382 LABIATE. [Prunella. 



obscurely serrated, whorls hairy, bracteas setaceous, pedicels 

 branched." — Br. Fl. p. 332. Clmopo.dium vulgare, L. : E. B. t. 

 1401. 



In woods, thickets and bushy hilly places, on banks, about hedges and borders 

 of fields, on a dry gravelly or calcareous soil ; frequent. Fl. July — August. If. 



E. Med. — Common about Ryde. 



W.Med. — Common everywhere in woods about Swainston and Rowledge. 

 Plentiful about Thorley, Yarmouth, Calbourne, Apes Down, &o. 



Seeds very small, roundish triquetrous, quite smooth, chestnut brown, the scar 

 white, marked on the back with about 3 very slender scarcely prominent ribs. 



Tribe V. Scvtellarie^, Benth. 



"Stamens approximating, parallel under the upper lip of the 

 corolla. Calyx 2-lipped, closed in fruit." — Bab. Man. 



VII. Prunella, Lirere. Selfheal. 



" Calyx ovate ; upper lip plane, more or less distinctly 

 3 -toothed; lower one bifid. Corolla with the upper Zip nearly 

 entire, arched; lower one 3-lobed. Filaments with two teeth at 

 the extremity, one bearing the 2-celled anther. Style bifid." — 

 Br. Fl. 



1. P. vulgaris, L. Common Selflieal. " Leaves stalked oblong- 

 ovate, upper lip of the calyx truncated, its teeth usually obsolete, 

 the teeth of the lower lip ovato-lanceolate mucronate, corolla 

 scarcely twice the length of the calyx." — Br. Fl. p. 323. E. B. t. 

 961. 



In meadows, pastures, fields and hedges ; by roadsides, in heathy ground, 

 woods, thickets and waste places ; everywhere. FL July, August. 2(.. 



VIII. ScuTELLAEiA, Linn. Skull-cap. 



" Calyx broadly ovate, having a conspicuous concave tooth or 

 scale on the upper side ; its 2 nearly equal entire lips closed after 

 flowering. Corolla with the tube much exserted ; upper iip 

 straight arched ; lower one trifid. Filaments simple ; anthers of 

 the 2 lower stamens 1-celled. Style bifid, upper lobe very short." 

 —Br. Fl. 



In the structure of the flowers, and in general hubit, this genus betrays the 

 strong affinity of the natural orders LabiatEe and Sorophulariaceae. 



1. S. galericulata, L. Common Skull-cap. " Stem branched 

 divaricated, leaves crenato-oblong or ovato-lanceolate rounded or 

 cordate at the base, flowers axillary solitary opposite secund, 

 calyx downy without glands." — Br Fl. p. 324. E. B. t. 523. 



On the banks of rivers, streams and ditches, the shallow margins of ponds and 

 swampy ground, and in wet woods and thickets ; not very frequent. Fl. July, 

 August. !(.. 



E.Med. — Near Ninham farm. Marsh-ditches at Yarbiidge, frequent; and 

 in many parts of Sandown level ; especially plentiful a little below Horringlbrd 



