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3. C. Clinopoditim (common ivild Basil.) In woods and 

 under hedges. Stem from 12 to 18 inches high, covered with 

 soft hairs, rather wavy. Leaves stalked, ovate, slightly serrate, 

 hairy ; whorls both terminal and axillary ; flowers on hairy 

 stalks, surrounded by linear, hairy floral leaves or bracts ; corolla 

 large, purple. Frequent. On the cliffs near Ilsham beach. 

 Clinopodium vulgare, Linn. (E. B. t. 1401.) P. VII.-IX. 



MELITTIS. BASTARD-BALM. 



M. Melissophyllmn (Bastard- Balm.) In woods, thickets, 

 and shady places. A very handsome plant, and worthy of a 

 place in our gardens. Stem from 1 to 2 feet high ; leaves large, 

 stalked, heart-shaped, and coarsely serrate. Flowers large, in 

 axillary whorls-, pink, variegated with white, and variously spotted 

 with purple ; corolla-tube broad, nearly an inch long ; the upper 

 lip concave and thrown back, the lower one 3-lobed and spread- 

 ing. Park Hill wood. Copse near Ansti's Cove. (E. B. t. 577.) 

 P. v. vi. The M. grandiflora is merely a variety of this, and 

 not a distinct species. 



PRUNELLA. SELF-HEAL. 



P. vnlgaris (common Self-heal.) In moist pastures, fields, 

 and hedges. A low branching plant ; leaves stalked, ovate or 

 oblong, slightly waved but not toothed. Flowers in closely 

 packed terminal whorls, forming a dense spike, with broad, bract- 

 like floral leaves beneath each whorl ; corolla violet-blue, some- 

 times reddish. Common in fields, etc., about Torquay and 

 Marychurch. (E. B. t. 961.) P. vn. vin. 



SCUTELLARIA. SKULL CAP. 



1. S. galericulata (common Skull-cap.) In damp, shady, 

 stony places and banks of streams. A weak-looking, slightly 

 downy plant ; stem erect, from 8 to 12 inches high, somewhat 

 branched; leaves opposite, nearly sessile, lanceolate but heart- 

 shaped at the base, crenate. Flowers axillary, solitary or in 

 pairs, nearly sessile, drooping slightly ; corolla blue, lower lip 

 with white streaks. Berry Pomeroy woods. Bovey Heath. Ex- 

 minster Marsh. Fingle Bridge, near Chagford. (E. B. t. 523.) 

 P. vn. vin. 



