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Self-heal 

 Froncli, Tlniiiclle commune. German, Oemeine Bninelle. 

 Dr. Prior tolls us that this plant has been called Slough-Jipnt, which ho says is n 

 Rnpjxised hut niistiikcn corrt'ction of self-heal, which name really expresses the general 

 belief about it. It meant that with which one may cure oneself without the lielp 

 of a surgeon; to which cfl'cct Ruellius quotes a French proverb, that " No one wants 

 a surgeon who keeps Prunelle." 



GENUS A'.— SCUTELLARIA. Linn. 



Calyx sliort, bilabiate, clo.'^ecl after flowering ; upper lip entire, with 

 an elevated transverse curved scale or fold at the base, lower lip 

 entire; throat not closed with hairs. Corolla bilabiate; the upper lip 

 erect, concave, 3-toothed ; the lower lip sprcadin/r, entire, or notched, 

 rarely the 2 lateral divisions free equally from either lip or combined 

 with the lower instead of the upper. Stamens 4 ; filaments parallel, 

 ap})roximate under the upper lip ot the corolla, without an apj)endagc 

 beneath the anthers ; anther-cells divaricate, opening by a longitudinal 

 cleft common to the 2 cells. Nucules stipitate, tuberculate. 



Herbs, rarely undershrubs, with the flowers generally in pairs in the 

 axils of leaflike bracts. 



The name of this genus is attributed to the resemblance of the calyx to a sort of 

 cup with a lid to it, called Sciilella, or perhaps to a cap or head-covering. 



SPECIES I.-SCUTELLARIA G A L E RI CU L AT A. Linn. 



Plate MLX. 



Bdch. Tc. Fl. Germ, ct Hclv. Vol. XVIU. Tab. MCCLVI. Fig. 2. 

 Lillot, Fl. Gall, ct Germ. Exsicc. No. 1303. 



Stem erect or ascending, rather stout. Leaves sub^^essile or veiy 

 shortly stalked, oblong -lanceolate or oblong-triangular, cordate, sub- 

 acute, crenate-serrate or crenate throughout. Bracts undistinguishable 

 from the leaves. Flowers solitarj' in the axils of the bracts, so as to be 

 in pairs, secund, very shortly stalked, arranged in a very lax raceme. 

 Calyx pubescent, without glands. Tube of the corolla slender, slightly 

 curved above the base, insensibly dilated upwards, 3 or 4 times as long 

 as the caly.x, ver\' finely pubescent. 



On the banks of lakes, streams, and ditches, and in swampy ground, 

 liather frequeiit in England. Rare in Scotland, and not attaining the 

 extreme north. Widely distributed, but not frequent, in Ireland. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Perennial. Late Summer, Autumn. 



