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Melissa (Greek, bee; because the bees are fond of balm). labiatae Hardy perennial herbs from Europe and western Asia, one of which is Balm (see Vol. I. p. 442).
Plants erect, leafy and branching, with broad opposite lvs.: fls. white or yellowish, in axillary clusters, somewhat secund; corolla exserted from the long-campanu- late calyx, curved, enlarged above and naked within, 2-lipped, the upper lip erect and notched and the lower one spreading and 3-lobed; stamens 4, didynamous, ascending and approximate under the upper lip; style cleft at top: nutlets smooth. — Species 3 or 4, in Medit. region and Cent. Asia.
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==Cultivation==
===Propagation===
===Pests and diseases===
==Varieties==
==Gallery==
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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{{Inc|
Melissa (Greek, bee; because the bees are fond of balm). labiatae Hardy perennial herbs from Europe and western Asia, one of which is Balm (see Vol. I. p. 442).
Plants erect, leafy and branching, with broad opposite lvs.: fls. white or yellowish, in axillary clusters, somewhat secund; corolla exserted from the long-campanu- late calyx, curved, enlarged above and naked within, 2-lipped, the upper lip erect and notched and the lower one spreading and 3-lobed; stamens 4, didynamous, ascending and approximate under the upper lip; style cleft at top: nutlets smooth. — Species 3 or 4, in Medit. region and Cent. Asia.
}}
==Cultivation==
===Propagation===
===Pests and diseases===
==Varieties==
==Gallery==
<gallery perrow=5>
Image:Upload.png| photo 1
Image:Upload.png| photo 2
Image:Upload.png| photo 3
</gallery>
==References==
<references/>
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
==External links==
*{{wplink}}
{{stub}}
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