114 DIDYNAMIA— GYMNOSPERMIA. Prunella. 



S. galericulata. Linn. Sp. PI. 831). Will(Lv.3.\73. H.Br. 645. 

 Engl. Bot.v. 8. t. 523. Curt. Lond.fasc.3.t.36. Hook. Scot.\85. 

 Fl. Dan. t. 637. Bull. Fr. t. 27 o. Ehrli. PL Of. 146. 



Scutellaria. Riv, Monop. Irr. t. 77. f. 1. 



Cassida n. 280. Hall. Hist. v. 1. 122. 



C. palustris vulgatior^ flore cseruleo. Rail Stjn. 244. 



Lysimachia galericulata. Lob. Ic. 344./. Dalech. Hist. 1060. f. 

 Ger. Em. 477. f. 



Hood-Mint. Petiv. H. Brit. t. 34./. 10. 



About the reedy margins of rivers, as well as in ditches, and other 

 watery situations, frequent. 



Perennial. Juhj, August. 



Root creeping. Herb deep green, often tinged with a violet hue, 

 more or less downy. Stem 12 or 18 inches high, erect, leafy, 

 simple, or branched in the middle. Leaves on very short stalks, 

 above an inch long, tapering from a heart-shaped base into a 

 broadish-lanceolate, obtuse figure, with shallow notches or ser- 

 vatures, veiny, scarcely wrinkled. Fl: axillary, solitaiy, an inch 

 long, drooping, nearly sessile, scentless, variegated with shades 

 of blue ; the lips streaked with white ; the mouth closed. After 

 the fall of the corolla, the closed calyx and its lid become re- 

 markable, and characterize the genus beyond all uncertainty. 



2. S. 7mnor. Lesser Skull-cap. 



Leaves ovate, nearly entire ; heart-shaped, and occasionally 

 lobed, at the base. Flowers axillary. 



S. minor. Linn. Sp. PL 835. Willd. v.3. 173. Fl. Br. 645. EngL 

 Bot.v. 8. t 524. Curt. Lond.fasc. 4. t. 43. Hook. ScoL 185. 

 Dicks. H. Sicc.fasc. 5. 6. 



Cassida palustris minima, flore purpurascente. Tourn. Inst. 182. 

 Rail Sijn. 244. Lind. Alsat. 2\Q. t. 9. 



Gratiola latifolia. Ger. Em. 581,/. 



Small Hood-Mint. Petiv. H. Brit, t 34. f. 11. 



On moist heaths, in a gravelly soil, less common than the last. 



Perennial. July, August. 



More branched than the preceding, and scarcely one third its size. 

 Leaves broader, not at all wrinkled ; either quite entire, or di- 

 lated and notched at the base, so as to approach a hastate form. 

 Fl. not half so large as in S. galericulata, of a delicate pink co- 

 lour, rarely inclining to bluej the lower lip white, dotted with red, 



302. PRUNELLA. Self-heal. 



Linn. Gen.30\. FL Br.646. 



Brunella. Juss.llG. Tourn. t. 84. Lam. t. 516. 



Cal. bell-shaped, two-lipped ; upper lip flat, dilated, very 

 abrupt, with 3 verj^ short acute teeth; lower much nar- 

 rower, but about as long, straight, separated half way 



