. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. i. Collinsonia canadensis L. Horse- or Ox-balm. Fig. 3692. Citronella. Collinsonia canadensis L. Sp. PI. 28. 1753. Stem stout, erect or ascending, branch- ed, 2°-5° high, glabrous, or glandular- pubescent above. Leaves ovate or ovate- oblong, acuminate at the apex, narrowed, obtuse or sometimes cordate at the base, the lower slender-petioled, 6'-io'
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. i. Collinsonia canadensis L. Horse- or Ox-balm. Fig. 3692. Citronella. Collinsonia canadensis L. Sp. PI. 28. 1753. Stem stout, erect or ascending, branch- ed, 2°-5° high, glabrous, or glandular- pubescent above. Leaves ovate or ovate- oblong, acuminate at the apex, narrowed, obtuse or sometimes cordate at the base, the lower slender-petioled, 6'-io' long, the upper nearly sessile, much smaller, all coarsely dentate; racemes numerous, in terminal panicles sometimes i° long; pedi- cels ascending, 3"-6" long in fruit, subu- late-bracteolate at the base; flowers lemon- scented; calyx-teeth subulate, those of the lower lip much longer than the upper; corolla light yellow, s"~7" long; anther- bearing stamens 2. the upper pair rudi- mentary; fruiting calyx ribbed, 3"-4" long. In moist woods, Quebec and Ontario to Wisconsin, south to Florida, Alabama and Arkansas. Root large, thick, woody. Knob- or horse-weed. Knob-grass or -root. Collin- son's-flower. Rich leaf. Stone-root. July—Oct. 38. PERILLA Ard.; L. Gen. PL Ed. 6, Add. 578. 1764. Annual herbs, with petioled purple or discolored leaves, and small flowers in loose bracted racemes. Calyx campanulate. 10-nerved, 5-cleft, nearly regular in flower, enlarging, declined and becoming 2-lipped in fruit, the upper lip 3-toothed, the lower 2-cleft, the throat not bearded. Corolla-tube not longer than the calyx, the throat obliquely campanulate, the limb 5-cleft, the lower lobe slightly the larger. Stamens 4. nearly equal, or the posterior. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original w
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