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middle lobe larger. Stamens 2, on short filaments, jointed with the elongated 

 transverse connective, one end of which ascending under the upper lip bears a 

 linear 1-cclled (half-) anther, the other usually descending hears an imperfect or 

 deformed (half-) anther. — Flowers mostly large and showy, in spiked, racemed, 

 or panicled whorls, produced in summer. (Name from salvo, to save, in allu- 

 sion to the reputed healing qualities of Sage.) 



1. S. lyrata, L. (Lyue-leaved Sage.) Low perennial (10'- 20' high), 

 somewhat hairy ; stem nearly simple and naked ; root-leaves ohovate, lyre-shaped or sin- 

 uate-pinnatifid, sometimes almost entire ; those of the stem mostly a single pair, 

 smaller and narrower ; the floral oblong-linear, not longer than the calyx ; whorls 

 loose and distant, forming an interrupted raceme ; upper lip of the blue-purple 

 pubescent corolla short, straight, not vaulted. — Woodlands and meadows, New 

 Jersey to Ohio, Illinois, and southward. 



2. S. urticifblia, L. (Nettle-leaved Sage.) Doicnyicith clammy hairs, 

 leafy; leaves rhombic-ovate, pointed, crenate, rounded or slightly heart-shaped at 

 the base, narrowed into a short petiole, the floral nearly similar ; whorls remote, 

 many-flowered ; upper lip of the blue corolla erect, one third the length of the 

 lower; style benrded. — Woodlands, from Maryland southward. — Corolla 4" 

 long ; the lateral lobes deflexed, the middle notched. 



17. MONARDA, L. Hokse-Mint. 



Calyx tubular, elongated, 15-nerved, nearly equally 5-toothed, usually hairy 

 in the throat. Corolla elongated, with a slightly expanded throat, and a strongly 

 2-lippcd limb ; the lips linear or oblong, somewhat equal ; the upper erect, entire 

 or slightly notched; the lower spreading, 3-lobed at the apex, the lateral lobes 

 ovate and obtuse, the middle one narrower and slightly notched. Stamens 2, 

 elongated, ascending, inserted in the throat of the corolla : anthers linear (the 

 divaricate cells confluent at the junction). — Odorous erect herbs, with entire or 

 toothed leaves, and pretty large flowers in a few whorled heads, closely surrounded 

 with bracts. (Dedicated to Nicolas Monardes, author of many tracts upon 

 medicinal and other useful plants, especially those of the New World, in the 

 latter half of the 16th century.) 



* Stamens and style exserted beyond the narrow acute upper lip of the corolla. : root per- 

 ennial: leaves lance-ovate or oblong, with a rounded or slightly heart-shaped base. 



1. M. didyma, L. (Oswego Tea.) Somewhat hairy (2° high) ; leaves 

 petioled, pointed ; the floral ones and the large outer bracts tinged with red ; 



r culyx smooth, incurved, nearly naked in the throat; corolla smooth (2' long), bright 

 red. showy. — Moist woods by streams, New England to Wisconsin northward, 

 and southward in the Alleghanies : often cultivated (under the name of Balm or 

 Bee-Balm). July, Aug. 



2. M. fistulbsa, L. (Wild Bergamot.) Smoothish or downy; leaves 

 petioled; the uppermost and outer bracts somewhat colored (whitish or purplish) ; 

 calyx slightly curved, very hairy in the throat ; corolla purplish, rose-color, or almost 

 white, smooth or hairy. — Woods and rocky banks, Vermont to Wisconsin, and 

 southward, especially westward. July - Sept. — Very variable in appearance, 

 2° - 5° high ; the pale corolla smaller than in tke last. 



