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axillary pairs along the greater part of the stem, and all turned to 

 one side. Corolla large, blue, usually downy. 



2. S. minor, (Linn.) lesser Skull-cap. Engl. Bot. t. 524. 



Local it//. Moist heaths and boggy places, P. Fl. July, Seji- 

 f ember. Area, 1. * * 4 * 



South Division. 



1. South-east District, "Moist ground on Alderbury Common," 



Dr. Maton. Nat. Hist. Wilts " Near Salisbury," Mr. James FLussey. 

 North Division. 



4. North-west District, " Swampy ground near the mill in Spye 

 Park," Dr. Alexander Prior. 



A rare plant in Wilts, and the above localities are the only ones 

 at present recorded for it. More branched than the preceding and 

 scarcely one third its size. Leaves of the same shape but nearly 

 entire. Flowers not half so large as in S. galericulata ; of a delicate 

 pink colour, rarely inclining to blue ; the lower lip white, dotted 

 with red. 



Prunella, (Ltnn.) Self-heal. 

 Linn. CI. xiv. Ord. i, 



Name. Said to be derived from the German word Briiune, the 

 quinsy, which the plant is reputed to cure ; whence Brunella of 

 Ray altered into Prunella. The plant was formerly much used as 

 a vulnerary ; whence the English name Self-heal, which is a cor- 

 ruption of Slough- heal its old appellation. 



1. P. v fly avis, (Linn.) common Self-heal. Engl. Bot. t. 961. 



Locality. Meadows and pastures, especially in rather damp 

 situations. P. Fl. July, August. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 



Recorded in all the Districts. Leaves stalked, ovate, and nearly 

 entire. Corolla usually of a violet purple, rarely white, but varying 

 much in size and depth of colour. Flowers very densely whorled 

 so as to form an imbricated oblong spike. 



Napeta, (Linn.) Cat-mint. 

 Linn. CI. xiv. Ord. i. 

 Name. From nepa s a scorpion ; it being reputed efficacious 

 against the bite of that reptile. 



