prunella.'] 



LXIII. LABIATE. 



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Brlflgewater, also m North Devon, and some other places in the south 

 of England and Ireland.] 



tf Stamens ascending^ parallel. (Gen. 18—20.)- 



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18. Melittis Linn. Bastard-Balm. 



Col. with branchinof veins, campanulate, ample : upper lin 

 2-3-toothed 5 lower 2-lobed, lobes broadly ovate. Cor witb 

 the tube much exserted : upper Up nearly flat (or shditlv con- 

 cave), entire; lower one 3-lobed, spreading., lobes "rounded 

 nearly equal Anthers approachino. in pairs and formino- a 

 cross : cells distmct, diverging, opening longitudinally.— XanTe : 

 the same as i.uXiaaa, a bee; from ^eAi, honey ; because yieldino- 

 honey to bees. ° 



1. M. Melissophjllum L. (Bastard-Balm). 'E B t 577 

 M. grandillora Sm. : E. B. t. 636 {excl syn. of Ctirtis). 



_ Woods, coppices, and hefises in the south (Hampshire), and par- 

 ticularly the south-west, of England. 2^ . 5, 6. - A most beautiful 

 plant, a foot to a foot and a half high, with ample obion<r-ovate or 

 somewhat cordate serrate kaves, and large conspicuous offen hiohW 

 coloured ./?o«,-«-s ; the lower lip of the ccrolk is sometimes purple with 

 a white margin, sometimes spotted with purple, but it varies con- 

 eKlerably. the plant, when growing, is said to have a disagreeable 

 smell but when dried ,t is fragrant, like the Jnthoxanthum odoratum, 

 and the scent is retained for many years in the herbarium. M. qrandi- 

 fiora Sm. (the true M. Melhsophyllum L.) is neither sufficiently marked 

 nor permanent to constitute a distinct variety 



19. Prunella Linn. Self-heal. 



Cal. ovate : upper Up phme, more or less distinctly 3-toothed : 

 ower one bifid. Cor. with the upper Up nearly entire, arched • 

 lower one 3-lobed. Filaments with two teeth at tlie e.^Semity 

 one bearmg the 2-celled anther. Style bifid. - IsT,n^ed from the 

 b-e .nan,_ira^«^<?, the quinsy, whence comes Bi^nella of Ray, 

 boftened mto Prunella. •'' 



carceTv wfeo f ^T" """ ^ .'T'''-^^'''''^^^'^ mucronate, corolla 

 buicely twice the length of the calyx. J^-. 5. t. 961. 



Moist and barren pastures, frequent. 7/. 7, 8.— Leaves in 

 hrioatcd obln ,„ ■ u^ "'"^'^ whorled, so as to form an im- 



finely tootlS at the riar^t "'^^ ""''' ^''^'^'-^^-^^ ^'^ 1"-- ^^ 



