CL. XIV.] DIDYNA.MIA.- GYMNOSPEE.MIA. 253 



gated with white and dark purple. Annual : flowers in July and 



August : grows in cultivated fields and dry pastures : not common. 



' Eng. Bot. vol. vi. pi. 411. 'Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 109. 887. 



3. T. Calamintha. Common Calamint. Flowers in whorls, on 

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



Flower-stalks tliree-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. Ne'peta. 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. MELI'TTIS. BASTARD-BALM. 



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

 upper lip rather longer, acute ; lower acute, deeply cleft. Co- 

 rolla 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 together 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'llum. 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 crim- 

 son 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. Fl. vol. iii. p. 111. TheM.grandi- 

 Jlora, Purple-and- White Bastard-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 shallop, obtuse lobes, closed after flowering by a 

 dorsal scale. Cw-olla gaping, with a very short tube; upper 

 lip concave, divided into three segments, the middle one cleft 

 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 enlarged dorsal scale. Name, from 

 scutella, a small vessel. 298 



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