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 102nd meridian . hers 2-celled, their sacs deeply 4-parted; style 2-cIeft at the summit, the lobes subulate. Nutlets ovoid, smooth.[Greek, bee.] About 4 species, natives of Europe and westernAsia, the following typical. I. Melissa officinalis L. Garden or LemonBalm. Bee-balm. Fig. 3650. Melissa officinalis L. Sp. PI. 592. 1753. Perennial, pubescent; stem rather stout, erector
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 102nd meridian . hers 2-celled, their sacs deeply 4-parted; style 2-cIeft at the summit, the lobes subulate. Nutlets ovoid, smooth.[Greek, bee.] About 4 species, natives of Europe and westernAsia, the following typical. I. Melissa officinalis L. Garden or LemonBalm. Bee-balm. Fig. 3650. Melissa officinalis L. Sp. PI. 592. 1753. Perennial, pubescent; stem rather stout, erector ascending, i°-2i° high. Leaves ovate, petioled,mostly obtuse at both ends, sometimes cordate,pinnately veined, coarsely dentate or crenate-dentate, i-2i long; flowers several in the axil-lary clusters; pedicels shorter than the calyx;calyx about 3 long, the teeth of its lower lipslightly exceeding those of the upper; corollawhite, 5 -7 long. In waste places, thickets and woods, Maine toGeorgia, West Virginia, Missouri and Arkansas,also in Oregon and California. Naturalized fromEurope. Plant lemon-scented. Balm-leaf or Pimentary. Goose-tongue. Dropsy-plant. Lemon-lobelia. Sweet-mary. 28. SATUREIA [Tourn.] L. Sp. PI. 567. 1753. Herbs or shrubs, with small entire leaves, sometimes with smaller ones fascicled in theiraxils, and bracted purple flowers in dense terminal or axillary clusters. Calyx campanulate,mostly lo-nerved, 5-toothed, naked or rarely villous in the throat. Corolla-limb 2-lipped, theupper lip erect, flat, entire or emarginate, the lower spreading, 3-cleft. Stamens 4, conniventunder the upper lip of the corolla; anthers 2-celled, the sacs parallel or divaricate. Ovarydeeply 4-parted; style 2-cleft at the stimmit. Nutlets oblong or oval. [The classical Latinname of the plant.] About 18 species, the following typical one intro-duced as a garden herb from Europe, one of doubt-ful affinity in Florida, the others of the Mediterra-nean regi
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