330 58. LABIAT.E. 



2. S. minor (Huds.) ; 1. shortly stalked, lower broadly ovate, 

 intermediate ovate-lanceolate with the base cordate, upper 1. 

 lanceolate with a rounded base, fl. axillary opposite secund, cal. 

 pubescent. E. B. 524. Cor. small, pale pink. St. 4 8 in. 

 high, slender. [A form with more glandular fl. is var. glandulosa 

 (Ar. Benn.).] Moist heaths and boggy places. P. VII. IX. 



E. S. I. 



8. PRUNEL'LA Linn. Self-heal. 



1. P. vulgdris (L.) ; 1. stalked oblong-ovate blunt, upper lip 

 ot the cal. with short truncate mucronate teeth, lower lip with 

 ovate-lanceolate mucronate teeth. E. B. 961. About 8 in. 

 high. L. nearly entire or slightly toothed ; on Continental 

 specimens sometimes pinnatifid. Fl. blue, rarely white, whorled, 

 crowded into a dense spike, with 2 broad kidney-shaped acu- 

 minate bracts under each whorl. Cal. reddish purple. In 

 damp pastures. P. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 



Tribe V. Nepetea. 



9. NEP'ETA Linn. 



1. N. Catdria (L.) ; 1. stalked cordate acute incise-serrate 

 whitish-pubescent beneath, cymes dense many-flowered spiked, 

 nutlets smooth and glabrous. E. B. 137. Fl. white. St. erect, 

 2 3 feet high, downy or mealy. Stam. at length curved out- 

 wards. Waste places. P. VII. VIII. Cat-Mint. E. S. I. 



2. N. Glechoma (Benth.) ; 1. cordate-reniform crenate, whorls 

 axillary stalked secund 3 4-flowered, cal.-teeth ovate-acumi- 

 nate awned, nutlets oblong with impressed dots. Glechoma hede- 

 racea L. E. B. 853. St. procumbent, creeping. Fl. blue- 

 purple ; length of cor. -tube and its hairiness are variable. Anth. 

 in pairs forming a cross. [A small subglabrous form with short cor. 

 is var. paroiflora (Benth.).] Hedges and thickets. P. IV. VI. 

 Ground-Ivy. E. S. I. 



Tribe VI. Stachydea. 



10. MELIT'TIS Linn. Bastard Balm. 



1. M. Melissophyl' lum (L.). E. B. 577. L. oblong-ovate or 

 slightly cordate. Upper lip of the cal. with 2 or 3 teeth. Fl, 



