102 DIDYNAMIA— GYMNOSPERMIA. Ballota. 



structure perfectly that of a Staclujs, though Haller thought 

 otherwise. Seeds rounded externally ; triangular at the inner 

 side. The plant is slightly fetid, but has no remarkable quality. 



294. BALLOTA. Black Horehound. 



Linn. Gen. 294. Jim. 1 14, FL Br. 635. Lam, t. 508. 



Ballote. Tourn.t. 85. 



Cal. tubular, oblong, with 5 angles, 10 ribs, and 10 furrows, 

 permanent; limb somewhat salver-shaped, dilated, spread- 

 ing, plaited, regular, with 5 pointed teeth. Cor. ringent; 

 tube cylindrical, the length of the calyx ; upper lip erect, 

 ovate, concave, notched ; lower 3-lobed, obtuse, the cen- 

 tral lobe largest, cloven. Filam. awl-shaped, directed 

 towards the upper lip, which extends a little beyond them. 

 Anth. oblong, of 2 spreading valves. Germ, small, 

 4-lobed. Sti/le thread-shaped, of the length and situa- 

 tion of the stamens. Stigma cloven, slender. Seeds 4, 

 ovate, in the bottom of the somewhat hardened calyx. 



Herbaceous, downy, fetid. Leaves ovate or heart-shaped, 

 serrated, or lobed. Fl. numerous, purplish, or white, 

 in dense, stalked, bracteated "dohorls. Some of the foreign 

 species are doubtful as to their generic character. 



I. B. nigra. Stinking Black Horehound. 

 Leaves ovate, undivided, serrated. Calyx funnel-shaped, 

 abrupt, with short spreading teeth. 



B. nigra. Linn. Sp. PL ed. 1. 582. FL Br. 635. EngL BoLv. 1 . 

 ^.46. Huds.260. TVith.533. Relh.234. Sibth.l87. Mbot 

 131. Hook. Scot. 184. BulL Fr. t. 397. 



Mentha aquatica. FL Dan. t. 673 ! 



Ballotte. liaii Syn. 244. 



Ballote. Fuchs.Hist. 154./. Matth. Valgr.v. 2. 180./. Tourn. 

 Inst. 185. t. 85. VailL Par. 20. 



Marrubium nigrum. Ger. Em. 701./. 



M. vulgare. Clus. Hist. v. 2. 34. /. , 



Stinking Horehound. Pet. H. BriL t. 32. f. 4. 



j8. Ballota alba. Linn. Sp. PL ed. 2.814. FL Suec. 206. 



B. nigra (3. Huds. 260. fVith. 533. Relh. 235. 



B. flore albo. Tourn. InsL ] 85. FailL Par. 20. 



Ballote. Camer. Epit.572.f. 



About hedges and waste places common. 



/3. Near Hammersmith, Mr. Woodward. At Stafford. Dr. Stokes. 

 At Weston-supra-mare, Somersetshire. Mr. Lightfoot's herba- 

 rium. Between Norwich and Hellesdon. 



Perennial. July, August. 



Whole herb finely hairy or downy, of a greyish green, with a pe- 



