. 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. Catnep. 1. Nepeta Cataria L. Catmint. Nep. Fig. 3594. Nepeta Cataria L. Sp. PI. 570. 1753. Perennial, densely canescent, pale green; stem rather stout, erect, branched, 2°-3° high, the branches straight, ascending. Leaves ovate to oblong, petioled, acute at the apex, coarsely cre- nate-dentate, mostly cordate at the base, i'-3' long, greener above than beneath;
. 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. Catnep. 1. Nepeta Cataria L. Catmint. Nep. Fig. 3594. Nepeta Cataria L. Sp. PI. 570. 1753. Perennial, densely canescent, pale green; stem rather stout, erect, branched, 2°-3° high, the branches straight, ascending. Leaves ovate to oblong, petioled, acute at the apex, coarsely cre- nate-dentate, mostly cordate at the base, i'-3' long, greener above than beneath; flower-clusters spiked at the ends of the stem and branches, the spikes i'-s' long; bracts small, f oliaceous; bract- lets subulate; calyx puberulent, its teeth subu- late, the upper about one-half the length of the tube; corolla nearly white, or pale purple, dark- dotted, puberulent without, s"-6" long, its lobe a little longer than the calyx, the broad middle lobe of its lower lip crenulate. In waste places, New Brunswick and Quebec to South Dakota, Oregon, South Carolina, Kansas and Utah; also in Cuba. Naturalized from Europe. Native also of Asia. July-Nov. 11. GLECOMA L. Sp. PI. 578. 1753. Low diffuse creeping herbs, with long-petioled nearly orbicular or reniform Crenate leaves, and rather large blue or violet flowers in small axillary verticillate clusters. Calyx oblong-tubular, 15-nerved, oblique at the throat, not 2-lipped, unequally 5-toothed. Corolla- tube exserted, enlarged above, the limb 2-lipped; upper lip erect, 2-lobed or emarginate; the lower lip spreading, 3-lobed, the middle lobe broad, emarginate, the side lobes small. Stamens 4 didynamous, all anther-bearing, ascending under the upper lip of the corolla, not exserted, the upper pair the longer; anther-sacs divergent. Ovary deeply 4-parted. Nutlets ovoid, smooth. [Greek name for thyme or pennyroyal.] About 6 species of Europe and Asia, the following Please note that these images are ex
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