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Self Heal. Brimella vulgaris. 



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 Thimble-flower (Vt.) 



Found everywhere, among short grass, from July to September. 



The stalk (from 6 to 12 inches high) is more or less reclining in 

 habit ; it is leafy, and branching slightly, thick, square, with grooves on 

 its two opposite sides, tough-fibred, and smooth. In color, light green. 



The leaf is long, oval with a tapering tip, a sparsely notched, or 

 entire margin, and a smooth surface. Its growth, on short stems, is in 

 pairs. Green in color. 



The flower is irregularly 2-lipped, the upper lip hoodlike, and the 

 lower 3-lobed, the middle lobe being largest and fringed on its edge. 

 The color is violet, the hooded lip is generally darker than the other 

 parts of the corolla ; the buds are much deeper in color than the 

 blossoms. The lower division of the 2-parted calyx has 2 long points ; 

 a broad heart-shaped bract supports its base; in color it is green with a 

 violet tinge. The flowers grow in an elongated, or thimble-shaped head, 

 on the end of the stalk, and from the angles of the upper leaves. 



The clear violet of the corolla is brought into harmony with the 

 leaf-green, through the violet tinted calyx which supplies the unifying 

 color. The plant's habit of growth is sprangling, for the stem, which 

 seems strong-fibred in itself, is given to lopping weakly upon surround- 

 ing vegetation. 



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