238 WEEDS AND USEFUL PLANTS. 
1. B. vulga’ris, L. Leaves ovate-oblong or ovate-lanceolate, crenate 
dentate or obsoletely serrate, Siainetsines pinnatifidly incised, petiolate. 
Common Brunewis. Heal-all. Self-heal. 
Fr. Brunelle ordinaire. Germ. Gemeine agente Naas Brunéla. 
2 or 15 inches high 
Stem jally at base. 
Leaves 1-3 inches long ; petioles h halt an inch- i inches et (ch ose oa the p Fadical a lower 
often 3-4 inches long); the leaves bract-like, extigaine-we date yeni witha 
nee 
short abrupt acumination, the lower ones conspicuously acuminate. Cym aswered 
crowded into compact imbricated oblong terminal spikes. Bracteoles none. Corolla viol 
purple (rarely pale purple or nearly seine smoothis' 
Fields, road-sides, open woodlands, &c.: wathadl  haleen acaba old world. Fi, July - 
Septem ber. Fr. August - November. 
Obs. This plant: appears to be distributed over the four quarters of 
= globe ; ne I should Judge | Z ad » hein native, here. Although 
a pernicious weed, it is ur farms, that it seemed 
prope r to nities it in this wit: "Fite. ‘Gace Soom ne a healing 
e that of many other such medicaments of the olden times— 
is ‘now ‘a shnoletes The famous Mad-dog Scull-cap (Scutella’ria 
L.)—which once figured in the Gazettes as a specific for 
Dpscdphobis iocloogs to this tribe—and is frequent in wet meadows. 
14. MARRU’BIUM, L. Hoaruounp. 
[Said to be derived from the Hebrew, Marrob ; meaning a bitter juice.] ; 
Calyx tubular, 5-10-nerved, nearly equally 5—10-toothed,—the oe 
more or less s) gp finally aries ae rolla with the up 
i 
flatti 
, middle lobe road : tube iced he calyx. Stamens in- 
cluded ; anthers 2-celled,—the cells diva cab ‘Ales res obtuse at summit, 
but not truncate. Hoary-tomentose sei reniada with rugose leaves and 
many-flowered axillary cymules. 
1. M. vulga’re, L. Stems ascending ; leaves roundish-ovate or oval, 
cerenate-dentate, softly villous and canescent beneath ; calyx with 10 
subulate recurved teeth, 
Common oarhound. 
N Marrupiuom. H 
Fr. Marrub blanc. Germ. Der weiee, Andorn. Span. Marrubio. 
Stems 9-18 inches high, ezespitose or branching fro Leaves a inches 
long, la dae narrowed. at base to a flat pe wooly ¥ petit halt an inch ws an a me, 
smal sessile in the rather distant axils ; ubulate. Corolla w 
sma 
y banks and waste places : introduced. Nati: Fl. 
Ponvieg Miomarg Pri Sepeeenber. ve of Europe and middle Asia. 
This has been introduced as a medicinal herb,—and is partially 
its valuable tonic properties. "The 8: and 
or with it, are excellent pectoral sie Hao 
