[SO] 
Canadcnse. 
Virginicum. 
Borealis, 
CLASS XIII.— DIDYNAMIA. 
ORDER I. GYMNOSPERMIA. (4 naked seeds.) 
264. TEUCRIUM. Gen. pi. 960. {Labiates.) 
Upper lip of the corolla none, but a fissure in 
its place through which the Stamina are 
exserted. — JV*utt. 
1. T. cano-liirsute ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, ser- 
rate, all petiolate ; stem erect, spikes verticil- 
late, crowded, bracteas twice as long as the ca- 
lix. — Tf'iUd. and Pursh. 
Mttle-leaved Germander. 
About eighteen inches or two feet high. Flowers purple. 
Along the grassy banks of our rivers and creeks j and in low 
meadows, common. Perennial. July. 
2^ T. pubescent; leaves ovate, oblong, serrate, 
the upper ones subsessile ; stem erect, spikes 
verticillate, crowded, bractes the length of the 
calix. — Willd. 
Icon. Schkuhr. handb. 160. (Pursh.) 
Resembles the preceding exceedingly. Flowers also pur- 
ple. Grows with No. 1. but is very rare. 
265. MENTHA. Gen. pi. 967. (Labiata,) 
Corolla subequal, 4-cleft; having the broader 
segment emarginate. Stamina erect and 
distant. — J\Ttitt. 
1. M. upright, pubescent; leaves petiolate, oval- 
lanceolate, very acute at each end ; flowers ver- 
ticillate ; stamens exserted. — Mich. 
Mentha Canadensis, Kalm. 
