3. L. anisàtus, Benth. Smooth, but the ovate acute leaves glaucous-white underneath with minute down; calyx-teeth lanceolate, acute.—Plains, Wisc. to Minn., Neb., and westward.—Foliage with the scent of anise.
Calyx rather obliquely 5-toothed, many-nerved. Corolla ample, expanded at the throat, 2-lipped; the upper lip flattish or concave, 2-lobed, the lower 3-cleft, spreading, the middle lobe largest. Stamens 4, ascending, the lower pair shorter; anther-cells parallel.—Sweet-scented perennials, with pale purplish flowers. (Name a diminutive of cedrus, the cedar-tree, from the aromatic leaves of C. triphylla, the Balm-of-Gilead of English gardens.)
1. C. cordàta, Benth. Low, with slender runners, hairy; leaves broadly heart-shaped, crenate, petioled, the floral shorter than the calyx; whorls few-flowered, at the summit of short ascending stems; corolla hairy inside (1½´ long); stamens shorter than the upper lip.—Moist shady banks, W. Penn. to Ky., south to the mountains of N. C. and Tenn.
23. NÉPETA, L. Cat-Mint.
Calyx tubular, often incurved, obliquely 5-toothed. Corolla dilated in the throat, 2-lipped; the upper lip erect, rather concave, notched or 2-cleft; the lower spreading, 3-cleft, the middle lobe largest, either 2-lobed or entire. Stamens 4, ascending under the upper lip, the lower pair shorter; anthers approximate in pairs, the cells divergent.—Perennial herbs. (The Latin name, thought to be derived from Nepete, an Etrurian city.)
§ 1. Cymose clusters rather dense and many-flowered, forming interrupted spikes or racemes; upper floral leaves small and bract-like.
N. Catària, L. (Catnip.) Downy, erect, branched; leaves heart-shaped, oblong, deeply crenate, whitish-downy underneath; corolla whitish, dotted with purple.—Near dwellings; a very common weed. July–Sept. (Nat. from Eu.)
§ 2. GLECHÒMA. Leaves all alike; the axillary clusters loosely few-flowered.
N. Glechòma, Benth. (Ground Ivy. Gill-over-the-Ground.) Creeping and trailing; leaves petioled, round kidney-shaped, crenate, green both sides; corolla thrice the length of the calyx, light blue.—Damp or shady places, common. (Nat. from Eu.)