248 58. LABIATAE. 
segments all nearly equally long, cymes many-flowered, common 
stalk about as long as the primary partial stalk —E. B. S. 2897. 
C. officinalis Jord.— Hairs in the throat of the cal. few, included. 
Root slightly creeping. L. large. Cal.-teeth tinged with purple. 
Cor. very large, tube much protruded, middle lobe of lower lip 
short and broad.—Isle of Wight. P. VIII.—X. E. 
** Whorls of 6 simple separate peduncles. Acinos Moench. 
4. C. Acinos (Clairv.) ; 1. ovate subserrate acute with revolute 
margins, cal. tubular gibbous below distinctly 2-lipped, upper 
lip with short triangular teeth lower with subulate teeth all con- 
verging in fruit— HE. B. 41]. St. 70.5. Thymus Sm.—St. 6—8 
in. long. FI. blue.—Dry gravelly places, and limestone rocks. 
A.? VIL VII. Basil Thyme. 
*** Fl, in dense axillary whorls. Bracts forming a kind of 
involucre. CLINoPopDIuM Linn. 
5. C. Clinopodium (Speun.); 1. ovate obtuse rounded below 
slightly crenate, whorls equal many-flowered, bracts setaceous as 
long as the calyx.— E. B. 1401. Clinopodium vulgare Sm.—St. 
1—1} foot high. Fi. purple in 2 or 3 dense whorls, the upper- 
most terminal.—Dry bushy places. P. VII. VIII. Wild Basil. 
Tribe IV. Melissinee. 
7. Meuissa Linn. Balm. 
*1. M. officinalis (L.); 1. ovate crenate-serrate acute paler be- 
neath, cal. subeampanulate slightly ventricose in front distinctly 
2-lipped, upper lip flat’ truncate with 3 short broad teeth, lower 
with 2 lanceolate teeth.— St. 11.—St. 2 feet high. Fi. in axil- 
lary secund whorls.—Naturalized in the south. P. VII. VIII. 
EL. 
Tribe V. Scutellarice. 
8. ScureLuaria Linn. 
1. S. galericulata(L.); 1. shortly stalked all oblong-lanceolate 
cordate below crenate-serrate, fl. axillary opposite secund, calyx 
without glands.—E. B. 523.—Cor. large, blue. St. 6—12 in. 
high, stout. Distinguished from S. hastifolia hy wanting the 
glandular hairs on the calyx, although that part is downy, and 
the different shape of the leaves. This genus has a curved elon- 
gated support (carpophore) to its nuts.—Banks of rivers and 
ditches. P. VII. VIII. Common Skull-cap. 
2. S. minor (L.); 1. shortly stalked, lower 1. broadly ovate, 
