PRUNELLA.—LAMIUM. 249 
intermediate ovate-lanceolate with the base cordate, upper 1. 
lanceolate with a rounded base, fl. axillary opposite secund, cal. 
pubescent.— E. B. 524.—Cor. small. St.4—8 in. high, slender, 
—Moist heaths and boggy places. P. VII.—IX. Lesser Skull- 
cap. 
9. Prunewua Linn. Self-heal. 
1. P. vulgaris (L.); 1. stalked oblong-ovate obtuse, upper lip 
of the cal. with short truncate mucronate teeth, lower lip with 
ovate-lanceolate mucronate teeth, longer stam. with a straight 
spinous tooth at their apex.—E. B. 961.—L. nearly entire or 
slightly toothed; on continental specimens they are sometimes 
pmnatifid. Fi. blue, rarely white, whorled, crowded into a dense 
spike, with 2 broad obcordate acuminate bracts under each whorl. 
Cal. reddish-purple.—In damp pastures. P. VII. VIII. 
Tribe VI. Nepetee. 
10. Nepeta Linn. 
1. N. Cataria (L.); 1. stalked cordate acute incise-serrate 
whitish-pubescent beneath, whorls dense many-flowered rather 
stalked spiked, nuts smooth and glabrous.-—E. B. 137.—FI. 
white. St. 2—3 feet high, downy or mealv. Stam. at length 
curved outwards.— Waste places. P. VII. VIII. Cat-mint. E. I. 
2. N. Glechoma (Benth.); 1. cordate-reniform crenate, whorls 
axillary stalked secund 3—4-flowered, cal.-teeth ovate aristate, 
nuts oblong with impressed dots.—E. B. 853. Glechoma hede- 
racea Sm.—St. procumbent, creeping. Anth. in pairs forming a 
cross.—f. hirsuta; cal.-teeth elongate linear-lanceolate—Hedges 
and thickets. 8. Scotland. P.IV.—VI. Ground-ivy. 
Tribe VII. Stachydee. 
11. Meuitris Linn. 
1. M. Melissophyllum (L.).—E. B. 577 and 636.—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.—M. grandiflora (Sm.) is only a slight 
variety— Woods in the south. P.V. VI. Bastard Balm. E. 
12. Lamium Linn. 
* Lower lip of cor. with one large obcordate lobe with 1—2 teeth 
on each side of its base. 
1. L. amplevicaule (L.); 1. roundish-cordate ey incise- 
M 
