268 58. lABi-ATJE. 



— This genus has along curved support (carpophore) to its nuts: 

 —Banks of rivers and ditches. P. VII. VIIl. E. S. I. 



2. S. minor (^.);1. shortly stalked, lower broadly, ovate, 

 intermediate ovate-lanceolate with, the base cordate, upper 1. 

 lanceolate with a rounded base, fl. axiUary opposite secnnd, cal. 

 pubescent. — Cor. small^ pale pink. St. 4 — 8in. high,, slender. — 

 Moist' heaths and 'boggy' places. P. VII.— IX. \ K S. I. 



8. Peunbl'la Idnn. Self-heal. 



1. P.'^milgdris (L,.) ; 1. stalked, oblong-ovate blunt, upper lip 

 of thojcal. with short, itruncate niuofonate teeth, lower lip with 

 ovate-lanceolate mucronate teeth..— About 8 in. high. L. nearly 

 entire or slightly toothed ,; on Continental specimens sometimes 

 pinnatiiid. Fl. blue, rarely .white, whorled, crowded into a dense 

 spike, vyith 2 broad kidneyshaped acuminate bracts under each 

 whorl. Cal. reddish purple. — In, damp pastures. P. VII. VIII. 



'"'^ '■■■'■ '"•' ""■ ■;, ■ E.S.I. 



Tribe V. Nepetecs. 

 9. Wep'eta Linn. 



1. N, Catdrifl (L.) ; 1. stalked cordate acute incise-serrate 

 whitish-pubescent beneath, cymes dense many-flowered spiked, 

 nuts smooth and glabrous. — Fl. white. St. 2 — 3 feet high, downy 

 or mealy. ' Stam. at length curved outwards. — Waste places. 

 P. VII. "VIII. Cat Mint. E.S.I. 



2. N. Olechdma (Benth.) ; 1. cordate-reniform crenate, whorls 

 axillary stalked secund S— 4-flowered, cal. -teeth ovate-acumi- 

 nate, awned, nuts oblong with impressed dots.— (^^ecAcima hede- 

 racea L. — St. procumbent, creeping. Anth. in pairs forming a 

 cross. — ^Hedges and thickets. P. IV. — VI. Gruwnd-Ivy. E. S. I. 



Tribe VI. Staqhydece. 

 10. MBiii'Tis,im),i. Bastard Balm. 



1. M. Melissophyl'lum (L.).t^L. oblong-ovate or slightly cor- 

 date. Upper lip of the cal. with 2 or 3 teeth. FL' purple witli- 

 a white margin or variegated in diiFerent ways, large. St. 1—^2 

 feethigh. — M.grandijlora (Sm.) is only a slight variety.— ^"Woods' 

 in the South. P. V. VI. E. 



11. La'mitjm. Linn. Dead- Nettle. 



* Lower lip of cor. with one large ohcordate lobe with 1 — 2 teeth 

 on each side of its base. 

 1. L. amplexicaule (L.) ; 1. rovmdish-cordate • bluntly incise-' 

 crenate, lovver 1. stalked, upper sessile clasping, cai.-teeth longer 



