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LXIII. LABIATvE. 
\_Melittis. 
all times distinguished from C. Nepeta or sylvalica ; and Mr. H. 
Watson is equally at a loss : we experience the same difficulty. 
4. C. sylvalica Bromf. {Wood C.); stem herbaceous with 
ascending branches, leaves stalked broadly ovate sharply serrate 
green on both sides, cymes stalked many-flowered dichotomous, 
calyx distinctly 2-lipped, teeth with long cilia, those of the 
upper lip spreading or recurved, of the lower subulate and 
longer, hairs in the mouth not prominent, lobes of the lower 
lip of the corolla contiguous all nearly equally long. E. B. S. 
t. 2897. 
Among copse-wood in the Isle of Wight. If. 8 — 10. — Rhizome 
slightly creeping. Leaves large. Stalks of the cymes about as long 
as the primary partial stalk. The principal distinction between this 
and the last lies in the upper lip of the calyx and lower one of the 
corolla, and it is almost impossible to detect these characters in dried 
specimens. 
*** Cal. nearly equal at the base. Middle lobe of lower lip of cor. 
notched. Whorls sessile, dense, many -flowered, with numerous linear 
bracteas, forming a sort of involucre. Clinopodium. 
5. C. Clinopddium Benth. {common W .) ; leaves ovate ob- 
scurely serrate, whorls hairy, bracteas setaceous, pedicels 
branched. Clinopodium vulgare L.: E.B. t. 1401. 
Hills and dry bushy places, not uncommon. 1/.. 7 — 9. — Stem 
1 — foot high, with soft hairs. Flowers in crowded whorls, large, 
purple. Smell aromatic. 
[ Melissa officinalis L., or Balm, has been found naturalized in the 
south of England and Ireland.] 
Stamens ascending, parallel. (Gen. 18 — 20.) 
18. Melittis Linn. Bastard-Balm. 
Cal. with branching veins, broadly campanulate; upper lip 
2 — 3-toothed; lower two lobed, lobes broadly ovate. Cor. with 
the tube much exserted ; upper lip nearly flat (or slightly con- 
cave) entire; lower one 3-lobed, spreading, lobes rounded, 
nearly equal. Anthers approaching in pairs and forming a 
cross; cells distinct, diverging, opening longitudinally. — Name: 
the same as piXiaaa, a bee; from pt\i, honey , on account of it 
yielding honey to bees. 
1. M. Melissophyllum L. {Bastard -Balm): E.B.t. 577. 
M. grandiflora Sm. : E. B. t. 636 {excl. syn. of Curtis). 
Woods, coppices, and hedges in the south (Hampshire), and par- 
ticularly the south-west, of England. 2/.. 5,6. — A most beautiful 
plant, a foot to a foot and a half high, with oblong-ovate or some- 
