96 The Flora of Wiltshire. 



sterile places. This species is smaller in all its parts than the 

 last, especially the leaves which are strongly serrate. Odour 

 strong, resembling Mentha Pulegium. 



3. 0. Acinos, (Clairv.) common Basil Thyme. Acinos is the 

 Greek name of a balsamic plant now unknown. Engl. Bot. i. 411. 

 St. 70, 5. Thymus Sm. 



Locality. Dry gravelly, or chalky fields. A. Fl. July, August. 

 Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 



General in all the Districts. Flowers pale, purple, in axillary 

 whorls, on short erect pedicels. Calyx strongly ribbed ; the teeth 

 short and fine, all converging in fruit. Corolla little longer than 

 the calyx although occasionally near twice as long. A white 

 variety on the top of Oar Hill, between Pewsey and Marlborough, 

 Br. Alexander Prior. Wats. Bot. Guide. 



4. C. Clinopodium, (Benth.) common Wild Basil. Engl. Bot. 

 t. 1401. Clinopodixbrn vulgare, Linn. 



Locality. Dry hilly and bushy places. P. Fl. July, August. 

 Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 



Common in all the Bistricts. Flowers purple, in dense cymes, 

 forming compact whorls or heads in the axils of the upper leaves, 

 or at the ends of the branches. Tube of the corolla rather longer 

 than the calyx-teeth. The smell of the plant is somewhat aromatic 

 and not unpleasant. 



Scutellaria, (Linn.) Skull-cap. 

 Linn. CI. xiv. Ord. i. 



Name. From scutella, (Lat.) a small dish ; in allusion to the 

 form of the calyx. 



1. S. galericulata, (Linn.) common Skull-cap. Galericulum (Lat. 

 dimin. of galea) means a little cap or hat. The peculiarity of the 

 calyx, so well expressed by the English name Skull-cap, is the 

 distinguishing feature of the genus. Engl. Bot. t. 523. 



Locality. Banks of the Avon, canal, brooks, and wet shady 

 places. P. Fl. July, August. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 



I7i all the Bistricts but not frequent. Leaves nearly sessile, ovate- 

 lanceolate, slightly toothed. Ilowers nearly sessile, opposite in 



