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flowered its common stalk about as long as the primary partial 

 stalk. Cal. sylvatica (Bromf.) ed. viii. E. B. S. 2897. 

 Creeping slightly. St. about 2 ft. hio-h, nearly simple. L. large. 

 Cal.-teeth tinged with purple; hairs in the throat included. 

 Cor. purplish, very large, tube much protruded, middle lobe of 

 lower lip short and broad. Isle of Wight. Near Torquay. ( J. 

 ofB. xi. 208.) P. VIIL X. E. 



** Whorls of 6 simple separate peduncles. ACINOS Moencli. 



4. C. A'cinos (0. Kuntze) ; 1. ovate subserrate acute with 

 revolute margins, cal. tubular gibbous beloio distinctly 2-lipped, 

 upper lip with short triangular teeth lower with subulate teeth 

 all converging in fruit. Thymus L. E. B. 411. St. 6 8 in. 

 long. Fl. blue. Dry gravelly places and limestone rojpks. A. 

 VII. VIII. Basil. " E.S.I. 



*** Fl. in dense branched axillary clusters. The many setaceous 

 bracts forming a kind of involucre. 



5. C. vulgdre (L.) ; 1. ovate rounded below slightly crenate- 

 serrate, clusters equal many-flowered. Cal. Clinopodium 

 (Benth.) ed. viii. E. B. 1401. St. 1 1 J foot high. Fl. purple 

 in 2 or 3 dense whorls, the uppermost terminal. Dry bushy 

 places. P. VII. VIII. Wild Basil. E. S. I. 



[MelissineaJ] 

 [MELIS'SA, Linn. Balm.] 



[M. offidndlis (L.) ; 1. ovate crenate-serrate acute paler be- 

 neath, cal. rather bell-shaped slightly ventricose in front di- 

 stinctly 2-lipped, upper lip flat truncate with three short broad 

 teeth, lower with 2 lanceolate teeth. Sy. E. B. 1053. St. 2 

 feet high. Fl. in axillary secund whorls, white. Escaped in 

 the South. P. VII. VIII.] E. 



Tribe IV. Scutellariea. 



7. SCUTELLA'RIA Linn. Skull-cap. 



1. S.galericuldta (L.) ; 1. shortly stalked all oblong-lanceolate 

 cordate below crenate-serrate, fl. axillary opposite secund, calyx 

 without glands. E. B. 523. Cor. large (J in.) blue. St. 6 

 12 in. high, stout. A hybrid between this and Sp. 2 has been 

 found. Banks of rivers and ditches. P. VII. VIII. E. S. L 



