LABIATE 243 



Dracocephalum L. 

 Dracocephalum Ruyschiana L. 



Stem 8-12 inches, erect, branched, nearly glabrous, very leafy. 

 Leaves linear-lanceolate, entire, shining above, paler beneath and 

 dotted, margin slightly recurved. Inflorescence spicate. Bracts 

 broad, ciliate. Flowers violet-blue, handsome. 



Pastures and stony places in the Alps ; rare. July, August. 



Dislribution.— Central and Western Alps ; Central Pyrenees ; 

 Norway ; parts of Germany ; Asia, Japan. 



Dracocephalum austriacum L. 



Rather taller. Leaves with 3-7 linear-lobes, those of the upper 

 leaves narrower, aristate. Flowers large, deep violet, in a short, 

 terminal spike. ' 



Rocky places ; rare. May to July. 



Distribution. — Grisons, Valais, Tyrol, Dauphiny, Pyrenees (?), 

 Carpathians. 



MiCROMERiA Bentham. 



Micromeria Piperella Benth. 



Flowers red-purple. Corolla with long, slender tube, 2-lipped, 

 lower lip of 3 nearly equal lobes. Stamens 4. Cymes 1-3 flowered, 

 on short ''stalks, unilateral. Calyx cylindrical, 5-toothed, not 2- 

 lipped. Leaves small, ovate, sessile, glabrous. Stems wiry, 4-6 

 inches high. 



Rocky places in hot, southern mountains (e.g. about Tenda) ; 

 very rare. June to August. 



Distribution. — French and Italian Maritime Alps ; endemic. 



Melittis L. 

 Melittis Melissophyllum L. Balm. 



Flowers very large, about ij inch, pink, or white, spotted with 

 purple, solitary or in pairs in the axils of the leaves. Calyx with 

 rounded lobee. Leaves ovate-cordate, serrate, hairy. 



Mountain woods, hedges, and ravines. May to July. 



Distribution. — Switzerland, Dauphiny, Savoy, Pyrenees, Corsica ; 

 most of France ; CentraFand Southern Europe ; rare in England. 



Lamium L. Dead Nettle. 



Cymes many-flowered, sessile. Upper lip of corolla arched, 

 lower lip spreading. Stamens 4. Anthers hairy. Flowers purple, 

 white, or yellow, rather large. 



About 40 species in Europe, Asia, and N. Africa, several being 

 weeds in arable-land. 



