1 34 DID YNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. 



178. CLINOPODIUM. 



1. C. vulgare, leaves ovate, obscurely serrated ; irivolucral 

 leaves awl-shaped ; flower-stalks branched ; flowers in bristly 

 crowded whorls, large, purple. Wild Basil. 



Hab. Bushy places, and about hedges. " Ash-wood, Bel- 

 ford," Thomp. Road-side within a mile of Belford. 

 Aug. 11 



179. ORIGANUM. 



1. O. vulgar -e, leaves ovate, entire ; heads of flowers roundish, 

 panicled, crowded, erect ; involucral leaves ovate, smooth, longer 

 than the calyx ; flowers light purple or white. Common Mar- 

 joram. 



Hab. Deans and bushy places, frequent. Aug. If 



180. THYMUS. 



1. T. serpyllum, stems recumbent ; leaves flat, ovate, obtuse, 

 entire, fringed at their base ; flowers in small heads, purple. 

 Wild Thyme. 



Hab. Dry banks and heaths. July, Aug. 1J. 



181. SCUTELLARIA. 



l. S. galericulata, leaves lanceolate, crenate, rugged, heart- 

 shaped at the base ; flowers axillary, in pairs, blue, pubescent. 

 Common Skull-cap. 



Hab. Wet marshy places. Allerton-mill dean, plentiful. 

 July, Aug. If. 



182. PRUNELLA. 



1. P. vulgaris^ stems a span high ; leaves ovate-oblong, stalk- 

 ed ; teeth of the upper lip of the calyx scarcely discernible ; 

 iiowers deep purplish blue, in dense solitary erect whorled spikes ; 

 bracteas broad, heart-shaped. Self-heal. 



Hab. Meadows, pastures, and road-sides. July, Aug. If. 



