DIDYN. GYMNOSP. 185 



rate glabrous, bracteas ovate longer than the cal., leaves ovate 



entire. Lightf. p. 317 . E.B.t.ll43. 



HAB. Dry hilly and bushy places, not unfrequent. Fl. Aug. If. . 

 Stems 1 foot high. Flowers purple, and the bracteas tinged with that 



colour. Fragrant and aromatic. 



16. THYMUS. 



1. Th. Serpyllum (wild Thyme), flowers capitate, stems branch- 

 ed decumbent, leaves plane ovate obtuse entire petiolate more 

 or less ciliated at the base. Lightf. p. 318. E. B. t. 1514. 



HAB. Hills and dry pastures, abundant. FL July, Aug. 7/. 



Variable in the hairiness of the leaves, which are sometimes all over 

 hoary, in the size of the plant, and in the scent of the foliage, which 

 sometimes approaches to that of lemon. Flowers purple, lower lip 

 with the middle lobe entire. 



2. Th. Acinos (Basil Thyme), flowers on simple stalks about 6 

 in a whorl, stem ascending branched, leaves oblong shortly 

 petiolate acute serrated, cal. gibbous at the base. Lightf. 

 p. 319. E. B. t. 411. 



HAB. Dry mountainous places and gravelly soils, but not common _, 



Lightf. Fl. Aug. O. 

 Stem 6 8 inches long. Leaves sometimes almost entire. Flowers 



blueish purple. Lower lip of the cor. with the middle segments emar- 



ginate. Smell fragrant, aromatic. 



17. SCUTELLARIA. 



1. S. galericulata (common Skull-cap), leaves cordato-lanceo- 

 late crenate, flowers axillary in pairs. Lightf. p. 320. E. B. 

 t.523. 



HAB. Banks of rivers and wet marshy places, frequent. Fl July, Aug. 



; 



Ten inches to 1 foot high. Flowers rather large, blue, pubescent. 



2. S. minor (lesser Skull-cap), leaves cordato-ovate entire, flow- 

 ers axillary in pairs. Lightf. p. 320. jE. B. t. 524. 



HAB. Sides of lakes and in boggy places, not unfrequent, Lightf. 



Banks of the Clyde at Rosebank, Ure. Beith, Ayrshire, Miss Baird. 



Fl. Aug. Jl . 

 Four to six inches high. Lower leaves with one or two teeth at the base, 



and subhastate ; upper ones much narrower, entire. Flowers very 



pale, reddish, almost white j lower lip spotted. 



18. PKUNELLA. 



1. Pr. vulgar is (Self-heal), leaves petiolate oblongo-ovate some- 

 what toothed at the base. Lightf. p. 321. E. B. #.961. 



HAB. Moist and barren pastures, frequent. Fl. Aug. 7/ . 



Flowers very densely whorled, so as to form 1 imbricated oblong spike, 

 with a pair of leaves at its base, and a pair of broad obcordate brac- 

 teas beneath each whorl. Upper lip of the cal. truncate, lower 

 2 -toothed. Cor. violet blue, lower lip finely toothed, 









