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The flowers are lilnc-bluc, in compound whorls, of 

 about 10 flowers, in one-siiled cymes. The calyx 

 is bell-sh.iped, erect, on I he ultimate stalk, the 

 teeth more or less equal, Iringed with hairs, ob- 

 scurely 2-lipped, the upper shorter, broader, tri- 

 angular, bent-back, the lower awl-like, and with 

 prominent, protruding- hairs in the throat. The 

 common stalk is about as long as the partial stalk. 

 The middle lobe of the lower lip of the corolla is 

 broad, blunt. The plant is 9-20 in. high, flowering 

 in July and .August, and is a herbaceous perennial. 



Calamint (Calaminlha officinalis, Scheeic = C. 

 menthcF/olia, Host = C. moiitana, O. Kuntzc = 

 Sniiireia Calannnllia, Sch. ). — The habitat of this 

 species is dry banks, hedge-banks. The habit is 

 erect. The stems are wavy, usually solitary or 

 few from the root, with long, ascending branches. 

 The leaves are dark-green, broadly ovale, long- 

 stalked, scalloped, coarsely-toothed. The flowers 

 are purplish or pink, with dark-purple markings 

 in compound whorls, in few -flowered, slightly 

 forked, one-sided cymes, the flowers at an angle 

 with the stalks. The calyx is tubular, 2-lipped, 

 bent on the stalk, the teeth h.aving long bristles, 

 the upper tri.angular, ascending, the lower twice 

 as long, awl-like, the hairs on the throat not 

 protruding. The middle lobe of the lower lip of 

 the corolla is longest, and separated from the 

 laterals. The flower-stalks are short, the flower- 

 stalk of the cyme half as long as the primary 

 partial stalk. The plant is i-2 ft. high, flowering 

 from July to September, and is a herbaceous 

 perennial. 



Balm (Melissa officinalis, L.). — Balm is found in 

 waste places. The habit is erect. The stems are 

 numerous. The leaves arc ovate, scalloped to 

 toothed, stalked, wrinkled above, acute, paler 

 below, and are sweet-smelling. The flowers are 

 white, with rose-red spots, in axillary one-sided 

 whorls, shortly-stalked. There are small, oblong 

 bracteoles. The cal\-x is boll-shaped, enlarged 

 in front, 2-lipped, the upper lip flat, blunt, with 

 3 short, triangular, broad, bristle-like teeth, the 

 lower having 2 lance - shaped, slender, straight 

 teeth. The nutlets are smooth. The plant is 1-2 ft. 

 high, flowering from July to September, and is a 

 herbaceous perennial. 



Catmint (Xepeta Cafaria, L.). — The habitat of 

 this plant is banks and waste places, hedges. The 

 habit is erect. There is a stout rootstock. The 

 stems are branched, leafy. The plant is hoary or 

 downy. The leaves are ovate to heart-shaped, 

 deeply-lobcd below, cut, toothed, white and downy 

 below, stalked, acute. The flowers are pale-blue, 

 white, or with purple dots, in shortly-stalked, 

 dense whorls, in cymes. The upper bracts are 

 small. The upper whorls are stalkless, many, 

 dense, in broad heads. The bracteoles are longer 

 than the ultimate flower-stalks. The calyx is 

 downy, with awl-like teeth, the upper longest. 

 The tube of the corolla is curved. The stamens 

 curve outwards at first. The nutlets are smooth, 

 without hairs, granulate. The plant is 2-3 ft. 

 high, flowering from July to September, and is a 

 herbaceous perennial. 



White Horehound (Atarrublum vulgnrc, L.). — 

 The li.'ibit.il ol this plant is downs on calcareous 

 soils in Engl.ind, where it is much grown in cottage 

 gardens, it is frequently naturalized by ro.adsitles 

 and waste ground. The habit is erect. The plant 

 is hoary or woolly. The rootstock is short and 

 stout. The stems are stout, branched, leafy. The 

 leaves are ovate, rounded, heart-shaped or wedge- 

 shaped at the base, scalloped, narrowed into 

 broad, long leaf-stalk, hoary and rough, woolly, 

 leathery, wrinkled, with stout nerves, usually 

 spreading from the le;if-stalk. The flowers are 

 numerous, white, in dense whorls, axillary, 

 flattened, softly hairy. The calyx is oblong. The 

 teeth of the calyx are awl-like, spreading, hooked 

 at the tip, spinous, woolly below, the upper half 

 smooth. The tube of the corolla is slender, the 

 upper lip long and divided into 2 nearly to the 

 base. The plant is 1-2 ft. high, flowering from 

 July to October, and is a. herbaceous biennial or 

 perennial. 



Slachys annua, L. — The habitat of this plant in 

 this country is wheatfields. The habit is erect. 

 The lower leaves are ovate to oblong, smooth, 

 blunt, scalloped, toothed. The flowers are creamy- 

 white, 4-6, in whorls, the bracts lance-shaped, 

 acute, small, long and narrow, and blunt-pointed. 

 The calyx-teeth are lance-shaped, acute. The 

 corolla-tube is longer th.in the calyx. The nutlets 

 are minutely rough. The plant is 4-12 in. high, 

 flowering from July to September, and is a herb- 

 aceous annual. 



Motherwort (Leonurus Cardiaca, L.). — The 

 habitat of this plant is hedges and waste places, 

 and it is found in the neighbourhood of gardens 

 where it is cultivated. The habit is erect. The 

 plant is downy. The stems are stout, with promi- 

 nent angles, leafy. The leaves are close. The 

 lower leaves are palmate, s-cleft, with slender 

 long stalks, ovate or rounded to heart-shaped, 

 lobed, cut, toothed, the stem-leaves are stalked, 

 wedge-shaped or inversely ovate to oblong, the 

 lower much divided, the upper 3-fid, entire, 3- (or 

 more) nerved, with acute lobes. The flowers are 

 reddish-while, st.-ilkless, in crowded whorls. The 

 bractsarenumerous, large, leaf-like, stalked. There 

 are small bracteoles, awl-like. The calyx-teeth 

 are broadly triangular, sharp. The upper lip of 

 the corolla is straight, hairy, woolly, the helmet 

 nearly flat, the tip spreading, the middle lobe 

 entire. The nutlets are softly hairy at the tip. 

 The plant is 2-3 ft. high, flowering from July to 

 September, and is a herbaceous perennial. 



Laniium intermedium, Fr. ( = L. mohicellifolium, 

 Fr.). — This species is found as a weed of cultivated 

 ground as a rule. The plant is succulent. The 

 radical leaves are stalked, the upper kidney- 

 shaped to heart-shaped, stalkless, scalloped. The 

 flowers are as in the next, in distant whorls be- 

 low. The c.'ilyx-teeth are purple, rigid, longer 

 th.an the tube, straight, with stiff hairs, spreading. 

 The corolla-tube is cylindrical, equal, with a ring 

 of hairs within, longer than the calyx, the lateral 

 lobes toothed. The nutlets are large, three times 

 as long as broad, with a large, triangular, ter- 



