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Monarda amplexicaulis, Fischer (Fee). Amplexicaul Monarda [La Belg. Sort ., i. t. 6., B).—Nat. Ord., 
Lamiaceee § Monardese.—A very distinct and handsome hardy herbaceous perennial, growing about two feet high, 
with erect slender obtusely four-angled 
stems, having remarkably long inter¬ 
nodes, and clothed with soft spreading 
hairs. The leaves are two to three 
inches long, subamplexicaul, acutely- 
lanceolate, subcordate at the base, ser¬ 
rated and fringed with white hairs; the 
upper leaves have the nerves and veins 
of a beautiful purple red, (shown black 
in our figure). The floral leaves are 
sessile, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 
ciliated, pale green, tinged with red on 
the paler centre. The verticillasters 
are large, solitary, somewhat depressed ; 
the corollas very handsome, large, and 
freely produced, white, having a rosy 
tinge, and, on the lower lip, elegantly 
marked with four rows of purple spots. 
Native country not known. “ For a 
number of years grown in the Botanic 
garden of Leige, and was raised from 
seeds obtained from M. Fee, director of the Stras- 
burgh garden. In M. Fee’s catalogue, it is called 
M. amplexicaulis, which name is stated to have been 
given to it by M. Fischer of St. Petersburgh. We 
have not, however, found it noticed by that author, 
and M. Fischer does not know any Monarda bearing such a name ; 
hut we retain it to avoid confusion.” Flowers freely from May 
to July. 
Monarda contorta, Morren. Twisted-flowered Monarda [La 
Belg. Sort, i., t. 6., A).—Nat. Ord., Lamiaceae § Monardeae.—A 
handsome hardy herbaceous perennial, with a sweet and aromatic 
odour, growing two to three feet high, with, fistular, tetragonal 
stems, bearing opposite ovate lanceolate leaves, which are roundish- 
cordate at the base, four to five inches long, wavy, bullate, ser¬ 
rate, and covered with woolly pubescence. The floral leaves, or 
bracts, are narrower, of a reddish violet, or purple, 
becoming green at the tips, smooth above, downy 
beneath. The blossoms grow in false whorls or 
verticillasters, roundish, two or three on 
a stem, and have a red calyx, and a deep 
rose-purple two-lipped corolla, remark¬ 
able for the contortion of its parts, but 
more especially of the under lip. Near 
M. didyma, and M. fistulosa, but distinct 
from both. From North America: St. 
Louis. Introduced to Belgium in 1841, 
by M. De Barker, sen., of Anvers. 
Flowers from July to September. Bo¬ 
tanic Garden, Liege. 
Monarda albiflora, Morren. White 
flowered Monarda [LaBelg. Sort, i., 40). 
—Nat. Ord., Lamiaceae § Monardeae.—- 
A handsome hardy perennial, with slen¬ 
der stems, three to four feet high, erect, 
four-cornered, bearing lanceolate leaves, Monarda amplexicaulis. 
from four to six inches long, oblique at the base, and having a long narrow point, and serrated margins. The bracts or 
floral leaves, are long and acuminate, greenish white in the middle. The verticillasters globose, approximate, two or 
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