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FLORA, 



hirsute in the throat, its teeth subulate, nearly erect, about as long as the diamete 

 of the tube; corolla sparingly puberulent. In moist soil, especially along stream: 

 N. B. (?) to Out., Mich, and Cla. July-Sept. 



2. Monarda Clinopodia L. Basal Balm. (I. F. f. 3132.) Perennia 

 stem glabrous or slightly villous, 3-9 dm. high. Leaves lanceolate, ovate or ovatt 

 Lanceolate, bright green, mostly slender-petioled, villous on the veins beneath an 

 puberulent above, acuminate, sharply serrate, 5-10 cm. long; bracts pale or white 

 calyx curved, nearly glabrous without, somewhat hirsute in the throat, its teet 

 subulate, slightly spreading, alxmt as long as the diameter of the tube ; coroll 

 yellowish pink, slightly pubescent. In woods and thickets, Ont. to Ga. and K\ 

 June-Aug. 



3. Monarda fistulosa L. Wild Bergamot. (I. F. f. 3133.) Perennia 

 villous-pubescent or glabrate ; stem 6-9 dm. high. Leaves thin but not membn 

 nous, usually slender-petioled, lanceolate, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminah 

 serrate, 3 10 cm. long; bracts whitish or purplish; calyx puberulent or glabrou 

 densely villous in the throat, its subulate teeth rarely longer than the diameter < 

 the tube ; corolla yellowish-pink or purplish. On dry hills and in thickets, M< 

 and Ont. to Minn., Kans.. Fla. and La. June-Sept. 



4. Monarda media Willd. Purple Bergamot. (I. F. f. 3134.) Perennia 

 sparingly hairy or glabrate; stem stout, 6-11 dm. high. Leaves dark green, own. 

 ovate- lanceolate, or the uppermost lanceolate, slender-petioled, acuminate, sharp 

 toothed, usually rounded at the base, 7-13 cm. long; bracts deep purple, very an 

 spicuous; calyx curved, glabrous, or nearly so, slightly villous in the throat, its ted 

 slightly spreading. In moist thickets, Me. to Ont., Penn. and Va. June-Aug. 



5. Monarda scabra Beck. Pale Wild Bergamot. (I. F. f. 3135. ) Perej 

 nial; stem slender, puberulent at least above, 3-8 dm. high. Leaves usually shor 

 petioled, acuminate or acute, serrate, canescent or puberulent, rarely near 

 glabrous, 2-10 cm. long, 1-2.5 cm - wide; bracts green or slightly pink; cal\ 

 puberulent, often hairy at the summit, densely villous in the throat, its die 

 subulate teeth nearly erect; corolla yellowish or pink, pubescent, sometimes glara 

 ular. On prairies and plains, N. W. Terr, and Br. Col. to Mont., Neb., Mo. ar 

 Tex. June-Aug. 



6. Monarda Bradburiana Beck. Bradbury's Monarda. (I. F. f. 313c 

 Perennial, sparingly villous or glabrate; stem slender, 3-6 dm. high. Leay 

 bright green, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, sessile, or nearly so. or partly clasping 1 

 the cordate or subcordate base, acuminate, serrate, 5-9 cm. long; bracts green 

 purplish; calyx glabrous outside, hirsute within, narrowed at the throat, its tee 

 long, bristle-pointed, divergent, longer than the diameter of the tube: corolla pii 

 or nearly white, about 2.5 cm. long, its upper lip pubescent or puberulent, t 

 lower commonly purple-spotted. On dry hills or in thickets, 111. to Ala., Mo. at 

 Kans. May-July. * 



7. Monarda punctata L. Horse-mint. (I. F. f. 3137.) Perennial, usual 

 rather densely downy; stem usually branched, 6-9 dm. high. Leaves lanceolai 

 linear-lanceolate or narrowly oblong, serrate, or nearly entire, usually acute 

 both end-, petioled, 2-8 cm. long, often with smaller ones fascicled in their axi 

 bracts white or purplish, acute; calyx puberulent, villous in the throat. it> te< 

 short, not longer than the diameter of the tube; corolla purple-spotted, alx 

 2.5 cm. long, the stamens equalling or slightly surpassing its pubescent upper li 

 In dry fields, southern N. V. to Fla.. Wis., Kans. and Tex. July-Oct. 



8. Monarda pectinata Nutt. Lemon Monarda. (I. F. f. 3138.) Annu; 

 puberulent; stem 3-6 dm. high. Leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate mos 

 sharply serrate or serrulate, acute, narrowed at the base, 2-8 cm. long; bra< 

 white or purple, awned, the awns becoming recurved; calyx-tube nearly glabroj 

 the throat densely villous, the teeth bristle pointed, barbed, divergent or spreadii 

 nearly half as long as the tube; corolla not spotted, nearly or quite glabroi 

 2 2.5 cm. long; stamens not exserted. On dry plains, Neb. and Colo, to M 

 Tex. and An/. June-Sept. 



Monarda clinopodioldes A. Gray, a related Texan species, with a slender ste 

 1 or greenish bracts, and hirsute calyx with erect broader teeth, is reported fr< 



