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11. SATUREIA, L. Savory. 



Calyx bell-shaped, 10-nerved, equally 5-toothed, naked in the throat. Corolla 

 2-lipped ; the upper lip erect, fiat, nearly entire, the lower 3-cieft. Stamens 4, 

 somewhat ascending. — Aromatic plants, with narrow entire leaves, often clus- 

 tered, and somewhat spiked purplish flowers. (The ancient Latin name.) 



1. S. hoktensis, L. (Summer Savory.) Pubescent annual ; clusters few- 

 flowered ; bracts small or none. — Prairies of Illinois, and rocky islands at the 

 Falls of the Ohio, Short: escaped from gardens. (Adv. from Eu.) 



12. CALAMINTHA, Mcench. Calaminth. 



Calyx tubular, 13-nerved, mostly hairy in the throat, 2-lipped, the upper lip 

 3-cleft, the lower 2-eleft. Corolla with a straight tube and an inflated throat, 

 distinctly 2-Iippcd; the upper lip erect, flattish, entire or notched; the lower 

 spreading, 3-parted, the middle lobe usually largest. Stamens 4, mostly ascend- 

 ing; the anthers usually approximate in pairs. — Perennials, with mostly pur- 

 plish or whitish flowers ; produced all summer : inflorescence various. (Name 

 composed of koKos, beautiful, and p.lvda, Mint.) 



§ 1, CALAMfNTHA, Mcench. Calyx striate, scarcely gibbous at the base: dusters 

 of flowers loose and peduucled in the axils of the leaves, and fbrminy a raceme at 

 the summit : bracts minute. 



1. C. Nepeta, Link. (Basil-Thyme.) Soft hairy ; stem ascending (1°- 

 3° high) ; leaves petioled, broadly ovate, obtuse, crenate ; corolla (3" long) about 

 twice the length of the calyx. — Dry hills, Virginia, &c. (Nat. from Eu.) 



§2. CALOMELiSSA, Benth. Calyx nearly as § 1 : whorls fiu*- several -flow- 

 ered, sessile ; flowers on slender naked pedicels ; the bracts at their base linear or 

 oblong, leaf-like. 



2. C. glabella, Benth. Smooth ; stems diffuse or spreading (1° -2° long) ; 

 leaves slightly petioled, oblong or oblong-linear, narrowed at the base (8" -2' 

 long), sparingly toothed, or nearly entire ; clusters 6 - 1 0-flowered ; corolla (pur- 

 plish, 5" -6" long) fully twice the length of the calyx, the teeth of the latter 

 awl-pointed. ( Cunila glabella, Michx. Micromeria, Benth. ) — Limestone banks, 

 near Frankfort, Kentucky (Short), and southward. 



Var. ETllttallii, Gray. Smaller; the fiowering stems more upright (5' -9' 

 high), with narrower mostly entire leaves and fewer-flowered clusters; while 

 sterile runners from the base bear ovate thickish leaves only 2" -5" long. (C. 

 Nuttallii, Benth. Micromeria glabella, var. angustifolia, Torr. ) — Wet limestone 

 rocks, Niagara Falls -to Wisconsin, Central Ohio [Suit i rant), and southwestward 

 — Appearing very distinct, but united by southwestern specimens. 

 §3. CLINOPODIUM, L. Calyx more or less gibbous below* clusters sessile and 

 many-flowered, dense, crowded with awl-shaped bracts.. 



3. C. Clinopodium, Benth. (Basil.) Hairy, erect (1°- 2° high) ; leaves 

 ovate, petioled, nearly entire; flowers (pale purple) in globular clusters; hairy 

 bracts as long as the calyx. (Clinopodium vulgare, L.) — Borders of thickets 

 and fields. Naturalized extensively : but apparently also indigenous about the 

 upper Great Lakes and elsewhere. (Eu.) 



