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266. CLINOPODIUM. 

 Clinopodium vulgare. L. Wild Basil, 



Whorls hispid ; bractes setaceous ; pedicels branch- 

 ed; leaves obsoletely serrate. 



Stem hairy, obtusely quadrangular. Leaves ovate, rather 

 obtuse, slightly serrate and hairy. Flowers in terminal and ax- 

 illary whorls with hairy stalks and narrow hairy involucres. 

 Calyx nerved, hairy ; corolla purplish. — Woods, Windsor, Vt. — 

 July. — Perennial. 



267. SCUTELLARIA. 

 Scutellaria lateriflora. L. Side flowering Scullcap. 



Leaves smooth, rough on the keel; racemes lateral, 

 leafy. L. 



Stem square, branching. Leaves on petioles of considerable 

 length, ovate, acute, toothed, mostly smooth. Racemes on long, 

 axillary stalks. Flowers small, blue, numerous, interspersed 

 with small leaves. The singularity of this genus consists in the 

 form of the calyx, which is furnished with a ridge on the upper 

 side, the part beyond this serving as a lid. After the corolla falls 

 this lid shuts down against the opposite side, so as perfectly to 

 inclose the seeds. By lateral pressure the lid opens, discovering 

 the four seeds within. — Meadows. — July. — Perennial. 



Scutellaria galericulata. L. Common Scullcap. 



Leaves cordate-lanceolate, crenate, wrinkled; flow- 

 ers axillary. 



A foot high with a square, branching stem. Leaves slightly 

 petioled. Flowers larger than in the preceding, blue, projecting 

 in pairs, one from each axil of the opposite leaves. Calyx closed 

 like the foregoing. — Meadows. — July. 



268. PRUNELLA. 

 Prunella vulgaris. L. Self Heal. 



Leaves petioled, ovate-lanceolate, toothed ; upper 

 lip of the calyx truncated, three awned; stem ascend- 

 ing. 



