DIANDRIA, MOXOUYMA 13 



fertile stamens with the style exserted nearly 

 trriee the length of the corolla. Stigma un- 

 equally bifid. Seeds 4. Nutt* 



1. C. leaves ovate, serrate, sessile ; corymbs termi- Mariana, 

 rial, dichotomous. Willd. 

 Icon. Pluk. mant. t. 344. f. 1. (Pursh.) 



Dittany. Mountain- Dittany* 



A very beautiful plant, with purple flowers situated in ter- 

 minal, and sometimes axillary corymbs. Leaves dotted. Com- 

 mon in all our dry hilly woods. The whole plant has a warm 

 aromatic scent, and perhaps considerable medicinal powers 

 as a titan. Perennial. July, August. 



13. Hedeoma, Pert. syn. 2. p. 131. ( ' Labi at x. ) 



Cal. bilabiate, gibbous at the base, upper lip 

 3 -toothed, lower 2 ; dentures all subulate. 

 Ccr. ringent. Stamina 2-stcrile. The 2-fer- 

 tile stamens about the length of the corolla. 

 Nutt. 



1. H. pubescent; leaves oblong, serrate; pedun- puic^ioidei. 



cles axillary and verticillate ; the lower lip of the 



calix biseted; the bristles ciliated. Pers. 

 Cunila pulegioides. Willd. sp. pi. 1. p. 122. 



Pennyroyal. 



A very common and well-known plant, universally esteem- 

 ed for the peculiar, warm, aromatic, and grateful odour it pos- 

 sesses. Flowers pale-hlue, small. Few indigenous plants 

 are more commonly used for medicinal purposes, than penny- 

 1. It deserves its reputation. Very frequent every where 

 .elds, on dry hills, and by way-sides. Perennial. July. 



14. Monakda, Gen. pi. 48. (Labiate.) 



Cal. 5-toothed, cylindric, striate. Cor. rin- 

 gent, with a long cylindric tube, upper lip 

 linear, nearly straight and entire, involving 



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