. Flowers of the field. Botany. LABIATE FAAriLY 389 2. N. hederdcea (Ground Ivy, Ale-hoof),—A favourite spring flower, with creeping stems; kidney-shaped, crenate, roughish leaves; and bright blue-purple flowers which grow 3 or 4 together in the axils of the leaves. The whole plant has a strong riromatic odour which, though scarcely fragrant, is far from disagreeable. It is bitter, and was formerly used in brewing, as hops are now; and in rural districts its leaves are dried and made into tea. At a distance its blossoms are often mistaken foj sweet violets.—Fl. March—June. Perennial. 9. Scutel
. Flowers of the field. Botany. LABIATE FAAriLY 389 2. N. hederdcea (Ground Ivy, Ale-hoof),—A favourite spring flower, with creeping stems; kidney-shaped, crenate, roughish leaves; and bright blue-purple flowers which grow 3 or 4 together in the axils of the leaves. The whole plant has a strong riromatic odour which, though scarcely fragrant, is far from disagreeable. It is bitter, and was formerly used in brewing, as hops are now; and in rural districts its leaves are dried and made into tea. At a distance its blossoms are often mistaken foj sweet violets.—Fl. March—June. Perennial. 9. Scutellaria (Skull-cap).—Herbaceous or shrubby plants, with flowers generally solitary or in pairs in .the axils ; calyx bell- shaped, 2-lipped, upper lip with a con- cave scale on its back, which finally closes like a lid over the fruit : corolla much larger than the calyx : slameiis 4, parallel, the 2 lower with i-cham- bered anthers. (Name from the Latin scuiella, a little dish, from the lid of the calyx.) 1. 5. galericuldta (Greater Skull- capV—A handsome plant, 12 — iS in. high, generally branched, with shortly- stalked, oblong-lanceolate, cordate, crenate leaves, and rather large, bright blue flowers in i-sided pairs in the axils : corolla-tube white inside, much longer than the calyx. Soon after the corolla has fallen off, the upper lip of the calyx closes on the lower, and gi\'es it the appearance of a capsule with a lid; when the fruit is ripe it opens again. Banks of rivers andpoiidoj frequent.—Fl. Jul)'—September. Perennial. 2. S, minor (lesser Skull-cap).—A much smaller, more slender little plant, only 4—8 in. high, with subsessile, ovate, obtuse leaves : and small, pale pink flowers, with a calyx like that of the preceding species.—Bogg}' places : not corirmon, exxept in the west of England.—Fl. fuly—October. Perennial. ID. Pruxllla (Self-heal).—Small, hain,; plants with their , in whorl; of about 6, collected into dense, terminal heads
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