LABIATE. 85 



Section II.— SCORODONIA. Munch. 



Verticillasters 2 -flowered, approximate so as to form a distinct 

 terminal raceme or spike with minute bracts dissimilar to tlie leaves. 

 Calyx pseudo-bilabiate from the uppermost tooth being very much 

 larger and more spreading than the others. 



SPECIES IV.-T EUCRIUM SCORODONIA. TAnn. 



Plate ilXCIII. 



Beich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XVEI. Tab. MCCXXVn. Fig. 2. 



Billot, Fl. GaU. et Germ. Exsicc. No 4-37. 



Scorodonia lieteromalla, Mihich; Scliur, Emim. Plant. Transylv. p. 574. 



Perennial. Rootstock creeping, woody, stoloniferous. Stem her- 

 baceous, erect or decumbent at the base, stiff, slightly branched; 

 branches erect. Leaves all stalked, trianirular-ovate or oblon<r-ovate, 

 cordate at the base, irregularly and finely crenate or crenate-serrate ; 

 upper surface finely rugose, underside pale, densely and finely 

 pubescent, with the veins forming a prominent network. Bracts 

 all minute, oval, acuminate or cuspidate, much shorter than the calyx. 

 Verticillasters 2-flowered, arranged in ratlier lax unilateral spikelike 

 racemes at the apex of the stem and branches, which taken together 

 form a slender tei'minal panicle. Calyx sparingly pubescent, not 

 inflated, but slightly saccate at the base on the lower side ; uppermost 

 tooth much larger than the others, spreading, nearly half the length of 

 the tube ; the 4 lower teeth erect, about one fourth the length of the 

 tube, but projecting beyond the upper tooth from the obliquity of the 

 mouth of the calyx, all roundish-deltoid, acuminated, shortly spmous- 

 cuspidate. Corolla more than twice the length of the calyx. Nucules 

 subglobular, dim, not reticulated. 



In woods, hedge-banks, rocky places, and heaths. Common, and 

 generally distributed, but more rare in the extreme north of 

 Scotland. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Perennial. Late Summer, Autumn. 



Stem I to 3 feet higli, tough. Leaves rather distant; the lamina 

 1^ to 3 inches long, always longer than the petiole, the texture 

 resembling that of sagQ. Racemes 3 to 6 mches long. Bracts scarcely 

 exceeding the pedicels. Calyx about ^^ inch long, the upper lip very 

 large and with the sides recurved, the base swollen as the nucules 

 increase in size. Corolla about J- inch long, ochreous. Nucules 

 reddish-brown, nearly smooth, but dim. Plant deep green, tlie leaves 

 pale beneath, the whole varying much in hairiness according to situa- 



