CLASS XIV. ORDER I.] TEUCRIOM. 833 



and more or less thickly clothed with soft pubescence. Leaves nume- 

 rous, opposite, petiolated, oblong lanceolate, or obtuse, heart-shaped at 

 the base, rugose, paler beneath, and more or less clothed with soft 

 pubescence, the margin unequally crenated. Inflorescence terminal 

 and axillary, erect, many flowered, unilateral racemes. Floivers 

 yellow, on short stalks. Bracteas small, ovate. Calyx tubular, the 

 lower lip of four awl-shaped teeth, the upper large, ovate, acute, undi- 

 vided. Corolla nearly smooth, the tube cylindrical, the upper lip 

 divided into two distant lobes, the lower three lobed, the lateral ones 

 oblong, the middle one ovate, concave. Stamens protruding, the 

 filaments pink, somewhat downy. Anthers ovate, purple. Seeds 

 roundish, pear-shaped, nuls brown, seldom more than one, perfected in 

 the enlarged veiny calyx, which has then a few incurved hairs in the 

 throat, by which the seeds are protected from insects, &c. 



Habitat, Woods and dry stony places, abundant, especially in a 

 sandy country. 



Perennial ; flowering in July and August. 



The whole plant is somewhat viscid to the touch, having a strong 

 smell, not unlike hops, and with a very bitter taste. In Jersey it is 

 said to be used as a substitute for hops in the brewing of beer, and 

 answers the purpose, but it is not so highly esteemed. 



** Cali/x of five equal teeth. 



2. T. Scor'dium, Linn. (Fig. 964.) Water Germander. Stem pro- 

 cumbent; leaves oblong, sessile, coarsely serrated, pubescent; whorls 

 of four axillary sessile flowers ; calyx woolly, of five equal lanceolate 

 teeth. 



English Botany, t. 828. English Flora, vol. iii. p. 69. Hooker, 

 British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 229. Lindley., Synopsis, p. 198. 



Root of whorled fibres and creeping suckers. Stem procumbent, 

 branched, and spreading, obtusely angular, downy, mostly purplish. 

 Leaves numerous, sessile, oblong, downy, paler beneath, coarsely 

 serrated. Inflorescence axillary whorls of about four sessile flowers, 

 or nearly so. Calyx bell-shaped, downy, of five short angular teeth, 

 nearly equal. Corolla pale pink, the tube about as long as the calyx, 

 the upper lip short, of two distant acute lobes, the lower of three lobes, 

 the middle one broad, ovate, striated, and spotted with purple, downy. 

 Stamens protruding, anthers ovate, yellow. Seeds light brown, 

 roundish ovate, wrinkled, filling the swollen calyx tube. 



Habitat. Low meadows and marshy grounds, rare. Cambridge- 

 shire ; near Highbridge, Oxfordshire; Castle Lyons, and near the 

 bridge Portumna, County of Tipperary, Ireland. 



Perennial ; flowering in July and August. 



The leaves have a disagreeable somewhat garlick smell and a bitter 

 pungent taste. Formerly it was highly esteemed as a preservative 



