DIDYN.— GYMNOSP. 185 



rate glabrous, bracteas ovate longer than the cal., leaves ovate 



entire. Lighff. p. 317. E. B. 1. 1 143. 

 Hab. Dry hilly and bushy places, not iinfrequent. Fl. Aug. 1/ . 

 Stems 1 foot high. Flowers purple, and the bracteas tinged with that 



colour. Fragrant and aromatic. 



16. THYMUS. 



1. Th. Serpyllum {iv'ild TInjme), flowers capitate, steins branch- 

 ed decumbent, leaves plane ovate obtuse entire petiolate more 

 or less ciliated at the base. Lii^ktf. p. 318. E. B. t. 1514. 



Hab. Hills and dry pastures, abundant. Ft. July, Aug. %. 



Variable in the hairiness of the leaves, — wliich are sometimes all over 

 hoary, — in the size of the plant, and in the scent of the foliage, which 

 sometimes approaches to that of lemon. Flowers purple, lower lip 

 with the middle lobe entire. 



2. Th. Acinos {Basil Thyme), flowers on simple stalks about 6 

 in a whorl, stem ascending branched, leaves oblong shortly 

 petiolate acute serrated, cal. gibbous at the base. Liglilf, 

 p. 319. E.B.t.AW. 



Hab. Dry mountainous places and gravelly soils, but not common. 



Light/. Fl. Aug. O. 

 Stem 6 — 8 inches long. Leaves sometimes almost entire. Flowers 



blueish purple. Lower lip of the cor. with the middle aegments emar- 



ginate. Smell fragrant, aromatic. 



17, SCUTELLARIA. 



1. S. Efalericiilata {common Skull-cap), leaves cordato-lanceo- 

 late erenatc, flowers axillary in pairs. Lighlf. p. 320. E. B. 

 t. 523. 



Hab. Banks of rivers and wet marshy places, frequent. Fl July, Aug. 



^- 



Ten inches to 1 foot high. Floivers rather large, blue, pubescent. 



2. S. minor (/ev.ser Skull-cap), leaves eordato-ovate entire, flow- 

 ers axillary in pairs. Light/', p. 320. E. B. t. 524. 



Hab. Sides of lakes and in boggy places, not unfrequent, Light/. 



Banks of the Clyde at Rosebank, Ure. Beith, Ayrshire, Miss Baird. 



FL Aug. ^ %. 

 Four to six inches high. Lower leaves with one or two teeth at the base, 



and subhastate ; upper ones much narrower, entire. Flowers very 



pale, reddish, almost white ; lower lip spotted. 



IS. PRUNELLA. 



1. Pr. vtilgari'i {Self-heal), leaved petiolate oblongo-ovate some- 

 what toothed at the base. Lighlf. j0.321. E. B. t. DGI. 



Hab. Moist and barren pastures, frequent. Fl. A\\g. % . 



Flowers very densely wllorled, so as to form 1 imbricated oblong a/jMt, 

 with a pair of leaves at its base, and a pair of broad obcordate brac- 

 teas beneath each whorl. Upper lip of the cal. truncate, lower 

 2-toolhed. Cor. violet blue, lower lip finely toothed. 



