Acinos.'] 



DIDYNAMIA — GYMNOSPERMf A. 233 



J'ields and hedges in England, on a limestone soil, and chiefly in Ox- 

 fordshire and Bedfordshire. Ducklington, Berks. Fl. Sept. l^.— Re- 

 markable for its dense covering of silky hairs or wool. Frequently culti- 

 vated in gardens. 



5. S. arvensis, L. (Corn Woimdicort); whorls of 6 flowers, 

 stem weak, leaves cordate obtuse crenate slightly hairy, corolla 

 scarcely longer than the calyx. E. Bot. t. 1154. 



Dry corn-fields, frequent. Fl. July, Aug. 0. — Distinguished by its 

 diminutive size, weak stems, small and obtuse mostly stalked leaves, and 

 its pale purplisli curollas, which scarcely exceed the calyx in length. 



6. S.* annua, L. (pale annual Woundwort); annual erect 

 downy, leaves oblongo-lanceolate rather acute crenato-serrate 

 3-nerved, the lower ones stalked, whorls of about 6 flowers spi- 

 cate, cal. hairy its segments subulate, seeds roundish glossy. 

 Hook, in E. Bot. Suppl. t. 2669. 



Field between Gadshill and Rochester. J. Woods, Esq. Fl. Aug. © . 



13. Nepeta. Linn. Cat-mint. 

 1. N. Catdria, L. (Cat-mint); flowers in spiked subpednncu- 

 lated whorls, leaves stalked cordate dentato-serrate. E.Bot. <. 137. 



Hedges and waste places, especially in a chalky or gravelly soil in 

 England : rare in Scotland ; hedges near Craig Nethan Castle, Glas- 

 gow, and between Culross and Kincardine. At Rathfarnan ; and by 

 the Shannon, opposite Limerick, Ireland. i7. July, Aug. 1^.— Stems 

 2—3 feet high, downy, as well as the leaves, and whitish. Flowers 

 white, tinged and spotted with rose colour. Anthers reddish. 



14. ,Glech6ma. Linn. Ground-Ivy. 



1. G. hederdcea, L. (Ground- Ivij); leaves reniforra crenate. 

 E. Bot. t. 853. 



Hedges and waste places, frequent. Fl. Apr. May. 7/.— Plant much 

 creeping. Leaves stalked, downy. Flowers large, in threes, axillary, 

 blue ; they were found pure white near Derby by the late Mrs. Hard- 

 castle. 



15. Marrubium. Lin7i. White Horehound. 



1. JVl. vulgdre, L. ( White Horehound); stem erect, leaves roun- 

 dish-ovate toothed wrinkled, calyx with 10 setaceous hooked 

 teeth. E. Bot. t. A\0. 



Waste places and way-sides : frequent in England ; less common in 

 Scotland, where it is found near Edinburgh; and in Ireland. Fl. Aug. 

 If. — One to a foot and a half high, bushy ; every where hoary with a 

 white, thick pubescence or wooUiness. Flowers small, almost white, in 

 crowded whorls. Smell aromatic ; flavour bitter. This plant has been 

 much in use for coughs and asthmas. ^ 



16. kci^os.^ Moinch.l Basil-Thyme. 



1. A. vulgaris, Pers. (common Basil- Thyme); flowerstalks 

 simple about 6 in a whorl, stem ascending branched, leaves ob- 

 long on short stalks acute serrated more or less ciliated at the 

 base. — Thymus Acinos, L. — E. Bot. t. 411. 



