Glechoma.} LABIAT/E. 211 



stem erect. Br. FL 1. p. 272. E. Fl. v. iii. p. 68. E. Bot. 

 t. 1543. 



Woods and dry stony places, frequent. Fl. July, Aug. %. — Steins 

 one to two feet high. Leaves much wrinkled. Flowers yellowish- 

 white. The plant is extremely bitter, and has been sometimes used 

 instead of hops. 



2. T. Scordium, Linn. Water Germander. Leaves oblong, 

 sessile, downy, with tooth-like serratures ; flowers axillary, 

 stalked, in pairs; stem procumbent. Br. Fl. 1. p. 273. E. Fl. 

 v. iii. p. 68. E. Bot. t. 828. 



Low wet meadows, rare. In marshy ground near the bridge at 

 Portumna, County of Tipperary. Banks of the river near the bridge, 

 east of Castle- Lyons ; Doctor Wade. Fl. July, Aug. %. — Flowers 

 rather small, pale-purple, about two, from the axils of the leaves. 



3. T. Chamaidrys, Linn. Wall Germander. Leaves some- 

 what ovate, stalked, deeply crenate or cut ; flowers axillary, 

 three together, stalked ; stem roundish, hairy. Br. Fl. 1. p. 273. 

 E. Fl. v. iii. p. 69. E. Bot. t. 680. 



Borders of fields and ruined walls. Field near the Cork Botanic 

 Garden; Mr. J. Drummond. Fl. July. %. — Flowers reddish-pur- 

 ple, large, handsome, mostly in terminal axils. 



5. Leonurus. Linn. Motherwort. 



Calyx with five or ten ribs, equal, with five subulate teeth, the 

 throat naked. Corolla with the upper Up very hairy above, 

 entire ; lower one patent, trifid. Anthers sprinkled with 

 shining dots. — Name, \cwv, a Lion, and ovpa, a tail, from a 

 fancied resemblance in the plant to a Lion's tail. 



Didynamia. Gymnospermia. 



1. L. Cardiaca, Linn. Mothemvort. Upper leaves lanceo- 

 late, either 3-lobed or undivided. Br. Fl. 1. p. 275. E. Fl. v. 

 iii. p. 104. E. Bot. t. 286. 



Road-side between Foaty and Cork ; Mr. J. Drummond. Fl. 

 Aug. %. — Stem three feet high, branched. Flowers in crowded 

 whorls, white with a reddish tinge ; under lip of the corolla shaggy. 

 Calyx with pungent, spreading teeth. 



6. Glechoma. Linn. Ground-Ivy. 



Calyx tubular, many-nerved, equal, 5-toothed. Corolla with 

 the tube exserted ; upper lip bifid, lower 3-lobed, middle lobe 

 emarginate, plane. Anthers, before bursting, approaching in 

 pairs and forming a cross. — Name, rfK^Kwv, given by the 

 Greeks to a kind of Thyme. 



Didynamia. Gymnospermia. 



1. G. hederacea, Linn. Ground-Ivy. Leaves reniform, 

 crenate. Br. Fl. 1. p. 279. E. Fl. v. iii. p. 88. E. Bot. t. 853. 



