324 LABI AT jE. [Scutellaria. 



conniving in pairs, ciliate, lower 1- upper 2-celled. Disk elongate, 

 curved. Ovary oblique. Style with the upper lobe very short. Nutlets 

 smooth or tubercled. — Distrib. N. temp, andsubtrop. regions, abundant 

 in America ; species about 90. — Etym. scutclla, from the dwA-like pouch 

 of the calyx. 



1. S. galericula'ta, L. ; leaves crenate -serrate, flowers § in. 

 Marshy places, river-banks, &c, from Shetland and Harris southd. ; rare in 



Ireland ; Channel Islands ; fl. July-Sept. — Glabrous or puberulous. Root-, 

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

 petioled, ovate lanceolate, base cordate, obtuse or subacute, creuatures 

 rather remote, upper often entire. Flowers secund, pubescent, solitary ; 

 bracts leaf -like ; bracteoles minute, setaceous ; pedicels very short. Calyx- 

 lips 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. and W. Asia, India, N. America. — A hybrid ? with S. minor 

 is common at Virginia Water, Surrey, intermediate in habit and flowers 

 between the two. 



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

 Swampy heaths and sides of ditches, &c, from Inverness and W. Scotland 



southd. ; ascends to 1,000 ft. in Devon ; Ireland ; Channel Islands ; fl. July- 

 Oct — Habit of S. yalericula'ta, but only 4-6 in., more slender, often much 

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

 entire ; flowers much smaller, § in., pale pink-purple. — Distrib. W. Europe, 

 W. Asia, N.W. Himalaya. 



lO. MELIT'TIS, L. Bastard-balm. 



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

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

 cular, irregularly 2-3-lobed, lower 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. From Fiance 

 southd., excl. Greece. — Etym. Same as Melissa. 



M. Melissophyl'lum, L. ; leaves ovate or oblong crenate-serrate. 

 M. grandiflo'ra, Sm. 



Copses, "Worcester, Wales, Cornwall to Sussex ; fl. May-June. — Sparingly 

 hairy. Rootstock long, creeping. Stem 1-2 ft., erect, simple or branched. 

 Leaves subsessile or petioled, nerves hairy beneath. Bracts leaf-like ; 

 bracteoles ; pedicels short, stout. Calyx very open, lobes all short broad. 

 Corolla 1-1| in., cream-white, spotted pink or purple, tube nearly straight, 

 mouth oblique, lips diverging. — Distrib. From France southd. 



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 



