336 Menthaceae 
STACHYS HEDGE NETTLE 
Herbs, annual or perennial. Leaves in ours lanceolate or wider. Flowers’ purple 
(ours) or red or white or yellow, in whorls in spikes; spikes terminal or axillary, dense 
or interrupted. Calyx 5—10-veined, 5-toothed; teeth nearly equal (ours). Corolla 
2-lipped; upper lip erect, concave, entire or emarginate; lower lip 3-cleft, middle !obe 
wider and sometimes 2-lobed. Stamens 4, lower 2 longer. Nutlets ovoid or oblong. 
(Gk. stachys—a spike or head of wheat; referring to the inflorescence. ) 
A. _Corolla-tube less than 11/4, times as long as the calyx. 
B. Plant soft-hairy; corolla white or cream-color with some purple on the lower 
lip. W.E. (S. vestita.) 
BB. Plant rather stiff-hairy; corolla light red to purple, often purple spotted. 
S. pyenantha Benth. 
C. Upper leaves sessile, lower short-petioled; leaves acute or acuminate. W. E. 
(S. leibergii.) S. palustris L. (Woundwort) 
CC. Upper leaves short-petioled, lower long-petioled; leaves obtuse or acute. W. 
E ’ 
. S. bullata Benth. 
AA.  Corolla-tube twice as long as the calyx. ‘ 
D. Leaves tomentose beneath, thick; corolla about 20 mm. long. W. C. 
S. chamissonis Benth. 
DD. Leaves not tomentose beneath, thin. ’ : 
E. Corolla about 20 mm. long; calyx glabrous or sparingly stiff-hairy. W .C. E. 
S. ciliata Doug]. 
EE. Corolla about 12 mm. long; calyx soft-hairy. W.. (S. ciliata pubens; S. 
emersoni. ) S. pubens Hel. 
RAMONA 
Herbs or shrubs (ours), perennial, aromatic: in ours bark shreddy, ashy-gray. 
Leaves in ours 25 mm. or less long, entire, spatulate to obovate, obtuse to retuse: Flow- 
ers in head-like to closely paniculate or spike-like clusters. Calyx 2-lipped; lower lip 
2-cleft; upper lip 3-toothed or entire; naked inside. Corolla 2-lipped; upper lip spread- 
ing, 2-lobed or emarginate; lower lip spreading, 3-lobed, middle lobe wide and emarginate. 
Stamens 2, exserted, often also 2 rudimentary ones. Nutlets smooth, unchanged when 
wet. (Possibly from French ramon—a broom of twigs; since it is a low much-branched 
shrub.) E. (Audibertia incana.) RB. incana Doug). 
MONARDA BERGAMOT MINT 
Herbs, annual or perennial (ours), erect, aromatic. Leaves dentate or serrate. 
Flowers rather large, white or red or purple or yellow or mottled, mostly bracted, in clus- 
ters; clusters dense, head-like, terminal or axillary; bracts sometimes colored. Calyx 
tubular, 15-veined, 5-toothed. Corolla glabrous inside, usually puberulent or glandular 
outside; 2-lipped; upper lip emarginate or entire; lower lip 3-lobed, middle lobe larger. 
Anther-bearing stamens 2, usually exserted; antherless stamens or their rudiments 2 or 
none. Nutlets ovoid, smooth. (Honor of N. Monardes, a Spanish botanist.) 
A. Leaves oblong to ovate; stamens longer than the upper lip of the corolla; corolla 
not spotted, its upper lip straight; heads solitary, terminal. E. (M. scabra.) 
M. mollis L. 
AA. Leaves lanceolate or narrower; stamens shorter than the upper lip of the corolla; 
corolla purple-spotted, its upper lip curved: heads numerous, terminal and axillary. W. 
M. punctata L. (Horse Mint) 

