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a totcn in Italy ; others from Nepa, a scorpion, for wliose bite 

 this plant was considered a cure. 



14. Glechoma. Cal. tubular, many"(15-) nerved, equal, 

 5-toothed. Cor. with the tube exserted : upper lip bifid ; lower 

 3-lobed, middle lobe emarginate, plane. Anthers, before burst- 

 ing, approaching in pairs and forming a cross. — Name, yX-zj^wi', 

 —applied by the Greeks to a kind of Thyme. 



ff Stamens i7icluded loithin the tube of the corolla. 



15. Marrubium. Cal. with 10 ribs and 5 or 10 spreading 

 teeth, the throat hairy. Cor. with the tube exserted : upper 

 lip straight, linear, cloven ; lower one 3-lobed, middle lobe the 

 largest, emarginate. — Name of doubtful origin ; some say from 

 a town so called in Italy. 



** Calyx twO'lipped. 



16. AciNOS. JVhorls few-flowered. Cal. 13-nerved, tubular, 

 gibbous at the base below : upper lip 3-, lower 2-fid, throat 

 hairy. Cor. with the upper Up nearly plane ; lower one trifid, 

 middle lobe nearly entire. — Name applied by the Greeks to 

 some aromatic plant. 



17. CALAMfNTHA. Flowcrs axillary, somewhat solitaiy, or 

 often in loose bracteated cymes. Cal. tubular, 13-nerved, nearly 

 equal at the base : upper lip 3-toothed ; lower one bifid, the 

 throat mostly hairy. Cor. with the upper lip nearly plane, 

 emarginate ; lower one trifid, middle lobe emarginate. — Name, 

 — xaXog, good, and /x/v^a, mint ; a plant whose scent drove away 

 serpents. 



18. Clinopodiuji. Whorls many-flowered, with numerous 

 linear hracteas, forming a sort of involucre. Cal. tubular, 13- 

 nerved, nearly equal at the base, often curved : upper lip 

 3-toothed ; lower one bifid. Cor. with the upper lip nearly 

 plane, emarginate ; lower one 3-lobed, middle lobe emarginate. 

 — Name ; xA/r/5, a bed, and rro-jg, 'ttoBo;, a foot; from the compact 

 and stalked head of flowers. 



19. Mel/ttis. Cal. with branching veins, campanulate, 

 ample: upper lip 2 — 3-toothed ; lower 2-lobed, lobes broadly 

 ovate. Cor. with the tube much exserted ; upper lip nearly 

 flat, entire ; lower one 3-lobed, lobes rounded, nearly equal — 

 Name the same as ^eXX/tfo-a, a JBee ; from /*£?./, honey ; because 

 yielding honey to Bees. 



20. Prunella. Cal. ovate : upper lip plane, more or less 

 distinctly 3-toothed ; lower one bifid. Cor. with the upper lip 

 nearly entire, arched ; lower one 3-lobed. Filaments with two 

 teeth at the extremity, one bearing the anther, — Named from 



