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ulent or glabrous. Stem leafy, 6'-18' high. Leaves oblong, oblong- 
lanceolate, crenulate-dentate or entire. Flowers mostly opposite, but 
sometimes 3-4 together in the terminal, spilie-like racemes. Upper 
lip of calyx ovate, entire, the lower 2-cleft, the teeth ovate mucron- 
ate. Corolla blue, about 4" long, its lower lip narrow, twice as long 
as the upper. 
On plains. May-September. Frequent. 
VIII. MONARDA L. 
Perennial or annual, erect, aromatic herbs, with dentate 
or serrate leaves. Flowers white, red, purple, yellowish, 
or mottled, in dense, capitate clusters, bracteate and bracteo- 
late, the bracts sometimes brightly colored. Calyx tubular, 
15-nerved, 5-toothed. Corolla glabrous within, usually pub- 
erulent or glandular without, 2-lipped. Anther-bearing 
stamens 2. Ovary deeply 4-parted. Styles 2-cleft at the 
apex. Nutlets ovoid, smooth. 
Flower-clusters solitary and terminal, or rarely axil¬ 
lary in robust plants. 1. M. Bradburiana. 
Flower-clusters axillary and terminal. 
Calyx-tube merely puberulent, the lobes spreading; 
bractlets merely ciliate. 2. M. dispersa. 
Calyx,-tube pubescent, the lobes erect or nearly £o; 
bractlets pubescent on the back and copiously ciliate. 
3. M. clinopodioides. 
1. Monarda Bradburiana Beck. Bradbury Monarda. Perennial, 
sparingly villous or glabrate. Stem 12'-24' high. Leaves ovate or 
ovate-lanceolate, serrate, 2'-3 : *4 / long. Flower-clusters solitary and 
terminal. Bracts green or purplish. Calyx narrowed at the throat, 
teeth long, bristle-pointed. Corolla pink or nearly white, about V 
long, the lower lip commonly purple-spotted. 
On dry hills and thickets. May-July. Pontotoc County. 
2. Monarda dispersa Small. Purple Lemon Monarda. Annual, 
puberulent. Stem 12'-30' high. Leaves oblong-spatulate or oblance- 
olate, l'-4%' long, shallowly serrate. Flower clusters axillary and 
terminal, usually conspicuous by the broad, abruptly bristle-tipped 
purple bracts. Corolla pale, usually pink, 11"-13" long. 
Qn plains and prairies and cultivated ground. May-August. Fre¬ 
quent. 
3. Monarda clinopodioides A. Gray. False Balm. Annual, 
12'-24' tall. Leaves oblong to narrowly linear-oblong, long, 
