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small quantity on the main road, immediately before the lane." Phyt. 

 L 991. O./S^.] 



C. officinalis, Clairv. Bab. 257. Not uncommon on hedgebanks, as in the 

 back lane to the Marsh j at Totteridge, etc. 



Note — We have about "Wycombe two widely diflfering forms of this species, one of 

 which bears considerable resemblance to the true O. Nepeta. In this, the leaves and 

 stems are hoary, and the blossoms pale lilac, spotted with, purple ; it is also a taller and 

 more robust plant than the more ordinary form of O. officinalis, in which the leaves are 

 of a brighter gi*een, and the blossoms pink, mottled with white and red. I suspect 

 that the first mentioned form, which I may, for brevity's sake, term C. pseudo-Nepetaf 

 was the plant observed by Mr. Mill, and recorded as Q. Nepeta. The true officinalis is 

 found in " various places along the Little Marlow Eoad, and on the dry banks by most 

 of the lanes thereabouts," Phyt. i. 992. O.S. ; as well as in the above-mentioned localities. 

 C. pseudo- Nepeta, I have observed at Totteridge, West Wycombe, (in great abundance) 

 Bledlow Ridge, etc. ; it remains in blossom much longer than the true officinalis. 



C. Acinos, Clairv. Bab. 257. Basil Thyme. In dry fields and by road- 

 sides, common. 

 C. Clinopodium, Benth. Bab. 257. Roadsides, common. 



Scutellaria. Linn. Skull-cap. 

 S. galericulata, L. Bab. 258. Banks of the Thames, common. 

 S. minor. L. Bab. 258. Damp places on Lane End Common. 



Prunella. Linn. Self-heal. 

 P. vulgaris, L. Bab. 258. Meadows and roadsides, common. 

 Note. — Occasionally occurs with white or pinkish blossoms. 



!N^EPETA. Linn. 



N. Cataria, L. Cat-mint. Bab. 258. Hedges and roadsides, not uncom- 

 mon : West Wycombe, Marlow, etc. 



iV". Gleclioma, Benth. Ground Ivy. Bab. 258. Woods and hedgebanks. 



Lamium. Linn. Dead-I^ettle. 



L. amplexicaule, L. Henbit. Bab. 259. Fields and gardens, common. 



[L. incisum, Willd. I once found what I thought to be this species near 

 Little Marlow, but it may have been only the form of L. purpureum, 

 " with more deeply-cut leaves," mentioned in Bab. Man. 260.] 



L, purpureum, L. Bab. 259. Waste ground, etc. 



L. album, L. Bab. 260. Hedgebanks, etc. 



L. Galeobdolon, Crantz. Bab. 260. Weasel-snout. Woods and banks, 

 frequent. 



Galeopsis. Linn. Hemp-Nettle. 

 G. Ladanum, L. Bab. 260. Cornfields, etc., common. 

 G. Tetrahit, L. Bab. 261. Woods, hedges, and roadsides, not very com- 

 mon : Booker, Bledlow Ridge, etc, 



Note — I have found white-flowered varieties of each of these species. 



