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MONARDA RusseE.uiana. 
Narrow-leaved Bergamot. 
DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA.—Nart. Orv. LABIATE. 
_ Gen. Cuar.—Calyx cylindricus, striatus. Corolla ringens, labio superiore 
lineari, filamenta simplicia involvente. 
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Monarda Russelliana ; floribus capitatis, folus lanceolatis serratis gla- 
bris. 
M. Russeliana, Nutt. Trav. in the Arkansa, p. 141. 
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Apparently a biennial plant. Stem a foot or more in height, erect, simple, | 
square, with the angles margined, glabrous. Leaves rather distantly | 
placed in opposite pairs, lanceolate; coarsely serrated, dotted and paler | 
beneath, the lower ones subpetiolate, the upper ones sessile. | 
Flowers in terminal heads, and bracteated. Bracieas ovate, acuminated, en- | 
tire, slightly hairy, purple in the middle. Calyx linear-oblong, tubular, | : 
swelling in the middle, pubescent, marked with elevated striz, 5-toothed, . 
teeth spreading. Corolla an inch and a half long, slender, pubescent. | 
Tube and upper lip pure white, lower lip subtrilobed, waved and twisted, | 
white, spotted with’reddish-purple blotches. Stamens two, united laterally | 
by the 1-celled anthers. Filament much incurved, white, spreading above | 
where it supports the anthers. Anthers standing close together, deep 
purple-brown, 1-celled, and when burst so covered on their surface with 
pollen as to appear but one anther. Germen 4-lobed, placed on a large 
cup-shaped gland. Style very long. Stigma bifid. ) 
Of this pretty and very distinct species of Monarda, seeds 
were sent to our garden by Mr Dicx of Philadelphia, who re- 
ceived them from Mr Nutrauty. This latter gentleman, its 
discoverer, found it in the valley of the Arkansa; and in the 
account which he has published of his travels, he thus feelingly | 
describes the circumstance of .his naming this plant in honour | 
of his amiable companion. “ It is with a satisfaction clouded | 
with melancholy, that I now call to mind the agreeable hours 
that I spent at this station (Belle Point), while accompanied 
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