DIDYNAMIA. GYMNOSPERMIA. 69 



b. Calyx bilabiate. 



230. CLINOPODIUM. A'-idt. Gen. 510. 



IQt. Kline, a bed, and Pons, podos, a foot; the verticils resembling: the feet, or wheels, of a truckle bed.] 



Verticils with bract-like, setaceous involucres. Cor. upper lip flat, obcordate, straight. 



C. vuLG.\RE. Ph. Heads verticillate; bractes setaceous, divaricately hispid; leaves remotely dentate 



F((/g-o— Wild Basil. Field Thyme. 



Fl. Middle of July, and after. Fr. mat. Last of August, and after. 



i/aZ». Dry, sandy banks; borders of woods; roadsides, Sic frequent. 12 to IS inches high: flowers purple, 



^ OaiG AiNf cjM vuLGARE grows ou the roadside towards Philadelphia, between the 6 and 7 mile stones- 

 out 1 have not seen it nearer to this place. oiuucd, 



231. PRUNELLA. Nutt. Gen. 515. 



[Altered from Brunella, and derived from the German, die Breune; a disease, said to be cured by it.] 

 Cal. upper lip flat, dilated. i'''i7a;nmis bifurcate; one point antheriferous. StigmahiM. 

 P. VULGARIS. Ell. Leaves petiolate, oblong-ovate; lips of the calyx unequal, upper one truncate, 3 awned. 

 Synon. P. Pcnnsylvanica? J.Iahl. i^«/sro— Heal-all, or All-heal. Self-heal. 



Fl. Middle of July till November. Fr. mat. August, and after. 



Hab. "Woodlands; roadsides, &c. very common. 6 to 12 inches high: flowers violet purple, rarely whit«, 



06s. Mr. Nuttall says this is "certainly an introduced plant." It appears to be subject to «ome twiV- 

 Ues; but it may be doubted whether we have more than one species. The plant is mucilaginous and w^ 

 lormerly a popular ingredient in ointments, kc. as the common name indicates: but it is wholly neelected 

 at present. Lven Scha-pf says, '' exoleta, supcrflua." v "<^S'CLi,t.u 



232. SCUTELLARIA. Nutt. Gen. 516. 

 ILat. SciUella, a small dish; or Scutelhm, a little shield; from the shape of the appendage of the calyx.] 



Cal. margin entire, after flovrering closed with a galeate lid. Cor. tube elongated. 

 S. LATERIFLORA. Ell. Branching; gl.ibrous; leaves ovate, dentate, petioles long; racemes lateral leafy. 

 Tu/go— Mad-dog Scull-cap. Side-flowering Scull-cap. Hood-wort. ' 



Fl. Beginning of August, and after. Fr. mat. Beginning of September, and after. 



Hab. Moist, low grounds: along ditches, &c. frequent. 1 to 2 feet high: flowers purplish blue, small. 



Obs. This is the plant which has recently made so much noise, among Newspaper b'o<;sips, as a remedy 

 fov Hydrophobia. The absurd tales, however, which were propagated with so much yea and indltv 

 Zu^ 'f't "„^''"'°"^^^^ -t length become rather .tale, even'for the medical deparrmetit of fo^z ttj^ 

 and the lately vaunted specific is now very properly permitted to repose in peace with its kindred medil 

 raments, Anag.dhs and Ahsma. For a sensible and judicious exposition of this matter, by Dr W PC 

 Barton, see the first volume of Chapman's Medical and Physical Journal. ^ vv . r. C, 



S iNTEGRiFOLiA. Ell. Pubescent; leaves subsessile, oblong, entire, tapering at base; racemes loose- 



Fu/o-o— -Large-flowered Scull-cap. 



Ft. Latter end of June, and after. p,.. mat. Last of July, and after. 



Hab. Woodlands; and meadows: frequent. 1 to 2 feet high: flowers pale blue, large. 



«n^i'. h^^ ^' fl}'^'°P'f ?!'''' '"''th linear leaves, which Pursh considers as only a variety of this is frenuent 



S. PiLOSA. -C// Hairy; leaves distant, oval, crenate, petiolate; racemes terminal, loose; calyx hispid- 

 Syncn.S ovalifolia. Muhl. Bart. Fl. Phil, probably not of P.rsvon. FW.o-Common Scull-cap. 



^ . w .f 7'' '. u'^f • ^'- '"""■ ^'^Sinn.ng of August, and after. 



Hab. Woodlands; and thickets: common. 12 to 20 inches high: flowers bluish purple. 



n»?c';.'^''^''^'^^T^°^'''°"'?'!"'^'^°"*"'"^'°" respecting this common species: and the riant if-elf an- 

 Ederablvtroader tT ^,"'^''-~b-i=^S -""eh less hairy in some insta^nces than o£sS the ieav^. 

 conMaerabJy broader, &c. It is, however, pretty well described by Mr. Elliott. 



2S3. THYMUS. Nutt. Gen. 517. 

 [Perhaps from the Gr. Thymes, courage; in allusion to its cordial qualities.] 

 Cal. subcampanulate, orifice closed with villous hairs. Cor. upper lip flat, eroarginatc. 



T- SERPYLLUM. IFg. Stem Creeping; leaves oblong-ovate, entire, ciliate at base; flowers in head" 

 Fti^g-o— Thyme. IMother of Thyme. 



Fl. Last of June till October. Fr. mat. Last of August, and after. 



Hab. Sandy banks: Roadside S. of Birmingham M. H. rare. 4 to 6 inches long: flowers purple: 

 Oii. This delightful little, aromatic herb oeciir? occas'oRallr : bv,t it is believed to be only nat-iralise'i T^i 



