166 Hedeoma pulegioides. 
SYNONYMA. 
Conta pulegioides. Willd. Sp. Pl. 
Mexissa pulegioides. Sp. Pl. i. p. 595. 
Mexissa floribus verticillatis, glomeratis, secundum longitudinem canlis, foliis tomen- 
tosis. Gron. = 
PHARM. 
HepEom pulegioidis, Herba. 
DESCRIPTIO UBERIOR. 
PxLanTa spithamea, brachiata. Folia lanceolato-ovata, scabriuscula, uno alterove dente 
notata: superiora angustiora. Verticilli secundum totam longitudinem plantz. 
Bracteae utrinque bine floribus majores, preter alias minutas. (Mant.) Calix 
decemstriatus, scaber: L. superiore trifido acuminato, inferiore setaceo. Co- 
rolla alba, fauce violacea: Lab. superiore vix emarginato. Stamina duo, co- 
rolla breviora, fertilia, et filamenta alia duo minora castrata. ( Willd.) 
Pennyroyan needs but little description, being so universally 
known. The root is annual, small, branched, fibrous and of a yel- 
low colour. The stem is from nine to fifteen inches high, obscurely 
angular, but often quite terete, pubescent, and very much branched ; 
branches erect. Leaves small, opposite, lanceolate, or ovate, atten- 
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