DIDYNAM1A G YM NO S PERM I A. 
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numerous in each whorl. Whorls rather distant at the base of the spike, 
crowded near the summit. Calyx tubular, glabrous^ ciliate, erect with 5- 
equal and very acute teeth. Corolla funnel iormeo^bluish, the tube a lit- 
tle longer than the calyx, the border almost equally 4-cleft, the segments 
obtuse and a little expanding, the upper one emarginate. Stamens very 
short, included in the tube of the corolla, equally distant, not approximated 
by pairs. Anthers white. Style longer than the corolla. Stigmas two, 
acute, re volute. Seeds 4-oval, protected as in all of this order, by a per- 
sistent calyx. 
Grows in wet ground, rare, found around a spring, near the Club-house, 
about 3 miles from Beaufort. 
Flo veers August— September. 
Several European species of Mentha are becoming naturalized in our 
Country, this is the only species I have seen which appears indigenous 
LAMIUM. 
Coro lice labium su- 
perius integrum, for- 
nicatum, labium infe- 
rius bilobum; faux u- ' 
trinque margine den- 
tata. 
1. Amflexicaule. 
L. foliis floralibus 
sessiljbus, amplexi- 
eaulibus, obtusis. 
Gen. I’r.. 
Upper lip of the co- 
rolla entire, vaulted, 
lower lip 2-lobed ; 
throat with the mar- 
gin toothed at each 
side. 
Floral leaves ses- 
sile, embracing the 
stem, obtuse. 
Sp. pi. 3. p. 90. Walter 1. p. 6l. Pursh 2. p. 206. 
A small annual plant, the stems branching at base, about a foot high 
square and pubescent. Leaves opposite, nearly round, notched, rugose^ 
pubescent, the upper ones sessile, the lower on petioles from half an inch 
to an inch long. The jlowcrs m axillary whorls, in the bosom of the up- 
per leaves. Calyx tubular, hairy, with the border five cleft. n Corolla 
bilabiate, the tube twice as long as the calyx, bright purple, "tSe throat and 
lower lip marked with paler spots. Stamens included in the upper lip 
of the corolla. Style about as long as the stamens. Stigmas two, <icut£, 
A plant probably imported : now every where in cultivated lands. 
Flowers F ebruary— -April. 
