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MONARDA Russelliana.
D r. Russell's Monarda.
Natural Order. Labia tz e . Brown prodr. m .
Sect. I. Stamina 2 fe rtilia ; v. dam 4 fertilia. Antherm om
nium dimidiatie.
M O N A R D A . Supra, fo l. m .
M. Russelliana, caule glabro ramoso «c^angulo apice pabes
cente foliis ovatis acuminatis serratis g abris subuliatis.
basi rotundatis : apice subrevolutis, capitulis congestis sub-
proliferis, bracteis coloratis ovatis ciliatis, labio inferiore revo-
MÍna°rda‘Rus¿elliana. N u tt.fra v . in the
e x o t.fo r .t. WO. Sims in Botan. Magaz.25U. Swt. hort. brit.
p.311.
iio o i perennial, herbaceous. Stems several, erect,
branching, from 18 inches to 2 feet high, smooth and
glossy on the lower part, the upper part Puhescent
acutely 4-angled, between the angles channelled, and
striate. Leaves opposite, on short footstalks, ovate,
taper-pointed, more or less revolute at the points,
sharply but distantly serrate, rounded at the base, up
per side of a glossy green, but slightly h a ir y ;J /id e '
neath strongly and numerously nerved, and punctate
with innumerable very small dots; margins finely ciliate.
Flowers in a very close head, which is sometimes proliferous.
Bractes about 6, unequal in size, ovate, acute,
entire, ciliate, variously coloured, with Pii^'P^®’
and white. Calyx tubular, pubescent,
numerous elevated streaks, curved towards the point,
5-toothed, teeth sharp, spreading, purph®h’
with short hairs, that are tipped with little pm pie
glands. Corolla 2-lipped, ringent, pubescent; tube