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 . g. Monarda dispersa Small. Purple l\\Lemon ^Monarda. Fig. 3644. M. dispersa Small, Fl. SE. U. S. 1038. 1903. Annual, puberulent; stem stout, usuallybranched, i°-2*° high. Leaves oblong-spatu-late, oblanceolate or oblong, or narrowly ob-long to linear on the upper part of the long, shallowly serrate; flower clustersaxillary and terminal, often numerous andusually cons
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 . g. Monarda dispersa Small. Purple l\\Lemon ^Monarda. Fig. 3644. M. dispersa Small, Fl. SE. U. S. 1038. 1903. Annual, puberulent; stem stout, usuallybranched, i°-2*° high. Leaves oblong-spatu-late, oblanceolate or oblong, or narrowly ob-long to linear on the upper part of the long, shallowly serrate; flower clustersaxillary and terminal, often numerous andusually conspicuous by the broad abruptlybristle-tipped purple bracts; calyx-tube longerthan in .1/. pectinata, the teeth usually longerand more slender, fully half as long as thetube; corolla pale, usually pink, puberulent,ii-i3 long; stamens mostly not exceedingthe upper lip. On plains and prairies and in cultivated grounds,Missouri and Kansas to Georgia, Florida, Texas,New Mexico and adjacent Mexico. 25. BLEPHILIA Raf. Journ. Phys. 89: 98. 1819. Perennial hirsute or pubescent erect herbs, with axillary and terminal dense glomerulesof rather small purplish or bluish flowers, or the glomerules in terminal more or less inter-rupted spikes. Calyx tubular, 13-nerved, not villous in the throat, 2-Iipped, the upper lip3-toothed, the lower 2-toothed. the teeth all aristate or those of the lower lip glabrous within, the tube expanded above, the limb 2-Hpped; upper lip erect, entire;lower lip 3-lobed, the notched middle lobe narrower than the lateral ones. Anther-bearing(anterior) stamens 2, ascending, exserted or included; posterior stamens reduced to filiformstaminodia, or none; anthers 2-celled, the sacs divaricate, somewhat confluent at the deeply 4-parted; style 2-cleft at the apex. Nutlets ovoid, smooth. [Greek, eyelash,from the fringed calyx-teeth.] Two species, natives of eastern North America. Type species: Blephilia ciliata (L.) Raf. Upper leaves
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