PRUNEL'LA GRANDIFLO'RA. 
GREAT-FLOWERED SELF-HEAL. 
Class. Order. 
DXDYNAMIA. GYMNOSPERMI A . 
Natural Order. 
LABIAT2E. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Cultivated 
Austria. 
6 inches. 
Aug, Sept. 
Perennial. 
in 1596. 
No. 102. 
The term Prunella appears, according to Gerard, 
to have been deduced from the less harmonious one, 
Brunellen; a name adopted by the Germans, be- 
cause the plant cured a disorder which they call die 
bruen, an inflammation of the throat and mouth. 
Grandiflora, from the Latin, great-flowered. The 
appellation, self-heal, doubtless, arose from some 
supposed virtues, which modern herbalists have not 
been able to verify. 
This plant has, formerly, been noticed as a variety 
of our English Prunella vulgaris, and we decidedly 
believe it to be so; though, by some late botanists, 
it has been considered a distinct species. It is alto- 
gether more handsome than our indigenous one. 
Villars observes, that a drier soil seems, amongst 
other changes in the plant, to occasion it sometimes 
to produce white flowers. 
It is low and suitable for the front of the flower 
border, and requires no peculiar care. It may be 
increased by a division of the roots, in autumn or 
spring, and may be planted in any common garden 
soil. Sometimes it produces seeds, from which 
young plants may be propagated by spring sowing. 
Hort. Kcw. 2, v. 3, 429. 
