LAMIACEAE 23 



Scutellaria Skullcap 

 (LaI icuteiia, Dal dish, referring to the calyx) 

 1. Leavei sessile; flowers 2-3 cm, long, solitary 



Leaves petioled; Boweri 5-8 mm. long, in racemei 5. lateriflora 



Prunella Heal all, Self-heal 



1 1 ir uncertain origin 1 

 Leaves oblong to ovate; bracts round; flowers blue-purple P. vulgdris 



Teucrium -I lermander 



teucrion, germander, perhaps named f"t Teucer, Bret kinj; if Troy) 



- lance-ovate, serrate; flowers purplish /'. canadi 



Melissa — Bee-balm 



(Gr. meiissa, bee, referring to Its attraction for 1 



- (nan-, crenate ; flowers yellowish or white .1/. officinalis 



Thymus — Thyme 



(Qr. thymon, thyme, from ii^ fragrance) 

 1. Creeping, leaves petioled; flowers axillary T. scrpyllum 



2 Erect; leaves sessile; flowers in terminal spikes /. vulgaris 



Marrubium 1 [< arhound 



(Lat. name from tin- Hebrew word for bitter) 

 Leaves ovate-rounded, crenate; flowers small, white M. , 



Dracocephalum — Dragon-head 



(Gr. drakon, dragon, kephale, In ail) 

 long, toothed; flowers light blue /'. parvifidrum 



( icimum — Sw eel Basil 



(Gr. ocimon, ati aromatic plan!, basil) 

 toothed; flowers bluish white 0. basiliium 



Coleus — Foliage-plant 



(Gr. koieos, sheath, referring u> the stamen tube) 

 I ite, toothed, colored; flowers blue ('. Bltimei 



Lavandula — Lavender 

 1 1. at. lavandus, for washing, referring t" Its use in lavender-wal 

 Leaves lance linear; flowers blue L, 



Lin sostegia - I )ragon-head 



(Gr. physa, bladder, stege, roof, referring to the fruiting calyx) 



1. Corolla pale purple or rose, 2 .? em. long /'. virginidna 



2. Corolla purple. 11 ' _■ cm. long /'. parriflora 



Leonurus — Motherwort 



(Gr. leon. lion, cura, tail, of no evident application) 

 Leaves palmately cleft; calyx spiny; corolla pink to white /.. cardi 



Koellia — Mountain Mint 



(Named for a German botanist, Koelle, of the 18th century) 



Leaves lance linear, sessile; flowers white in round heads A', virginidna 



1 1\ ssi'ijub — 1 1\ SSOp 

 (Gr. hyssopos, an aromatic plant) 

 Leaves lance linear, entire ; flowers blue //. officindlis 



< Iriganum — Marjoram 

 (Gr. name of a plant resi mbling marjoram) 



1. Leaves broadly ovate; bracts colored; calyx of 5 equal teeth O. vulgdre 



2. Leaves oblong-ovate ; bracts green ; calyx 2 lipped O. majoTJna 



