LABIATE TRIBE. 



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leaves, several bristly whorls of stalked, purple flowers, 

 and numerous, long, pointed bracts. Aromatic and 

 fragrant. Described by some botanists under the name 

 of Clinopodium vulgdre. FL July, August. Perennial. 

 * C. Nepeta (Lesser Calamint) is a smaller plant, 

 with leaves which are more strongly serrated, and bears 

 its flowers on longer stalks. It is perhaps scarcely dis- 

 tinct from C. officindlis. 



MELITTIS MELISSOPHYLLUM (Wild Balm). 



18. MELITTIS (Wild Balm). 



1. M. MelissopJiyllum (Wild Balm). The only British 

 species. Woods in the south and west of England. 



