112 DIDYNAMIA— GYMNOSPERMIA. Melittis. 



and white, solitary or aggregate, on short, simple, axil- 

 lary stalks. 



1. M. MeVis Sophy Hum. Reddish Bastard-Balm. 

 Calyx with three unequal, partly notched, lobes. 



M. Melissophvllum. Linn. Sp. PL 832. Wilhl. v. 3.157, with con- 

 fused synonyms. Hiids. 2G4. Fl. Br. C43. Engl. Bot. v. 9. t.577. 

 J acq. Austr. t.2Q. 



Melissophyllum. Riv. Monop. Irr. t. 21./. 2. 



M. n. 244. Hall. Hist. v.\.\Q7. 



Melissa Fuchsii. Raii Sijn. 242, Lob. Ic. 515./. Camer. Hort. 99. 

 t. 30. separate calyx very correct. 



M. Fuchsii, flore purpureo. Gcr. Em. G90./. 



Lamium Pannonicum prinium, versicolore flore. Clus. Hist. v. 2. 

 37.f. 



In woods and hedges of the south and west of England. 



About Totnes, Devonshire, and Haverford-west, Pembrokeshire, 

 Ray. In the New Forest, Hampshire. Huds. Roots brought 

 from Devonshire, by Mr. Hudson, have long been cultivated in 

 Chelsea garden. Mr. Fairbairn. In St. Leonard's forest, Sus- 

 sex, and near Netley Abbey, Hampshire. Mr. LightfooVs her- 

 barium. 



Perennial. May, June. 



Root fibrous, slightly creeping. Hierta^e deep green, finely hairy, 

 especially the sZe??i, which is almost entirely without branches. 

 Leaves 1^ or 2 inches long, copiously and equally serrated, 

 veiny ; paler beneath. Fl. \ , 2 or 3 in the bosom of each leaf, 

 on round, simple stalks about equal to the footstalks, all turned 

 one way. Cal. reticulated with hairy veins, coloured, fringed, 

 the margin gaping, unequally three-lobed ; upper lobe longest, 

 acute, often with a single notch at each side ; two lower ones 

 equal, lateral, either undivided or notched. Cor. twice or thrice 

 the length of the calyx, downy ; externally pale red, or flesh- 

 coloured ; internally whitish, with a central crimson spot on 

 each lateral lobe of the lower lip, and a double one, with paler 

 stains, on the middle lobe. 

 The whole plant, when it begins to dry, becomes highly fragrant, 

 like Woodruff, or Vernal Grass. 



2, M, grandiflora. Purple-and-white Bastard-Balm. 



Calyx with four nearly equal lobes. 



M. grandiflora. Fl.Br.^W. Engl.Bot.v.9. t.636. Dicks. H. Sice. 



fasc. 18. 17. 

 M. Melissophyllum. Mill. Ulustr. t.52. Curt. Lond.fasc. 6. t.39. 

 Melissophyllum. Fuchs. Hist. 498./ Riv. Monop. Irr, t.2\.f. 1 . 

 M. Fuchsii et Dodongei, Dalech. Hist. 958./. 

 Melissa Fuchsii flore albo. Ger. Eiu. G90./. 



