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Section II.— SCORODONIA. Monch. 



Verticilliistcrs 2-flowcrc(l, approxiinato so as to form a distinct 

 terminal iiiccmc or spike with minute hracts dissimilar to the leaves. 

 Calyx i)S('udo-l)ilal)iate from the uppermost tooth being very nmch 

 larger and more spreading than the others. 



SPECIES IV.-T EUCRIUM SCORODONIA. Linn. 



Plate MXCIH. 



U.Sch. le. Fl. Germ, ct Ilelv. Vol. XVIII. Tab. MCCXXVH. Fig. 2. 



ItilU, Fl. Gull, ct Germ. Exsicc. No 437. 



Scorodoniii lietoromalin, Mimch ; Sclmr, Eunin. Plant. Transylv. p. 57-t. 



Perennial. Rootstock creeping, woody, stoloniferous. Stem her- 

 haceous, erect or decumbent at the base, stiff, slightly branched; 

 branches erect. Leaves all stalked, triangular-ovate or oblong-ovate, 

 cordate at the base, irregularly and finely crenate or crenate-serrate ; 

 upper surface finely rugose, underside pale, densely and finely 

 pul)esccnt, with the veins forming a prominent network. Bracts 

 all minute, oval, acuminate or cuspidate, much shorter than the calyx. 

 \'erticillasters 2-llowered, arranged in rather lax unilateral spikelikc 

 racemes at the apex of the stem and branches, which taken together 

 form a slender terminal panicle. Calyx sparingly pubescent, not 

 inflated, but slightly saccate at the base on the lower side; uppermost 

 tooth much larger than the others, spreading, nearly half the length of 

 the tube; the 4 lower teeth erect, about one fourth the length of the 

 tube, but projecting beyond the upper tooth from the obliquity of the 

 mouth of the calyx, all roundish-deltoid, acuminated, shortly spinous- 

 cuspidate. Corolla more than twice the length of the calyx. Nucules 

 subglobular, dim, not reticulated. 



In woods, hedge-banks, rocky places, and heaths. Common, and 

 generally distributed, but more rare in the extreme north of 

 Scotland. 



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



Stem 1 to 3 feet high, tough. Leaves rather distant; the lamina 

 1 \ to 3 inches long, always longer than the petiole, the texture 

 resembling that of sage, liacemes 3 to 6 inches long. Bracts scarcely 

 exceeding the pedicels. Calyx about -,',y inch long, the upper lip very 

 large and with the sides recurved, the base swollen as the nucules 

 increase in size. Corolla about \ inch long, ochreous. Nucules 

 reddish-brown, nearly smooth, but dim. Plant deep green, the leaves 

 pale beneath, the whole varying much in hairiness according to situa- 



