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what cordate serrate leaves, and large conspicuous often highly 
coloured Jloivers : the lower lip of the corolla is sometimes purple 
with a white margin, sometimes spotted with purple, but it varies 
considerably. The plant, when growing, is said to have a disagreeable 
smell, but when dried it is fragrant, like the Anthoxanthum odoratum, 
and the scent is retained for many years in the herbarium. M. gran- 
diflora Sm. (the true M. Melissopltgllum L.) is neither sufficiently 
marked nor permanent to constitute a distinct variety. 
19. Prunella Linn. Self-heal. 
Cal. ovate; upper lip plane, more or less distinctly 3-toothed ; 
lower one bifid. Cor. with the upper lip nearly entire, arched ; 
lower one 3-lobed. Filaments with two teeth at the extremity, 
one bearing the 2-celled anther. Style bifid. — Named front the 
German, brdune , the quinsy (which it was supposed to cure) ; 
whence comes Brunella of C. Baultin, softened into Prunella 
by J. Bauhin. 
1. P. vulgaris L. (common S .); leaves stalked oblong-ovate, 
upper lip of the calyx truncate, its teeth usually obsolete, 
the teeth of the lower lip ovato-lanceolate mucronate, corolla 
scarcely twice the length of the calyx. E.B. t. 961. 
Moist and barren pastures, frequent. y. 7, 8. — Leaves in 
British specimens entire or toothed, in foreign ones sometimes incise 
or pinnatifid. Flowers very densely whorled, so as to form an im- 
bricated oblong spike, with a pair of leaves at its base, and a pair of 
broad bracteas beneath each wliorl. Cor. violet-blue, its lower lip 
finely toothed at the margin. 
20. Scutellaria Linn. Skull-cap. 
Cal. broadly ovate, having a conspicuous concave tooth or 
scale on the upper side; its 2 nearly equal entire lips closed 
after flowering. Cor. with the tube much exserted; upper lip 
straight arched; lower one trifid. Filaments simple; anthers 
of the two lower stamens 1-celled, of the two upper 2-celled. 
Style bifid, upper lobe very short. — Named from scutella, a 
little dish or cup, which the calyx with its appendage or ear 
somewhat resembles. 
1. S. gulericulata L. (common S.)\ stem branched divaricate, 
leaves crenate oblong or ovato-lanceolate rounded or cordate at 
the base, flowers axillary solitary opposite secund, calyx downy 
without glands. E. B. t. 523. 
Banks of rivers and lakes, especially in stony places, y. 7, 8. 
— Stem 8 or 10 inches to 1 foot high. Flowers rather large, blue, 
usually downy. 
2. S. minor L. (lesser S .); glabrous, leaves shortly stalked 
obtuse mostly quite entire, lowest ones broadly ovate, interme- 
diate ones ovato-lanceolate cordate and somewhat hastate at 
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