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58. LABIAT.E. 
[Melissinea.'] 
[Meiis'sa Linn. Balm.] 
M. officinalis (L.) ; 1. ovate crenate-serrate acute paler be- 
neath, cal. rather bellshaped slightly ventricose in front distiactly 
2-lipped, upper lip flat truncate with 3 short broad teeth, lower 
with 2 lanceolate teeth. — St. 11. — St. 2 feet high. Fl. in axil- ^ 
larv secund whorls. — Xattu-alized in the South. P. VII. YLH.] 
E. L 
Tribe IV. Scutellariece. 
7. Scttella'eia Linn. Skull-cap. 
1. S. gaiericul<Ua (L.) ; 1. shortly stalked all oblong-lanceolate 
cordate below crenate-serrate, fl. axiUary opposite secund, calyx 
without glands.—^. £. .523.— Cor. large, blue. St. 6 — 12 in. 
high, stout. — This genus has a long curved support (carpophore) 
to its nuts. — Banks of rivers and ditches. P. 11. VJU. E. S. L 
2. S. minor (L.) : 1. shortly stalked, lower 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, pale pink. St. 4 — 8 in. 
nigh, slender. — Moist heaths and boggy places. P. \TI. — IX. 
E. S. 1. 
8. Pru>'el'la Linn. Self-heal. 
1. P. vulgaris (L.) ; 1. stalked oblong-ovate blunt, upper lip 
of the cal. with short truncate mucronate teeth, lower lip witn 
ovate-lanceolate mucronate teeth. — E. B. 961. — About 8 in. 
high. L. nearly entire or slightly toothed ; on Continental 
specimens sometimes pinnatifid. FL blue, rarely white, whorled, 
crowded into a dense spike, with 2 broad kidneyshaped acumi- 
nate bracts Under each whorl. Cal. reddish purple. — In damp 
pastures. P. \H. Vm. E. S. I. 
Tribe V. NepetecE. 
9. Xzp'eta Linn. 
.1. N. Catdria (L.); 1. stalked cordate acute incise-serrate 
whitish-pubescent beneath, cymes denise many-flowered spiked, 
nuts smooth and glabrous. — E. B. 137. — PI. white. St. 2 — 3 
feet high, downy or mealv. Stam. at length curved outwards. 
—Waste places. P. \7I.'^T;n. Cat Mint. E. S. I. 
2. X. GU:ch6ma (Beuth.) ; 1. cordate-reniform crenate, whorls 
axillary stalked secund 3— 1-flowered, cal. -teeth ovate-acumi- 
nate awned, nuts oblong vdth impressed dots. — E. B. 853. 
