Prunella Vulgaris. 
Self-heal. 
PRUNELLA Lm. Gen. PI. Didynamja Gymnospermia. 
Filamenta bifurca : altero apice antherifero. Stigma bifidum. 
Ran Syn. Gtn. 14. Suefrutices et Herb® verticileatee. 
PRUNELLA «*m foliia petiolati, Lin. Syjt. Vegetal, p. 4jS . 
BRUNELLA foliis ovatis oblongis calycibus fuperne truncatis. Haller. FUJI. n. 277. 
BRUNELLA vulgaris. Scopo/i FI. Cartt. 715. 
PRUNELLA major folio non diffefto. Bauh.pin . 260. 
PRUNELLA Gerard. ernac. 631. 
'Xsiti-r- ^ 
RADIX annua, fibrofiffima. „ 
CAULIS dodrantalis, pedalis et ultra, ereclus ad bafiii * STAT V f !!! Mr J ceed,n ^y fibrous. 
ufque ramofus, 'inferioS’ ! Zuhr h™ M d° “■ f °°/ ° r m0re , !n hri S I >t. 
bus radicantibus, fubquadratus, utrinque canali- * jointed ’ the uf? 5 <r d0 ' VI1 r ' bottoIn ’ 
culatus, hirfutus, pjpurafcens. | d^™ 
FOLIA oppofita, petiflata, ovata, plana, patentia, punflis LEAVES^ fite,' fta , 7 “ TSal ovat . 
prominulis fcabnufcula, oblolete dentata do t V • V , ? CIt lks ’ ovate > nat, 
tins quam ferrata ? P t fpmad.ng, rough w.th httle promine, .t points, 
t tamtly indented on the edge, father than 
Mow above, and hairy on the edge, 
truncatas, e floribus *“* "’l S’ ^-hat^Iindmca,, aboufan 
cellatisetbraateis conflantes. F * ZVlenves®, od fl ' Jt tu P' «oipofed of 
| ft°lk leaVCS and “ owers Ending on fhort foot- 
BRACTE.® cordata;, latte, acuminatae, fubdiaphanze,f FLORAL-I EAVFS TiMi-i-flia™»,! > , , . 
venofae, ciliat*, fubtus hirfut*, fupra glabra. I ’• ^ T* .P“ nted . 
r 8 y lomewnat tranlparent, veiny, edged with hairs, 
T hirfute on the under fide, imooth and filming 
VERTICILLI fexflori. 'wHreie rn 
pAi vy . p r „, . , , v WHIRLS hx flowers in each. 
LtA-LiA. ferianthium tubulatum, bfa&sis paulo v CALY \ • a tubular Pfptimtu,,,,, r , , 
longius, biangulatum, fupra glabrum, tSner-l 'than the floYal IcaZ 1“; 
veum, fubtus ftriatum, angulis ciliatis bilabia- ? . ‘ an 8 u,ar on each fide, 
tum; labio fuperiore depmflb-pK tCcalo I W H . i’ ' 'a™ tT - nb *’ ftl iared be- 
crenato, minutim tridentato, lateribus planis’* two lin* r£ CSe S ed with hairs, compofed of 
inferiore angnffiore, bifido, laciniis acuminatis’, f fomewL dqX^t off aT^ tefmin^d 
| by three linail teeth, the fides flat, the lower 
1 ointeT^V’ ' hS fcg ‘ r ‘™ ti lon S sod 
c °R° L LA^violacea, caducaj^ionopetaL, ^rmgeiis, pars CQRQLLA of a viifl^t colour, ealily falling mpnopeta- 
7 J MUJ^UUU, IlllgV.UO, JJlUb 
tubulola calyce paulo longior, labium fuperius 
concavum, integrum, fuperne villofum, infe- 
rius trifidum, laciniis lateralibus integris, de- 
flexis, intermedia eredta, rotundata, denticulata. 
M ' 2 - 
STAMINA: Filamenta quatuor, fubulata, violacea, 
bifurca, quorum duo breviora; Antherje bi- 
lobie, lobis divergentibus, furca interiore inii- 
dentes. jig. g 
-- ’ -"“v munupeta- 
Jous and rmgent, the tubular part a little longer 
than the calyx, the upper lip hollow, entire 
aud villous above, , the lower lip divided into 
three fegments,. of which the fide-ones are 
entire and bend downward, the middle oneup- 
right, round, and finely toothed, fi<y. 2 . ^ 
: STAMINA : four Filaments, tapering, of a violet co- 
lour, forked at top, of which two are longer 
than the others ; Anthers compofed of two 
lobes, which diverge and lit on the inner fork. 
PISTILLUM: Germen quadripartitum, glandutt ere- PISTILLUM:' Gkrme.n divided into four carts fur 
natacmaum; Stylus filiformis, longitu- 1 rounded by a notched gland” Style filiVota 
ine flammum , Stigma b. fidum, acutum.* the length* ofthe ftanlua; StIoma bifid and 
SEMINA quatuor’, o’vata, parva, obtufe angulata, glabra, * SEEDS fouT'ottef^m jl,’ obtufely angular fmooth 
fufea, mucrone albo termmata. fig. 8 . | brown, and terminated by a^hue fAitfig t 
charaae^whic^thal^olwioid^d^ thei^^f^clfTdfama^i^liovve^e^aflbhed^u^Weprefe^pl^nr^Ii^i: & 
oothed. This ,s noticed by Tourmeeort in his figures of this genus, but the !S"wl o °m t e f 
not however efcape the penetrating Linneeus, whoconliders it as the effential charafter of the ' 1 u‘ 
° Ur attemi0,! ’ WlMher ' TC itS manner i^ which 
The Self-leal has an herbaceous roughhh tafle, and hence Hands recommended in alvine fluxes- it h,„ h. 
Tcef LtSr^7/; a 2 :j nerary ' Whcncs itS -»“* a " dll ‘ ewte» «» .«d inflammations «2 
bloffoms, which are ufually 
According to LmiuA experiments, kine, goats, and Jheep, eat it ; but horfes refufe it. 
