -.^v, .t mber. 

 4 r. S!vr\Tfs. i^frm erect, furrowed, glabrous, square. Z.f'^re'* sinuate 

 auii ^ dentate ; tlie segments acute. Floictrs in dense 



gc5.- , . - I caly.x acute, lon^'er than the seeds. 



VVbue. 4- Auyusi — Sept. In swamps. 4-6 feet. 



'Jks. Tb" ^ N" nr^nicus is a medicinal plant p<iS9essin2 mild narcotic 



s. In li' e frum the luuga it has Leeu used wiih aJvauiage, ii being 



uAKtu 111 ilie foriii VI luiujion. 



GExirs II MENTHA. 



Calyx tubular, ciliate, glabrous, 5.toothed. Corolla funnel- 

 shapccl, witb the border nearly equally 4-cl('ft, with the upper 

 gciiinents einar<iinate. Stamens erect, distant. 



1 M ViRtDis. St'in procumbent, assurgent, brandling, glabrous, rooting 

 at th< p;n's. /. r;'-- « 'ppn?ite, ovaie-Ianceolate, serrulate, on short petioles. 

 Fl- is; tube of the corolla rather longer than the ca- 



lyx. - ^ - 4. Spearmint. 



Purple. % July — Aug. In wet soils. 1-2 feet. 



R, ': 7-' , - ^-1- -- > of the cpnus from which the Oil of P-ppeV' 

 mil. exists in the whule jliiu and is distilled with 



wT ,. ■,,>,,., ^., ,, . . 1^. ,1 i I , iiiaceratiun. It is an aromatic stimulant, and is 

 t. A ufiively used a^ a family uudicine. 



GE.VUS III PYCNANTHEMU.M. 



Calyx tubular, striate, 5-toothed. Corolla with the upper 

 lip nearlv entire, the lower one trifid, with the middle seg- 

 Stamens distant. Cells of the antiiors paral- 

 M ,. i ,"„' rs in heads, surrounded by a many leaved invo- 

 lucre. 



1 P T.NVA?n->r. Sfem qundrnnsTJlnr, pubescent townrds the wimmit, gia- 



~e. /yr ,, . ,(^ hoary. 



al and ii - / ,, , - , "nientose, 



.le. Coroila pubescent on the inner suriace. i^tamens exserted. i^ctds 



. . loe JVild-basil. 



Yellow, spotted w ith purple. % August— Sept. In dry fertile soils. 3-6 ft. 



2 P A TM. S/c/n square, pubescent, much branehi d. /.Mre« lanceo- 

 late-ovr' !v «^rrnte, on short petioles, whiti>h. Flouers in one or twtj 

 •e»- minal hf ts awiicd. Ca/yx with the segments 

 ten. 1^. Cori>' . . >rtnis small. 



^^ ••. 4 July — August. Mountans. 2-3 feet. 

 J. r. Mo^TTAiruii. S/rm glabrous, purple. leaves oval-lanceolate, scr- 

 r«te, nearly senile. Flowers in one or two whorls, and a terminal head. — 



