208 GAMOrETALOUS EXOGEXS 



entire; lower lip depending, 3-lobed, the middle lobe rounded, 

 concave, crenulate; tube, a little contracted at throat. Filaments 

 bidentate at apex, the lower tooth bearing the anther. Peren- 

 nials: cymules few-flowered, crowded into imbricated oblong termi- 

 nal heads, or spikes. 



1. B. vulgflris, L. ktem erect, or ascending; leaves petiolate, ovate- 

 oblong, entire, or dentate, sometimes piunatind. 

 Prunella vulgaris. L. $ Fl. Cestr. ed. 2. p. 352. 

 COMMON BRUXELLA. Heal-all. Self-heai. 



Sftm 8 to 12 inches long, somewhat branching, especially at base, usually 

 purplish brown. Leaves 1 to 3 inches long; petioles % an i ncn * - inches (those 

 of the radical or lower leaves often 3 or 4 inches) in length. Spikes 1 to 3 inches 

 long; bracts orbicular-cordate, or sub-reniform, with a short abrupt acuminatiou, 

 hairy and ciliate; corolla violet-purple rarely pale purple, or whitish. 

 Ifab. Roadsides; &c. Nat. of Europe. FL June. Fr. Aug. 



Obs. The virtues, indicated by the common names, are not recog- 

 nized at the present day. It may seem rather late to be rectifying 

 the orthography of the generic name ; but perhaps the high author- 

 ity of Mr. BEXTHAM can accomplish it. 



3O2. SCUTEUL.ViriA, L. 



[Latin, Scutella, a little dish ; from the form of the appendage to the calyx.] 

 Calyx campanulate, gibbous, finally dividing to the base ; lips en- 

 tire, the upper one with a concave galeate process on the 'back, 

 deciduous. Corolla with an elongated tube, dilated at throat ; 

 upper lip arched, nearly entire; lower lip dilated, convex, the lat- 

 eral lobes often connected with the upper lip. Stamens ascending 

 under the upper lip; anthers approximated in pairs, ciliate, those 

 of the lower pair halved. Chiefly perennials : bitter instead of aro- 

 matic; flowers racemose, or solitary, terminal, or axillary. This 

 remarkably natural genus is easily recognized, by the concave disk- 

 like, or galeate, appendage of the calyx. 



j" Flowers in terminal racemes. 



1. S. pi! ">sa, MX. Hairy; leaves rhombic-ovate, crenate-serrate ; 

 raceme mostly simple, rather short; bracts elliptic-ovate. 

 HAIRY SCUTKI.LARIA. Scull-cap. 



Stem 12 to 18 inches high, nearly simple, more or less hairy, often purplish. 

 Lea res 3 to 5 distant pairs, 1 to 2> inches long, cunentely tapering to a jwtinle at 

 base. Raceme few-flowered ; pclicds hirsute; corolla purplish-blue, the tube nearly 

 white. 

 Jf.ib. Open woodlands ; clearings, &c.: common. Fl. June. Fr. Aug. 



"2. S. Integra Olia, L. Minutely hoary pubescent; leaves lance- 

 oblong, or sublinear, mostly entire ; racemes often branched ; bracts 

 lanceolate; flowers large. 

 ENTIRE-LEAVED SCUTELLAUIA. Large-flowered Scull-cup. 



Stem\ to 2 feet high, nearly simple, the lower axils often with short abortive 

 branches bearing a tuft of small leaves. LAWS 1 to 'J indies long, tapering at base 

 to a short petiole. Racemes loose, terminal and subterminal ; branches and pedi- 

 ceJs densely hoary-pubescent; corolla about an inch long, bright blue at summit, 

 pale below. 

 Hab. Meadows, and moist thickets: fre-iuent. Fl. June. Fr. Aug. 



