LABIAT-E. 279 SCUTELLARIA. 



Gr. f/>ix,Qoi, small or obscure, f*£go«, division; on account of the sliglitly 

 2-lipped caljix and corolla. 



JM. GLABE'lLA. Bf.nth. CnnWii. Mx. Hedeoma glabra. J\««^ 



Glabrous; stem branching above, and mostly surculose at base; leaves 

 entire, those of the suckers elliplic-ovate, of the stem linear-oblong, obtuse ; 

 verticilliisters about 6-flo\vercd. A delicate little herb nearly or quite smooth, 

 growing on lime-stone rocks near the base of Niagara Falls. It has the 

 general aspect and fragrance of pennyroyal. Stem erect (prostrate at base), 

 4-angled, slender, 6 — 10 inches high. Suckers at the base often numerous 

 and several inches in length, with leaves about ',i lines long, and 2 lines wide, 

 brownish purple beneath. Stem leaves an inch or less long, very narrow, 

 the lowest sometimes with a few teeth. Flowers somewhat regular, on 

 pedicels ^ inch long, with linear bracts at the base. Corolla pale purple. 

 Stamens 4, the upper pair much the shortest, all antheriferous. Jl., Aug. Per. 



20. MEl. rSSA. 

 Calyx 13 nerved,, flaltish above, ihe upper lip 3-toothed, 

 lower bifid; upper lip of the corolla erect, flaltish, lower lip 

 spreading. 3-lobfd, the middle lobe mostly broadest. Sta- 

 mens ascending. 



This is the Gr. name of the bee, from ft-fX, hone}'; which is sought in these 

 flowers by bees wiih avidity. Cal and cor. bilabiate. Stam. mostly approxi- 

 mate in pairs at apex. Anth. 2- celled, cells distinct, parallel, finally diverging. 

 Connectile often thickened. 



1. M. OFFICINA'LIS. — Pubescent ; s^cm erect, branching; ^o?cer5 in 

 dimidiate verticils, subsessile ; leaves ovate, acute, coarsely crenate-serrate, 

 rugose; bracts few, ovate lanceolate, petiolate. A well known garden plant, 

 native of S. Europe. Stem about a foot high. Flowers white or yellowish. 

 The plant is a stomachic and diuretic, generally administered in the form of 

 tea. For medicinal use it should be cut before flowering which occurs in 

 June and after. Balm. 



2. M. ClINOPO'diUM. Benth. Clinopodium valgare. L. 



Villose ; leaves ovate, subserrate; verticils many-flowered, hairy; bracts 

 numerous, subulate. Low woods, i\:c. A common plant, 1 — 2 feet high. 

 Stem square, simple or sparingly branched, and, as well as the whole plant, 

 clothed with a whitish wool. Leaves petiolate, tapering to an obtuse point, 

 pale, with whitish down beneath. Flowers purplish, in very hairy, mostly 

 terminal whorls or heads. Peduncles cymosely bianched, short. Involucre 

 of narrow and bristle-like bracts, about equalling the hairy, subulate C3l)'x 

 teeth. July. Per. Itild Basil. 



Tribe fi. SCUTELLARINE^. 



Calyx bilnbiale, upper lip truncate. Corolla bilabiate, upper lip vaulted, tube ascenUing, exserted. 



Stamens 4, ascending beneath the upper lip of the corolla. 



21. SCUTELLA'RIA. 



Calyx campanulate, bilabiate, lips entire, the upper one 



appendaged on the back and closed after flowering; corolla 



bilabiate, upper lip vaulted, tube much exserted. 



Lat. scutella, a small vessel, from the figure of the calyx, which may be 

 likened to a cup with a handle. But it Btill more resembles a helmet with the 

 vizor raised. Cor. ringent; upper lip concave, in 3 scg., the middle one clef\j 



