CL. XIV/] DIDVNAMIA GYMNOSJPERMIA. 253 



dark purple. Annual : flowers in July and August : grows in cultivated 

 fields and dry pastures : not common. Eng. Bot. vol. vi. pi. 411. Kn<:. 

 Ft. vol. iii. p. 109. 887. 



3. T. Calumlntha. Common Calamint.' Flowers in whorls, on branched 



stalks ; leaves egg-shaped, serrate ; stem erect, downy. Flower-stalks 



three-forked, the lateral divisions again forked : corolla twice as long as 

 the calyx, light-purple dotted with blue. The whole plant has a pleasant 

 aromatic smell. Perennial : flowers in July and August : grows by 

 way-sides and the borders of fields : not common. Eng. Bot. vol. xxvi. 

 pi. 1676. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 109. 888. 



4. T.'Nepeta. Lesser Calamint. Flowers in whorls, on branched 



stalks, longer than the leaves; leaves serrate ; stem ascending, hairy. 



Flower-stalks subdivided : flowers pale-purple : mouth of the calyx with 

 conspicuous white hairs. Perennial : flowers in August : grows by way- 

 sides, and on dry banks. Eng. Bot. vol. xx. pi. 1414. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. 

 p. 110. This is probably a mere variety of the last. 889. 



18. MELITTIS. BASTARD-BALM. 



Calyx bell-shaped, slightly angular, straight, two-lipped ; upper 

 lip rather longer, acute ; lower acute, deeply cleft. Corolla gaping ; 

 tube much narrower than the calyx ; throat slightly dilated ; 

 upper lip erect, rounded, entire; lower lip three-lobed, the middle 

 lobe larger, and inversely heart-shaped. Filaments awl-shaped, 

 straight, shorter than the upper lip ; anthers two-lobed, coming to- 

 gether so as to form a double cross. Germen four-lobed, downy. 

 Style thread-shaped, as long as the stamens ; stigma cleft, acute. 

 Seeds four, oval, small, in the bottom of the open calyx. Name, 

 from melissa, a bee. 297. 



1. M. Melissophy' Hum. Reddish Bastard-balm. Calyx with three 



unequal lobes. Stem nearly simple, covered with fine hairs : broadly 



lance-shaped, serrate, hairy : corolla twice as long as the calyx, downy, 

 externally pale-red, internally whitish, with a crimson spot on each of 

 the lobes. Perennial : flowers in May and June : grows in woods and 

 hedges in the south and west of England. Eng. Bot. vol. ix. pi. 577. 

 Eng. Ft. vol. iii. p. 111. The M. grandiflora, Purple-and-White Bas- 

 tard-balm, is a handsome variety of this plant, with large light-red or cream- 

 coloured flowers, with a violet spot on the lower lip. Eng. Bot. vol. ix. 

 pi. 636. Eng. FL vol. iii. p. 112. 890. 



19. SCUTELLA'RIA. SKULL-CAP. 



Calyx of one leaf, tubular, very short, slightly two-lipped, with 

 four shallow, obtuse lobes, closed after flowering by a dorsal 

 scale. Corolla gaping, with a very short tube; upper lip concave, 

 divided into three segments, the middle one cleit and concave, 

 the other flat, acute, lower lip broader, divided into three shallow 

 lobes. Filaments concealed under the upper lip ; anthers small, 

 roundish, two-lobed. Germen four-lobed. Style thread-shaped, 

 as long as the stamens ; stigma undivided, acute, incurved. Seeds 

 four, roundish, in the bottom of the calyx, and covered by the en- 

 larged dorsal scale. Name, from teutella, a small vessel. 298. 

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