320 LA.EIA.TA. (.MINT FAMILY.) 



widening upward, the middle lobe of the lower lip dilated and notched. — Var. 

 OBOVA1 v ifl leaf hairy, with the ohovatc leaves merely toothed or wavy on the 

 mar- ins. (S. obovata, A'//.) — Sandy soil, Florida to North Carolina, and west- 

 ward. April and May. — Stein 1° high. Leaves 3'-6' long, commonly purple 

 beneath. Racemes in fruit 6'- 12' long. Corolla \)"-\2" long, hlue, white- 

 spotted in the throat. 



G. S. ClaytOlli, Ell. Leaves cordate-ovate, sinuate, toothed, rugose; teeth 

 of the upper lip of the calyx connivent. — Dry sandy pastures, around Beaufort, 

 South Carolina, Elliott. North Carolina, Curtis; flowering through the summer. 

 — Boot thick, perennial. Stem 1° high. Leaves pubescent on the veins and 

 margins. Bracts cordate-ovate, acuminate, toothed. 



S. officinalis, L., is the common Garden Sack. 



S I "< tinea, L., is common in gardens, and occasionally spontaneous around 

 dwellings. 



14. MONARDA, L. IIoksi: Mint. 



Calyx tubular, elongated, 15-nerved, nearly equally 5-toothed, bearded in the 

 throat. Corolla nearly equally 2 lipped ; the upper lip notched or entire, the 

 lower 3-toothcd. Stamens 2, ascending under the upper lip, and oftcner cx- 

 serted : anther-cells linear, diverging, confluent. Nutlets smooth. — Herbs. 

 Leaves undivided. Whorls large, dense-flowered. Bracts colored. 



* Upper lip of the corolla linear, acute. 



1. M. didyma, L. Stem smoothish ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 senate, rounded at the base, petiolcd, smooth or hispid ; whorls mostly solitary, 

 terminal; calyx smooth, incurved; corolla large, bright red. — Mountains of 

 North Carolina, and northward. Aug. and Sept. — Stem erect, 2° high. Leaves 

 2' -3' long. Bracts lanceolate, red. Corolla 1' long. 



2. M. flstulosa, L. Stem branching, more or less pubescent, commonly 

 hairy at the joints; leaves petioled, ovate-lanceolate, acute, sharply serrate, 

 mostly rounded or truncate at the base ; whorls terminal ; calyx slightly incurved, 

 hispid in the throat; corolla slender, rose-color. (M. Clinopodia, and M. mollis, 

 />.) — Mountains of Georgia, and northward. Aug. and Sept. — Stem 2°-5° 

 high. Leaves smoothi>h, toinentose, or hispid, l'-3' long. Bracts pale purple. 



* * I r pper lij) of the corolla broader, notched. 



3. M. punctata, L. Closely and finely pubescent; stem much branched j 



lanceolate or oblong, acutisk, slightly serrate, narrowed into a petioie , 

 whorls lateral and terminal ; bracts ovate or oblong, purple ; corolla yellowish; 

 the lower lip dotted with brown, the upper keeled ; stamens not exserted. — Dry 

 sandy soil, Florida to Mississippi, and northward. Aug. -Oct. — Stem l°-3° 

 high. Leaves l'-2* long. 



4. M. gracilis, Pursh, Very smooth; whorls lateral and terminal ; exte- 

 rior bracts linear, ciliate ; corolla short ; leaves linear lanceolate, acuminate, ser 

 rate. — Mountains of Carolina, L,jon.— Stem obtuse-angled. Whorl- small, 

 naked. Calyx pubescent, ciliate. Corolla very slender, smooth, yellowish 

 white (•) 



