334 Menthaceae 
EE. Stem leaves from linear to oblong, acute at base; corolla 16—25 mm. long. 
U. E. (S. siphocampyloides. ) 
S. angustifolia Pursh 
Herbs, perennial, branching, mostly tomentose (ours so). Leaves petioled, dentate, 
rugose, ovate to orbicular (ours). Flowers small, white or purplish, in dense axillary 
clusters. Calyx tubular, 5—10-veined, regularly 5—-10-toothed; teeth acute or aristate. 
Corolla-limb 2-lipped; upper lip erect, entire or emarginate; lower lip spreading, 3-cleft, 
the middle lobe wider. Stamens 4, included, upper pair shorter, anthers 4. Nutlets 
ovoid, smooth. (Hebrew marrob—a bitter juice.) W. E. 
M. vulgare L. 
AGASTACHE GIANT HYSSOP 
Herbs, perennial, erect, tall. Leaves serrate, mainly ovate, petioled. Flowers yel- 
lowish or purplish or blue, in whorled clusters in spikes; spikes bracted, terminal. Calyx 
narrowly campanulate, somewhat oblique, slightly 2-lipped, 15-veined, 5-toothed. Co- 
rolla strongly 2-lipped; tube as long as the calyx; upper lip erect, 2-lobed; lower lip 
spreading, 3-lobed, middle lobe wider and crenulate. Stamens 4, lower pair shorter; 
anthers 4. Nutlets ovoid, smooth. (Gk. agan—much, stachys—a head of wheat; re- 
ferring to the many spikes.) 
A. Leaves canescent and white beneath, glabrous and green above; spikes 25 mm. or 
less thick. E. A. urticifolia Rydb. 
AA. Leaves glabrous and green on both sides; spikes 25 mm. or more thick. E3 
A. occidentalis Hel. 
NEPETA CATNIP 
Herbs, erect; ours perennial, pale-green, densely tomentose. Leaves dentate or in- 

cised; ours crenate-dentate, mostly cordate at base. Flowers mostly white or blue, small, 
in whorled clusters; clusters in ours spicate, terminal. Calyx tubular, somewhat oblique 
at the mouth, |5-veined, scarcely 2-lipped. Corolla dark-dotted (ours), strongly 2-lipped; 
upper lip erect, entire, emarginate or 2-lobed; lower lip spreading, 3-lobed, the middle lobe 
larger. Stamens 4, the lower 2 shorter; anthers 4. Nutlets ovoid, compressed, smooth. 
(Said to be from Nepete, a town in Tuscany, Italy.) W.E. 
N. cataria L. 
’ GLECOMA GROUND IVY 
Herbs, perennial (ours), low, creeping, with peculiar odor (ours). Leaves orbic- 
ular to reniform, crenate, long-petioled. Flowers rather large, blue or violet, in clusters; 
clusters axillary, small, whorled. Calyx oblong-tubular, 15-veined, oblique at the throat, 
not 2-lipped, unequally 5-toothed. Corolla-tube exserted, enlarged above; limb 2-lipped; 
upper lip erect, 2-lobed or emarginate; lower lip spreading, 3-lobed, middle lobe wide and 
emarginate, side lobes small. Stamens 4, included, the lower 2 shorter. Nutlets ovoid, 
smooth. (Greek name for some plant of this family.) W. 
G. hederacea L. 
DRACOCEPHALUM DRAGON-HEAD 
Herbs, annual or biennial or perennial (not ours). Leaves dentate or incised or 
entire (not ours). Flowers blue or purple or violet, in clusters; clusters axillary or ter- 

