218 LABIATE. [Thymus. 



Corn-fields and cultivated grounds, frequent. Fl. Aug. ©. — One 

 foot to two feet high. Flowers purplish, or often white. 



3. G. versicolor, Curt. Large-flowered Hemp-nettle. Stem 

 hispid, swollen below the joints ; leaves ovate, hispid, serrated ; 

 corolla with the upper lip horizontal, inflated. Br. Fl. I. p. 

 276. E. Fl. v. iii. p. 95. E. Bot. t. 667. 



Corn-fields, &c. Potato fields near Sligo. County of Antrim, in 

 various places ; Mr Templeton. County of Derry, frequent ; Mr. 



D. Moore. Fl. July. Aug. 0. — Very different from the last, with 

 paler, rank foliage. Flowers large, showy, yellow, with a large purple 

 spot on the lower lip. 



16. Scutellaria. Linn. Skull-cap. 



Calyx broadly ovate, having a conspicuous, concave tooth or 

 scale on the upper side ; its two nearly equal, entire lips 

 closed after flowering. Corolla with the tube much exserted, 

 upper lip straight, arched, lower ones trifid. — Name, scutella, 

 a little dish or cup, which the catyx somewhat resembles with 

 its appendage or ear. Didynamia. Gymnospermia. 



1. S. galericulata, Linn. Common Skull-cap. Leaves 

 lanceolate, cordate at the base, crenate ; flowers axillary in 

 pairs. Br. Fl. 1. p. 282. E. Fl. v. iii. p. 113. E. Bot. t. 

 523. 



Banks of rivers and lakes, especially in stony places. By the lake 

 of Killarney, and shore of Lough Neagh, at Shane's Castle. Borders of 

 Lough Sheelan, near Arley Cottage, Cavan ; Rev. Mr. Halpin. Bally- 

 pheane Bog, near Cork, rare ; Mr. J. Drummond. Fl, July, Aug. 1$.. — 

 Eight or ten inches to a foot high. Flowers rather large, blue, downy. 



2. S. minor, Linn. Lesser Skull-cap. Leaves oblongo- 

 ovate, on very short stalks, entire, cordate at the base ; flowers 

 axillary, in pairs. Br. FL 1. p. 282. E. FL v. iii. p. 113. 



E. Bot. t. 524. 



Moist heathy places, and by the sides of lakes, less frequent than the 

 preceding. Shore of the lower lake of Killarney, with the last. Bogs 

 and moist grounds in the county of Cork, abundant ; Mr. J. Drummond. 

 Plentiful in Cunnamara, less frequent in the county of Wicklow. Fl. 

 July, Aug. %. — Four to six inches high. Lower leaves sometimes 

 with 1 or 2 teeth at the base, and hence, subhastate ; upper ones much 

 narrower, and quite entire. Flowers pale reddish. Lower lip spotted. 



17. Thymus. Linn. Thyme. 



Flowers whorled or capitate. Calyx with 10 ribs, tubular, 

 2-lipped, upper lip 3-toothed, lower one bifid, the throat 

 hairy. Corolla with the upper lip erect, nearly plane, 

 notched, lower patent and trifid. Benth. — Name, Ov/nos, 

 strength, from its balsamic odour, strengthening the animal 

 spirits. Didynamia. Gymnospermia. 



