SCUTELLAKIA.] LABIATE. 287 



the lower. Stamens 4 ; anthers conniving in pairs, ciliate, lower 1 -celled, 

 upper 2-celled. Disk elongate, curved. Ovary oblique. Style with the 

 upper lobe very short. Nutlets smooth or tubercled. DISTRIB. N. temp. 

 and subtrop. regions, abundant in America ; species about 90. ETYM. 

 scutella, from the dish-like scale on the calyx. 



1. S. galeric'ulata, L. ; leaves crenate-serrate, flowers |- in. 



Marshy places, river-banks, &c., from Ross and Harris southwards, rare in 

 Scotland ; local in Ireland ; fl. July-Sept. Glabrous or puberulous. Root- 

 stock creeping. Stems 6-18 in., slender, simple or branched. Leaves -2^ in., 

 shortly petioled, oblong or ovate, base cordate, obtuse or subacute, crena- 

 tures rather remote, flowers secund, pubescent, solitary ; bracts leaf-like ; 

 bracteoles minute, setaceous ; pedicsls very short. Calyx-lobes short, broad. 

 Corolla blue variegated with white inside, 3-4 times as long as the calyx ; 

 tube curved ; lips short. Stamens and style included. Nutlets granulate, 

 enclosed in the 2-valved calyx. DISTRIB. Europe (Arctic), N. Africa, N. 

 Asia, W. Asia to N.W. India, N. America. 



2. S. mi'nor, L. ; leaves with 1-2 crenatures near the base, flowers | in. 

 Swampy heaths and sides of ditches, &c., from Dumbarton southwards, rare 



except in the W. counties and Ireland ; ascends to 1,000ft. in Devon; fl. 

 July-Oct. Habit of S. galericulata, but only 4-6 in., more slender, often 

 much branched; leaves shorter-petioled or sessile, g-1 in., obtuse, upper quite 

 entire ; flowers much smaller, pale pink-purple. DISTRIB. Europe from Bel- 

 gium southwards, excl. Greece and Turkey, W. Asia to the N.W. Himalaya. 



1O. MEL'ITTIS, L. BASTARD-BALM. 



An erect perennial herb. Whorls axillary, 2-6-flowered ; flowers large. 

 Calyx broadly campanulate, membranous, nerved ; upper lip broad, orbi- 

 cular, irregularly 2-3-lobed ; lower lip with 2 rounded lobes. Corolla-tube 

 broad, naked inside, orbicular; lower lip broadly 3-lobed. Stamens 4, 

 ascending under the upper lip ; anthers conniving in pairs, cells diverging. 

 Style-lobes ovate. Nutlets smooth or reticulate. DISTRIB. Europe from 

 France southwards, excl. Greece. ETYM. Same as Melissa. 



I. M. Melissophyllum, L. ; leaves ovate or oblong crenate-serrate. 

 M. grandiflora, Sin. 



Copses, from Wales and Gloucester to Somerset, Hants, and Sussex ; fl. May- 

 June. Sparingly pilose. Rootstock long, creeping. Stem 1-2 ft., erect, 

 simple or branched. Leaves subsessile or petioled, hairy on the nerves 

 below. Bracts leaf-like ; bracteoles ; pedicels short, stout. Calyx very 

 open, lobes all short and broad. Corolla 1-1^ in., tube nearly straight, mouth 

 oblique; lips diverging, creamy white, blotched with pink or purple. 

 DISTRIB. Europe from France southwards. 



11. MARRU'BIUM, L. WHITE HOREHOUND. 



Perennial, tomentose or woolly herbs. Whorls axillary ; bracts leaf-like ; 

 flowers small. Calyx tubular, 5-10-nerved ; teeth 5-10, subspinous, erect 

 or spreading. Corolla short ; tube naked or with a ring of hairs inside ; 

 upper lip erect ; lower spreading, 3-fid, mid-lobe broadest. Stamens 4, 

 included ; anther-cells diverging, subconfluent. Style-lobes short, obtuse. 

 Xntlfts obtuse. DISTRIB. temp, and warm regions of the Old World ; 

 species 30. ETYM. The old Latin name. 



