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

 nuts. — ^Banks of rivers and ditches. P. VII. VIII. E. 8. 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. axillary opposite secund, cal. 

 pubescent.— i^. S. 624.— Cor. small, pale pink. St. 4—8 in. 

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



E. S. I. 



8. Petjnel'ia Linn. Self-heal. 



1. P. mlffdris (L.) ; 1. stalked oblon^-ovate blunt, upper lip 

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

 ovate-lanceolate mucronate teeth. — H. S. 961. — ^About 8 in. 

 high. L. nearly entire or slightly 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. Cal. reddish purple. — In 

 damp pastures. P. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 



Tribe V. Nepetea. 

 9. Nep'eta lAnn. 



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

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

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

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

 —Waste places. P. VII. VIH. Cat-Mint. E. S. I. 



2. iV. Glechdma (Benth.) ; 1. cordate-reniform crenate, whorls 

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

 nate awned, nuts oblong with impressed dots. — Gleehoma hecle- 

 racea L. E. B. 853. — St. 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. 

 Ch-ound-Ivy. E. S, I. 



Tribe VI. Stachydea. 



10. Melix'iis Linn. Bastard Balm. 



1. M. MelissophyVlum (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 feet high.— Jf. grandMora (Sm. E. B. 636) is 

 only a slight variety. — Woods in the South. P. V. VI. E. 



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