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irregularly dentate; all rugose, subglabrous, generally hairy on the 

 veins beneath. Bi-acts ovate, acuminate, subcordate, green or more 

 or less coloured, shorter than the calyx, at length reflexed. Verti- 

 cillasters sub-spicate, the lower whorls rather remote, commonly 

 4-flowered. Calyx campanulate ; the upper lip broad, flattish, recurved- 

 concave towards the apex at the margins, mtli 3 very minute con- 

 nivent, spinous-mucronate teeth ; lower lip with 2 longer ovate- 

 lanceolate, spinous-acuminate teeth. Corolla more than twice as long 

 as the calyx, the tube -without a rmg of hairs inside ; upper lip twice 

 as long as the tube, nearly semicircular in profile, with the cui'vature 

 nearly equal throughout, glandular towards the apex. Coimective of 

 the anthers, dilated posteriorly into a wing on each side. Style much 

 exserted beyond the upper lip of the corolla. 



In fields and by roadsides. Very rare, occurring only near Cobham 

 in Kent ; and near Middleton Stoney in Oxfordshire. It has also been 

 reported from the Isle of Wight, but this station seems doubtful. 



England. Perennial. Spring, Summer. 



Stem 1 to 3 feet liigh. Radical leaves with the stalks 1 to 4 inches 

 long; lamina 2 to (i inches, very variable in breadth and in the 

 depth of marginal lobing ; stem leaves often reduced to a single pair 

 or 2 pairs, rarely more than 3 pairs. Flowers 1 mch long, bright 

 blue. Plant subglabrous, dark green, the stem hairy, the upper part, 

 calyx, and apex of the upper lip of the corolla clothed with gland- 

 tipped hau-s. 



Meadow Clary. 

 French, Sauge des Pres. German, Wiesen-Salbei. 



Teibe v.— STACHYDEiE. 



Corolla bilabiate ; upper lip vaulted. Stamens 4, parallel, the outer 

 or lower pair the longer ; anthers 2-celled, the cells contiguous. 



GENUS IX.— -p R U N E L L A.* Linn. 



Calyx short, bilabiate ; the upper lip flat, truncate, with 3 short teeth, 

 ■without a scale or fold at the base ; lower lip deeply bifid ; throat 

 not closed with hairs. . Corolla bilabiate ; the upper lip erect, concave, 

 broad, entire or slightly notched; lower lip spreading, 3-lobed. 

 Stamens 4 ; filaments parallel, approximate under the upper lip of 



* Sometimes written Brunella. 



