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irr('<Tuliirly ck'iitate; all rugose, subglabrous, gcnoriilly hairy on the 

 veins beneath. Bracts ovate, acuminate, subcordate, green or more 

 or less coloured, shorter than the calyx, at length reflexed. Verti- 

 cillasters sub-spicate, the lower whorls rather remote, commonly 

 4-flowercd. Calyx campanulate ; the upper lip broad, flattisli, recurved 

 concave towards the apex at the margins, with 3 very minute con- 

 nivcnt, spinous-mucronate teeth ; lower lip \vith 2 longer ovate- 

 lanceolate, si)inous-acuminate teeth. Corolla more than twice as long 

 as the calyx, the tube without a ring of hairs inside ; upper lip twice 

 as long as the tube, nearly semicircular in profile, with the curvature 

 nearly equal throughout, glandular towards the apox. Coimective of 

 the anthers, dilated posteriorly into a wing on each side. Style much 

 exserted beyond the upper lip of the corolla. 



In fields and by roadsides. Very rare, occurring only near Cobhain 

 in Kent; and near Middleton Stoney in Oxfordshire. It has also been 

 reported from the Isle of Wight, but this station seems doubtful. 



England. Perennial. Spring, Suninier. 



Stem 1 to 3 feet high. Radical leaves with the stalks 1 to 4 inches 

 long; lamina 2 to (! inches, veiy variable in breadth and in the 

 depth of marginal lobing ; stem leaves often reduced to a single pair 

 or 2 pairs, rarely more than 3 pairs. Flowers 1 inch long, bright 

 blue. Plant subglabrous, dark green, the stem hairy, the upjier part, 

 calyx, and apex of the upper lip of the corolla clothed with gland- 

 tipped hairs. 



Meadow Clary. 



French, Saugc des Pres. German, Wicsen-Salbei. 



Tribe V.— STACHYDE^. 



Corolla bilabiate; upper lip vaulted. Stamens 4, parallel, the outer 

 or lower pair the longer ; anthers 2-celled, the cells contiguous. 



GENUS IX.— -p R U N E L L A.* Linn. 



Calyx short, bilabiate ; the upper lip flat, ti'uncate, with 3 short teeth, 

 without a scale or fold at the base ; lower lip deeply bifid ; throat 

 not closed with hairs. Corolla bilabiate ; the upper lip erect, concave, 

 broad, entire or slightly notched; lower lip spreading, 3-lobcd. 

 Stamens 4 ; filaments parallel, approximate under the upper lip of 



• Sometimes written Brunclla. 



