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C. officinalis G. & G. — Creeping slightly. — St. about 2 ft. 

 high, nearly simple. L. large. Cal.-teeth tinged with purple ; 

 hairs in the throat included. Oor. purplish, very large, tuhe 

 much protruded, middle lobe of lower lip short and broad. — 

 Isle of Wight. Near Torquay. (/. o/5. xi. 208.) P. VIII. 

 — X. E. 



** Whorls of 6 simple separate peduncles. Acinos Moench. 



4. C. A'oinos (Clairv.) ; 1. ovate subserrate acute vrith revo- 

 lute margins, cal. tubular gibbous below distinctly 2-lipped, 

 upper lip with short triangular teeth lower with subulate teeth 

 all converging in fruit. — Thymus L. H. B. 411. — St. 6 — 8 in. 

 long. Fl. blue. — Dry gravelly places and limestone rocks. A. 

 Vn. Vm. Basil. ^ E.S.I. 



*** Fl. in dense branched axillary clusters. The many setaceous 

 hracts forming a hind of involucre. Clinopoditjm Linn. 



5. C. Clinopddium (Benth.) ; 1. ovate rounded below slightly 

 crenate-serrate, clusters equal many-flowered. — Clinopodium 

 vulgare L. E. B. 1401.— St. 1— li foot high. Fl. purple 

 in 2 or 3 dense whorls, the uppermost terminal. — Dry Dushy 

 places. P. VILVm. Wild Basil. E.S.I. 



\^Melissine<je.'\ 



[Melis'sa, Linn. Balm.] 



[_M. offioindlis (L.) ; 1. ovate crenate-serrate acute paler be- 

 neath, cal. rather bell-shaped slightly ventricose in front di- 

 stinctly 2-lipped, upper lip flat truncate with three short broad 

 teeth, lower with 2 lanceolate teeth. — Sy. B. B. 1053. — St. 2 

 feet high. Fl. in axillary secund whorls, white. — ^Escaped in 

 the South. P. Vll.Vni.] E. 



Tribe IV. Scutellariece. 



7. Scittella'eia Linn. SkuU-cap. 



1. & galericuldta (L.) ; 1. shortly stalked all oblong-lanceolate 

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

 without glands. — JE. B. 523. — Cor. large blue. St. 6 — 12 in. 

 high, stout. — This genus has a long support (carpophore) to its 

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



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

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

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

 pubescent. — E. B. 524. — Cor. small, pale pink. St. 4 — 8 in. 

 hiffh, slender. — Moist heaths and boggy places. P. VII.— IX. 



E. S. I. 



