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PRUNELLA.' Self-heal. 



P. vulgaris. Common S., or Slough-heal. All the 

 leaves egg-oblong, stalked. Teeth of the upper hp of 

 the calyx scarcely discernible. E. B. 961. C. 4. 42. 

 Prunella. G. E. ^m. 



Meadows, pastures. 



Per. June. 



Stems six to ten inches, square. Spikes terminal, solitary, cylin- 

 drical, blunt, close, with a pair of stalkless Is., at their base. 

 Whorls each with a pair of kidney-shaped, purple edged, fringed 

 iract. Cor., violet, sometimes red, or white. Ls. opposite. 

 Astringent. Asteroma Prunellee, a new species found on this, 



by Mr. Haines, RadcliiFe Library. Since found by Mr. Baxter. 

 See Bax. Stir p. Crypt, 0.ron. No. 79. 



DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 



BARTSIA.* Bartsia. 



B. Odontites. Red B. Leaves spear-shaped, saw- 

 toothed y the floral ones alternate. Flowers forming 

 clusters, leaning one way. Stem square, branched. 

 Root fibrous. E. B. 1415. Euphrasia Odontites. 

 C. \. 44. Sb. 192. Crateeogonon Euphrosine. G. 

 E. 91. 



Meadoivs, pastures. 



An. July. . 



Stem oppositely branched. Ls. stalkless, spreading, opposite, 



except the smaller tloral ones. Fl.-chisters, long, leafy. Cor. 



rose-colour. Cal. purplish. Antli. lobed, acute. Whole plant 



reddish, 



RHINANTHUS.* Yellow Rattle. ^ 



R. Crista-galli. Common Yellow R. Stem slightly 

 branched. Leaves spear-shaped, saw-toothed. Calyx 

 smooth. Style concealed by the upper lip. Seeds 

 with a dilated membranous border. E. B. 657* C, 

 5. 43. 



» Die Braune, quinsy, German, from its healing sores in the throat. 



2 Named after a Prussian botanist. H. 



■* Rin, nose, and anthos, flower. Or. 



" From the ripe seeds rattling in the capsules. 



