Monardella
(a diminutive of Monarda). ORD. Labiatae. This genus comprises about eleven species of hardy, annual or perennial, pleasantly aromatic, fragrant herbs, much resembling Monarda in aspect and inflorescence, natives of North-west America. Flowers in terminal and solitary verticillate heads, subtended or involucrate by broad, often membranous and coloured bracts; corolla red, rose-purple, or rarely white. Leaves mostly entire. For culture, see Monarda.
M. candicans (whitish). fl. white; calyx-teeth short, rather broad and obtuse, villous both sides; bracts minutely pubescent outside, ovate, greenish along the numerous nerves, at least the tip and margins white-scarious, shorter than the flowers. l. lanceolate or narrowly-oblong, obtuse, tapering into a slender petiole. h. 1ft. 1853. Annual.
M. macrantha (large-flowered). fl. scarlet, with a long tube and a five-parted limb; heads close, terminal, about 2in. long. Autumn. l. stalked, ovate. 1877. A handsome and highly aromatic perennial, with a creeping rootstock, and tufted, procumbent or ascending stems. (B. M. 6270.)