280 58. LiBIATiE. 



8. Prttnbl'la Linn. Self-heal. 



1. P. vulgdris (L.) ; 1. stalked oblong-ovate blunt, upper lip 

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

 ovate-lanceolate mucronate teeth. — E. B. 961. — About 8 in. 

 high. L. nearly entire or shghtly toothed; on Continental 

 specimens sometimes pinnatifid. Fl. blue, rarely white, whorled, 

 crowded into a dense spike, with 2 broad kidneyshaped acu- 

 minate bracts under each whorl. Oal. reddish purple. — In 

 damp pastures. P. Vn. VIH. E. S. I. 



Tribe V. Nepetece. 

 9. NEp'Eii Linn. 



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

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

 nutlets smooth and glabrous — E. B. 137. — Fl. white. St. 2 — 3 

 feet high, downy or mealy. Stam. at length curved outwards. 

 —Waste places. P. VU. VHI. Cat-Mint. E. S. I. 



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

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

 nate awned, nutlets oblong with impressed dots. — Gleohoma hede- 

 racea L. E. B. 853. — bt. procumbent, creeping. Fl. blue- 

 purple ; length of cor. -tube and its hairiness are variable. Anth. 

 in pairs forming a cross. — Hedges and thickets. P. IV. — ^VI. 

 Orovmd-Ivy. E. S. I. 



Tribe VI. Stachydeoe. 



10. Melit'iis Linn. Bastard Balm. 



1. M. Melissophyl'lum (L.). — E. B. 577. — L. oblong-ovate or 

 slightly cordate. Upper lip of the cal. with 2 or 3 teeth. Fl. 

 purple with a white margin or variegated in different ways, 

 large. St. 1—2 ft. high.— ilf. gran&lora (Sm. E. B. 636) is 

 only a slight variety. — Woods in the &)uth. P. V. VI. E. 



11. Li'Mnnu: Linn. Dead-Nettle. 



* Lower lip of cor. with 0}>e large ohcordate lobe with 1 — 2 teeth 

 on each side of its base. 



1. L. ampUxicaule (L.) ; 1. roundish-cordate bluntly incise- 

 crenate, lower 1. stalked, upper sessile clasping, cal.-teeth longer 

 than the tube (green) at length conrdvent, cor.-tube straight 

 naked within— .E. B. 770. — Lower fl. -whorls usually distant. 



