m 
MEOBOT. 
this, bipedal, leaves biuncial, inflorescence as in 
last, but bristles not rigid plumosely ciliate, co- 
rolla with upper lip emarginate, lower with 3 
elliptic lobes unequal. Probably another subg. 
also Blephixeta Raf. — I have several other 
doubtful N. sp, of this G. Pycn. scabra , glan - 
dulosa , laxijlora &c. 
983. Blephilia brevipes R, stem fistulose 
hardly angular hirsute chiefly near the nodes, 
leaves on short petiols upper sessile, ovatoblong 
nearly obtuse subserrate, smooth, nerves pubes- 
cent ; whorls densiflore, bracts and calix hirsute 
lanceolate aristate — Alabama, leaves uncial, the 
floral are quite sessile, flowers white incarnate. 
One of the sp. blended in Mortar da hirsuta , 
the real sp. is my Bl. nepetoides , a 3d is the 
next. 
984. Blephilia lanceolata R. stem deeply 
4grooved quite hirsute, leaves well petiolate lan- 
ceolate, base acme, end acuminate, margin re- 
motely serrulate ; flowers shorter than petiols, 
bracts and calix lanceolate ciliate with long fili- 
form bristles— in Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, 
discov, 1818, well distinguished from Bl. nepe- 
toides with broad leaves and white flowers, by 
the narrow leaves and flowers pale incarnate, a 
large plant 3 to 4 feet high, much branched, 
lower leaves often ovate lanceolate, whorls 3 to 
5, the last without leaves. — There are also 3 sp. 
blended in Monarda ciliata , my BL pratensis , 
brevifolia and heterophyla. 
985. Teucrium levigatum Raf. quite smooth, 
stem with 4 thick obtuse corners and 4 grooves, 
leaves subsessile broadly lanceolate acuminate 
subequaly serrate ; raceme sessile lax oblong, 
bracts lanceolote equal to calix smooth angular. 
— One of the sp. blended in T. virginicum , that 
