724 DIDYNAMIA. GYMFOSPERMIA. Scutellaria. 
three-lobed,” in M. Melissophyllum ; and “ calyx four-lobed,” in M. gran - 
diflora , appears to be far from invariable. Curtis declares the divisions 
of the lips of the calyx to be altogether inconstantthe Rev. J. Pike 
Jones, who enjoys peculiarly favourable opportunities of studying the 
habits of these plants, observes, “ the calyx of M. grandjjlora is fre¬ 
quently trilobedand Smith himself admits that f!r the calyx varies a 
little with respect to occasional notches and that this plant “ generally 
resembles the preceding.” The white margin, surrounding the purple 
spot on the lower lip of the blossom, cannot be accounted very material 
in constituting a species. Nimium ne crede colori,” says our great 
master ; and in respect to size of blossom, jt will not be found to exceed 
the general luxuriance of other parts of the individual [occasioned by 
favourable soil and situation. E.) 
Bastard Balm. Balm-leaved Archangel. Melissophyllum . Riv. 
Hedges and Woods in the West of England. About Totness, Devon¬ 
shire ; Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire; New Forest, Hants. (In St. 
Leonard’s Forest, going down into Isemonger’s Gill, by the cross road 
from Hand Cross to the Horsham road. Mr. Borrer. E.) 
P. May—June.* 
SCUTELLA / RIA.f Calyx, border nearly entire, after flower¬ 
ing covered by a dorsal rib. 
S. galericula'ta. Leaves heart-spear-shaped, scolloped, wrinkled: 
flowers axillary. 
Curt. 155— (E. J Sot. 523. E.)— Kniph. 8— Riv. Mon. 77. 1, Scutellaria — 
Blackw. 516— Wale .— FI. Dan. 637— H. Ox. xi. 20, row 3. 6— Lob. Ohs. 
186. 3, and 1c. i. 344. 2 —Dod. 93. 2 —Ger. Em. 477. 10—Park. 221— 
Pet. 34. 10. 
{Stem acutely quadrangular, nearly smooth, twelve to eighteen inches 
high, much branched. Blossom funnel-shaped, blue, externally pubes¬ 
cent, solitary, three-fourths of an inch in length. Anthers purple. Sum¬ 
mits simple. Leaves on very short leaf-stalks, wrinkled, veined, pubes¬ 
cent, paler underneath. E.) 
Common Scull-cap. (Welsh: Cyccyllog mwyaf. E.) Banks of rivers 
and edges of ponds. P. July— Aug.J 
S. mFnor. Leaves heart-egg-shaped, nearly entire: flowers axillary. 
Dicks. H. S, — Curt. 283—( E.Bot. 524. E.)— Ger. Em. 581. 3— Park. 220. 
4— H. Ox. xi. 20, row 3. 8— Pet. 34. 11—Ger. 466. 2. 
Small and slender. Leaves egg-shaped with only one or two scollops at the 
base. Woodw. Plant from four to eight inches high, generally un¬ 
branched. Leaves sometimes egg-spear-shaped, a little serrated towards 
* (A truly elegant flower, not unfrequently admitted into gardens. Though of an 
unpleasant scent when fresh, when dried it is said to become delightfully fragrant. E.) 
T (From the resemblance of the calyx to a sort of cup with a lid to it, called scu- 
tella. E.) 
f When the blossom falls off, the cup closes upon the seeds, which, when ripe, being 
still smaller than the cup, could not possibly escape, or overcome its elastic force, 
(as is done by the down of the seeds in the compound flowers,) and must consequently 
remain in useless confinement. But nature, ever fruitful of resources, finds a method to 
discharge them. The cup becoming dry, divides into two distinct parts; when the seeds, 
already detached from the receptacle, fall to the ground. Cows, goats, and sheep eat 
it; horses and swine refuse it. 
