786 FLORA. 



strongly 2-lipped, the tube as long as the calyx; upper lip erect, 2-lobed; lower lip 

 spreading, 3-lobed, its middle lobe broader than the lateral ones and crenulate. 

 Stamens 4, all anther-hearing, didynamous, the upper pair the longer; anthers 

 2-celled, their sacs nearly parallel. Nutlets ovoid, smooth. [Greek, many-spikes.] 

 About 4 species, natives of N. Am. Besides the following, 1 or 2 others occur in 

 the Western States. 



Glabrous or very nearly so, stout; corolla greenish yellow. 1. A. nepetoides. 



Pubescent, stout; corolla purplish; leaves green both sides. 2. A. scrophulariaefoha. 



Glabrous or slightly pubescent, slender; corolla blue; leaves pale beneath. 



3. A. anethiodora. 



i. Agastache nepetoides (L.) Kuntze. Catnep Giant-hyssop. (I. F. f. 

 3090.) Stem 6-15 dm. high.- Leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, acuminate or acute, 

 mostly thin, coarsely dentate, 5-15 cm. long; spikes 0.7-4.5 dm. long, usually 

 very dense; petioles of the lowest leaves often 5 cm. long; bracts ovate, acute or 

 acuminate; calyx-teeth oblong or ovate-oblong, obtuse or subacute, sometimes 

 purplish; corolla greenish-yellow, about 8 mm. long, scarcely exceeding the calyx. 

 In woods and thickets, Vt. and Ont. to S. Dak., Kans., Ga. and Ark. July-Sept. 



2. Agastache scrophulariaefolia (Willd.) Kuntze. Figwort. Giant- 

 hyssop. (I. F. f. 3091.) Similar to the preceding, but commonly taller, the 

 stem, petioles and lower surfaces of the leaves more or less pubescent. Bracts 

 broadly ovate, abruptly acuminate; calyx-teeth lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, very 

 acute or sometimes acuminate, whitish or purplish; corolla purplish, 10-12 mm. 

 long, considerably exceeding the calyx. In woods and thickets, Mass. to Wis., 

 Kans., N. Car. and Ky. Plant strong- scented. July-Oct. 



Agastache scrophulariaefolius mollis (Fernald) Britton. Stem and lower leaf 

 surfaces densely tomentose. Vt. and Conn, to Iowa. (LophcuitJius scrophulariaefolius 

 mollis Fernald.) 



3. Agastache anethiodora (Nutt.) Britton. Fragrant Giant-hyssop. 

 (I. F. f. 3092.) Stem rather slender, 6-12 dm. high. Leaves ovate or triangular- 

 ovate, firm, mostly short-petioled, acute or acuminate at the apex, truncate, obtuse 

 or sometimes subcordate at the base, sharply serrate, 5-9 cm. long, anise-scented; 

 spikes seldom 1.5 dm. long; bracts broadly ovate, abruptly acuminate; calyx-teeth 

 ovate to lanceolate, acute, purple; corolla blue, 8-10 mm. long, somewhat exceed- 

 ing the calyx. On prairies and plains, Minn, to the N. W. Terr., 111., Neb. and 

 Colo. July-Sept. [Lop/iant/ius anisatus Benth.] 



8. MEEHANIA Britton. 



A low pubescent spreading or decumbent herb, with long-petioled cordate 

 leaves, trailing leafy stolons, and large blue flowers in terminal secund brack d 

 spikes. Calyx campanulate, 15-nerved, slightly 2-lipped, its teeth lanceolate, acute, 

 the 3 upper longer than the 2 lower. Corolla much exserted. puberulent without, 

 pubescent within, the tube narrow at the base, gradually widely ampliate into the 

 throat, the limb 2-lipped; upper lip 2-lobed, arched, the lobes ovate, obtuse; lower 

 lip about equalling the upper, spreading, 3-lobed, the middle lobe emarginate, 

 broader than the lateral ones. Stamens 4. included, the upper pair longer than 

 the lower; anthers 2-cel!ed, the sacs nearly parallel. Nutlets oblong, smooth. 

 [Named for Thomas Meehan, of Philadelphia, botanist and horticulturist.] A 

 monotypic genus. 



1. Meehania cordata (Nutt.) Britton. Meehania. (I. F. f. 3093.) 

 Flowering stems 0.7-2 dm. high; stolons sometimes 6 dm. long. Leaves broadly 

 ovate or ovate orbicular, thin, obtuse or subacute, crenate all around, sparingly 

 pubescent with scattered hairs on both surfaces, or nearly glabrous beneath, green 

 on both sides, 2-5 cm. long, the basal sinus broad; spikes 2-10 cm. long; bracts 

 ovate or oblong, acute, membranous, the lower sometimes crenulate and surpassing 

 the calyx; bractlets small, lanceolate: calyx about i cm. long, puberulent, its longer 

 teeth about one halt the length <»t the tube; corolla 2.$ 3 cm. long, showy. In 

 rich moist woods and thickets, I'enn. to Tenn. and N. Car. May-July. 



9. NEPETA L. 



Herbs, with dentate or Incised leaves, and mostly white or blue flowers in 

 verticillate clusters, usually crowded in terminal spikes. Calyx tubular, somewhat 



