LABIAT/E. LXXX. Garkorsrs. 
Var. B, parviflora, (Benth. lab. p. 523.) corolla about half 
again as long as the calyx. ©. H. G. parviflóra, Lam. dict. 2. 
p. 600. G. intermèdia, Vill. fl. dauph. 2. p. 387. t. 9. Rchb. 
icon. bot. eur. 1. p. 40. t. 46. G. latifolia, Hoffm. fl. germ. 
4-8. ex D. C. fl. fr. 3. p. 544. 
Vur. y, spinosa (Benth. lab. p. 523.) calycine teeth longer and 
spinose. ©. H. G. angustifolia, Hoffm. fl. germ. 4-8. ex D. C. 
fl. fr. 3. p. 543. 
Ladanum Hemp Nettle. 
foot. " 
3 G. Trrra‘uir (Lin. spec. p. 810.) stem usually hairy, from 
stiff bristles or pili, and tumid at the nodi ; leaves ovate, and are, 
as well as the calyxes, glabrous or hairy. ©. H. Native 
throughout Europe and Middle Asia, by way-sides, in cop- 
pice-woods; in corn-fields and on their margins; plentiful 
in some parts of Britain. Tetrahit nodósum, Moench, meth. p. 
395. Leaves 1-3 inches long, pilose. Whorls 6-30-flowered, 
distinct, or the upper ones approximate. Corolla sometimes 
shorter than the calycine teeth ; sometimes 4 times as long, pur- 
plish, yellowish, or spotted with both colours. 
Var. a, parviflóra, (Benth. lab. p. 524.) corolla 2-3 times as 
long as the calyx. ©.H. G. Tetràhit, Curt. fl. lond. 5. t. 191. 
Rchb. icon. bot. eur. 9. p. 28. t. 877. Smith, engl. bot. t. 207. 
G. bifida, Bonning. ex Lej. fl. belg. p. 241. Rchb. fl. germ. 
exc. p. 323. G. acuminata, Rchb. fl. germ. exc. p. 323.—Riv. 
mon. irr. t. 31,—Petiv. herb. brit. t. 33. f. 8. —Mor. hist. t. 12. 
f.13. Corolla purple or white, with a spot on the lower lip, 
variegated with purple and yellow. 
Var. B, pubéscens (Benth. lab. p. 524.) stems scarcely hairy. 
©. H. G. pubéscens, Besser. prim. fl. gal. 2. p. 27. Rchb. 
icon. bot. eur. 1. p. 40. and 41. t. 47-48. G. Walteriàna, Schlecht. 
fl. berol. 
Var. y, grandiflóra (Benth. lab. p. 524.) corollas 3-4 times as 
long as the calyxes. (2. H. G. versicolor, Lin. spec. p. 810. 
Curt. fl. lond. 6. t. 38. Rchb. icon. bot. eur. 1. p. 47. t. 57. G. 
cannábina, Poll. pal. no. 560. Fl. dan. 929. Willd. spec. 3. p. 
$93. G. speciosa, Mill. dict. no. 3. Corolla cream-coloured ; 
lower lip spotted with purple. 
Tetrahit or Common Hemp Nettle. Fl. July, Aug. 
Pl. 1 to 3 feet. 
Cult. Al the species are common weeds in corn-fields ; and 
are therefore only cultivated in botanical gardens. 
Fl. July, Sept. Britain. Pl. 1 
Britain. 
LXXXI. STA'CHYS (from sraxvc, stachys, a spike, in 
reference to the spiked inflorescence.) Benth. lab. p. 525.— 
Stàchys and Betónica, Lin. and other authors.— Zieténia, Gle- 
ditsch, Pers. and other authors.—Erióstomum, Tetrahitum and 
Trixàgo, Hoffm. et Link. 
Lin. syst. Didynàmia, Gymnospérmia, Calyx tubularly cam- 
panulate, 5 or 10-nerved, with an equal or oblique 5-toothed 
mouth ; teeth equal, or the superior ones are larger, or the 3 su- 
perior ones are combined into an upper lip. Corolla with an 
equal, inclosed or exserted tube, furnished with a transverse ring 
of hairs inside or naked, often incurved above; throat not di- 
lated; limb balabiate; upper lip erect or spreading a little, 
usually arched a little, entire or scarcely emarginate, rarely elon- 
gated and flattish, emarginately bifid ; lower lip usually longer, 
spreading, and 3-lobed; the middle segment large, entire, or 
emarginate. Stamens 4, ascending, exserted ; lower 2 the long- 
est; filaments naked ; anthers approximate, 2-celled : cells dis- 
tinct, parallel, diverging or divaricate. Style about equally bifid 
at top; lobes subulate, stigmatiferous at apex. Achenia dry, 
obtuse, not truncate.—Herbs or subshrubs. Whorls 2 or many- 
flowered, usually disposed in terminal, nearly simple racemes. 
1 
LXXXI. Sracuys. 823 
Sect. I. Atorecu‘ros (from aħwrné, alopex, a fox, and ovpa, 
oura, a tail; resemblance in spikes of flowers.) Benth. lab. p. 
531.—Beténica species, Lin. and other authors. A perennial 
villous green herb. Whorls fasciculately many-flowered, ap- 
proximating into somewhat interrupted spikes. Outer bracteas 
about equal in length to the calyxes. Corollas yellowish ; tube 
inclosed. Cells of anthers parallel. 
1 S. atopecu'ros (Benth. lab. p. 531.) plant ascending, vil- 
lous; leaves petiolate, broad-ovate, obtuse, crenated, broad-cor- 
date at the base: lower floral leaves sessile, similar to the upper 
ones, but broader : upper ones and bracteas broad-ovate, acute ; 
corolla one half longer than the calyx, which is amply campanu- 
late. . H. Native of South and Middle Europe, on the 
mountains; as of the Pyrenees, Cevennes, Switzerland, Austria, 
Provence, Piedmont, Naples, Mount Parnassus. Betónica alo- 
pecüros, Lin. spec. p. 811. Jacq. fl. austr. 1. p. 50. t. 78. 
Rchb. icon. bot. eur. 8. 4. t. 719.  Betónica lütea, Mill. dict. 
no. 7. Sideritis alopecüros, Scop. carn. no. 711. t. 28. Spikes 
an inch in diameter. Whorls 20-20-flowered. Corollas cream- 
coloured, downy outside. 
Fox-tail-spiked Betony. 
foot. 
Fl. July. Clt. 1759. Pl. t to 11 
Secr. If. Berénica (betonic is the Celtic name of common 
betony.) Benth. lab. p. 532. Beténica species of Lin. and 
other authors. Pilose, pubescent, or villous perennial herbs. 
Whorls fasciculately many-flowered, approximating into subin- 
terrupted spikes. Outer bracteas equalling the calyxes. Corollas 
purplish, rarely cream-coloured ; tube usually exserted ; cells of 
anthers subparallel. 
2 S. DENSIFLÒRA (Benth. lab. p. 532.) erect, hairy; leaves 
petiolate, ovate-oblong, obtuse, crenated, cordate at the base: 
lower floral leaves cordate-ovate, on short petioles: superior 
ones bractea-formed, and are, as well as the bracteas, ovate-lan- 
ceolate, mucronate, equalling the calyxes ; whorls approximating 
into a dense oblong spike: the lower whorls remote; corolla 
twice as long as the calyx. X. H. Native of the South of 
Europe in subalpine places; as of Spain, Pyrenees, Switzerland, 
Appennines, Naples, Hungary, Caucasus. Betónica Monniéri, 
Osb. p. 146. Gouan, ill. p. 36.  Betónica hirsüta, Lin. mant. 
248. Murr. comm. gætt. 1779. vol. 2. p. 13. t. 3. Rchb. icon. 
bot. eur. 8-5. t. 714.  Betónica Danica, Mill. dict. no. 2. Be- 
tónica incàna, Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 293. Sims, bot. mag. 2125. 
Rchb. icon. bot. eur. 8. p. 5. t. 713.— Barrel. icon. t. 340. 
Stems nearly simple. Leaves 2-3 inches long, and 1 to 1j 
broad. Spikes thick, dense. Corollas villous outside, purplish, 
tube exannulate inside. Calycine teeth spinose; superior ones 
rather the largest. 
Dense-flowered Betony. Fl. June, July. 
foot. 
3 S. BrrówicA (Benth. lab. p. 532.) erect, rather pilose ; 
lower leaves on long petioles, ovate-oblong, obtuse, crenated, 
cordate at the base : superior leaves remote, and are, as well as 
the lower floral leaves, sessile, oblong-lanceolate, acute, toothed : 
uppermost ones linear, quite entire, equalling the calyxes ; whorls 
many-flowered, all approximate into an oblong subinterrupted 
spike, or the lower whorls are distinct; bracteas ovate, mucro- 
nate, equalling the calyxes; corolla twice as long as the calyx. 
X. H. Native throughout Europe and Russian Asia, in woods, 
heaths, and pastures, among bushes; plentiful in Britain, in like 
situations. Beténica officinalis, Lin. spec. p. 810. Hook. fl. 
lond. vol. 2. with a figure. Smith, engl. bot. t. 1142. Fl. dan. 
726. Rchb. icon. bot. eur. 8. p. 54. t. 710.  Betónica hírta, 
Leyss. Rchb. icon. bot. eur. 8. p. 4. t. 711.  Betónica legítima, 
Link, handb. p. 476.  Betónica stricta, Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 
Cl. 1710. Pl. 1} 
