Descriptive Flora 



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iate and bracts are white or pale foliaceous. Corolla creamy- 

 white or yellowish, frequently finely dotted with purple, smaller, 

 and only about V2" long. Lobes of calyx and bracts do not end 

 in a long bristle. Named for Monardez, a Spanish writer on 

 medicinal plants. 



Micromeria pilosiuscula (Benth.) Small. 



Square stemmed annuals branched at the base, the branches 

 simple, prostrate (frequently taking root at the nodes), with 

 opposite leaves and small pale purple flowers, one in the axil of 

 each of the upper leaves. Leaves simple, opposite. Blades 

 broadly ovate to rounded, y 2 — %" long (12 — 18 mm.), undulate, 

 glabrous, truncate or heart-shaped at base, rounded at the tip. 

 Leaf stalks short (2 — 3 mm.). Calyx Vs" l° n g> finely 13-ribbed, 

 5-toothed. Corolla 3/16" (5 mm.) long, bluish or pale lavender, 

 2-lipped. Upper lip short, notched. Lower lip 3-lobed. Pedicels 

 thread-like, about as long as the corolla. Stamens inconspicuous, 

 hidden in the throat of the corolla. June to fall. Low wet banks 

 of streams. Seen along the river bank at Brackenridge Park. 



Hedeoma acinoides Scheele. Mock Pennyroyal. 



Low, much branched, delicate-stemmed plants with opposite, 

 aromatic leaves and tiny, pink, tubular flowers about y 2 " long, 

 clustered in the axils of the upper leaves. Leaves simple, oppo- 

 site. Blades aromatic, oval to oblong, about y 2 " long, often red- 

 dish-purple underneath. Corolla tube fully twice as long as the 

 calyx tube. Upper lip of corolla, small, short, turned back. 

 Lower lip larger, 3-lobed, with deeper pink spots within. Calyx 

 tubular, finely ribbed, 5-toothed, slightly enlarged at base. 

 March to July. In ravines, stony creek bottoms and rich ledges 

 of cliffs. 



Hedeoma drummondii Benth. Mock Pennyroyal. Lemon Verbena. 



Strong-scented, branched plants, 6 to 12" high, with con- 

 spicuously bristly, ribbed, slender calyx tubes and small, 2- 

 lipped, purplish corollas one in the axil of each of the numerous 



