MELISSA. SCUTELLARIA. 
247 
** Whorls of () simple separate peduncles. Acinos Moencli. 
4. C. Acihos (Clairv.); 1. ovate subscrrate acute with revolute 
margins, cal. tubular gibbous below distinctly 2-lipped : upper 
with short triangular teeth lower with subulate teeth all con- 
verging in fruit. — E. B. 411. St. 70. 5. Thymus Sm. Acinos 
Hook. Melissa Bentb. — St. 6 — 8 in. long. — Dry gravelly places. 
A. ? VII. VIII. Basil Thyme. 
*** FI. in dense axillary whorls. Bracts forming a hind of 
involucre. Clinopodium Linn. 
5. C. Clinopodium (Spenn.) ; 1. ovate obtuse rounded below 
slightly crenate, whorls equal many-flowered, bracts setaceous as 
long as the calyx. — E. B. 1401. Clinopodium vulgar e Sm. Me- 
lissa Bentb. — St. 1 — H foot high. FI. puqde in 2 or 3 dense 
W'liorls, the ujipermost terminal. — Dry bushy places. P. VII. 
VIII. Wild Basil. 
Tribe IV. Melissinece. 
7. Melissa Linn . 
* 1. M. officinalis (L.) ; 1. ovate crenate-serrate acute paler be- 
neath, cal. subcam panulate 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. Balm. E. I. 
Tribe V. Scutellariece. 
8. Scutellaria 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 fi’om S. hastifolia by 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, 
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. 
