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Betonica Grandiflora. Great- 

 Flowered Betony, 



Clafs and Order, 



DlDYNAMIA GyMNOSPERMIA. 



Generic Cbaratler, 



Cal. ariftatus. Corolla lab. fuper adfcendens, planiufculum : 

 tubus cylindricus. 



Specific Cbaratler and Synonyms. 



BETONICA grandiflora ; floribus verticillatis : verticillis 



aequalibus diftantibus. 

 BETONICA grandiflora ; fpica foliofa interrupta, calycibus 



margine villofis : dentibus fubulatis, corollis 



galea obcordata. Willd. Sp. PI, t. 3. /. 96. 



Stcphan, in litt. ad Willd, 



Desc. Stalk fimple, erecT, four-fquare, hairy efpecially 

 upwards. Radical Leaves heart-fhaped, obtufe, bluntly cre- 

 nate, pubefcent on both fides but much more Jo underneath. 

 Cauline fhorter, egg-heart-fhaped, lower ones with fhort foot- 

 ftalks, upper ones feflile. Flowers in two or three equal whorls 

 with 8 — 10 flowers in each with a pair of round feffile leaves 

 longer than the flower-cups under each whorl, and within thefe 

 about eight lanceolate, entire, ciliated bracles. Calyx teeth 

 equal, awl-fhaped, rigid, ciliated. Corolla four times longer 

 than calyx : tube incurved : upper lip entire, middle lobe of 

 lower lip entire, fomewhat undulate ; fide lobes reflected. 

 Stamens exlerted. Style hairy, fomewhat fhorter than ftamens. 

 Stigma bifid. 



It is at once diftinguifhed from every other known fpecies 

 by the large fize of the flowers, and by the whorls being diltinct 

 and not forming a fpike. Is a native of Siberia, and confe- 

 quently perfectly hardy. Flowers in June and July. Eafily 

 propagated by parting its roots, and requires no particular 

 treatment. Introduced by Mr. Loddiges, Nurferyman, at 

 Hackney, within tfiefe few years. Far exceeds in beauty all 

 its congeners. 



