SCUTELLARIA. — NEPETA. 257 



with 2 lanceolate teeth.— S#. 11.— St. 2 feet high. Fl. in axil- 

 lary secund whorls.— Naturalized in the south. P. VII. VIII.] 



E.I. 



Tribe V. Scutellariea. 



8. Scutellaria Linn. Skull-cap. 



1. S. galericulata (L.) ; 1. shortly stalked all ohlong-lanceolate 

 cordate below crenate-serrate, fl. axillary opposite secund, calyx 

 without glands.— -E. B. 523.— Cor. large, blue. St. 6—12 in. 

 high, stout. Distinguished from S. hastifolia by wanting the 

 glandular hairs on the calyx, even when that part is downy, and 

 the different shape of the leaves, and fl, not racemose. This 

 genus has a curved elongated support (carpophore) to its nuts. — 

 Banks of rivers and ditches. P. VII. VIII. 



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

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

 lanceolate with a rounded base, fl. axillary opposite secund, cal. 

 pubescent. — -E. B. 524. — Cor. small. St. 4 — 8 in. high, slender. 

 — Moist heaths and boggy places. P. VII. — IX. 



9. Prunella Linn. Self-heal. 



1. P. vulgaris (L.) ; 1. stalked oblong-ovate obtuse, upper lip 

 of the cal. vnth short truncate mucronate teeth, lower lip with 

 ovate-lanceolate mucronate teeth, longer stam. with a straight 

 spinous tooth at their apex. — E.B. 961. — L. nearly entire or 

 slightly toothed ; on continental specimens they are sometimes 

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

 spike, with 2 broad obcordate acuminate bracts under each whorl. 

 Cal. reddish-purple. — In damp pastures. P. VII. VIII. 



Tribe VI. Nepetece. 



10. Nepeta Linn. 



1. IV. Cat aria (L.); 1. stalked cordate acute incise-serrate 

 whitish-pubescent beneath, whorls dense many-flowered rather 

 stalked spiked, nuts smooth and glabrous. — E. B. 137. — Fl. 

 white. St. 2 — 3 feet high, downy or mealy. Stam. at length 

 curved outwai-ds.^ — Waste places. P. VII. VIII. Cat-mint. E. I. 



2. JV. Glechoma (Benth.) ; 1. cordate-reniform crenate, whorls 

 axillary stalked secund 3 — 4-flowered, cal. -teeth ovate aristate, 

 nuts oblong with impressed dots. — E. B. 863. Glechoma hede- 

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



