DIDYNAMIA— GYMXOSPEU.MIA. Stachys, 97 



292. BETONICA. Betony. 



Linn. Gen. 293. Juss. l\4. Fl.Br.632. Tourn.t.96. Lam t.507. 



Cal. tubular, cylindrical, permanent, with 5 nearly equal, 

 spinous-tipped teeth, shorter than the tube. Cor. rin- 

 gent; tube cylindrical, incurved; upper lip roundish, 

 undivided, almost flat, erect ; lower longer, in 3 deep 

 segments, the middle one broadest, roundish, notched. 

 Filam. awl-shaped, scarcely projecting beyond the throat, 

 and turned towards the upper lip. Anth, almost orbi- 

 cular. Germ, rounded, 4-lobed. Style thread-shaped, the 

 length and situation of the stamens. Stigma cloven, acute. 

 Seeds 4, ovate, in the bottom of the smooth, somewhat 

 converging, calyx. 



Herbaceous, unbranched, hairy, with oblong, stalked, co- 

 piously and uniformly serrated, or crenate, leaves. Fl. 

 crimson, purplish, or yellowish, in solitary, terminal, 

 dense, upright, whorled spikes. 



1 . B. officinalis. Wood Betony. 



Spike interrupted. Middle segment of the lower lip notched. 



B. officinalis. Linn. Sp. P/. 810. mild. v. 3. 93. Fl. Br. 632. 



Engl. Bot. V. 16. t. 1 142. Curt. Lond.fasc. 3. t. 33. fVoodv. 



suppl.t. 24\. Hook. Scot. \83. Fl. Dan.t.726. Bull. Fr.t 41. 

 B. n.264. Hall. Hist. r. 1. 116. 

 Betonica. Rati Syn. 238 Ger. Em. 714/ Dorst. Bot. 38, 2./. 



Briuif. Herb. v. 1 . 88./. Fuchs. Hist. 350. /'. Comer. Epit. 681 ./. 



Riv. Monop. Irr.t. 28. 



In woods and thickets. 



Perennial. July, August. 



Root rather woody. Stem leafy, rough with reversed bristles. 

 Leaves oblong-, with numerous, strong, bluntish serratures ; the 

 lowermost on long stalks. Fl. crimson, rarely white, forming 

 a dense spilce, various in length ; tlie lowest whorl a little re- 

 mote, with a pair of small .sessile leaves beneath. Bracteas pur- 

 plish, lanceolate, entire. Lower lij) of the corolla more or less 

 notched, or slightly cloven. 



This herb is scarcely aromatic, but the fine rigid hairs, wliich cover 

 the surface, cause it when ])ow(lcred to produce sneezing. Hence 

 Betony iN generally made an ingredient in lu rb snuffs. The 

 root is said to be emetic and purgative. 



293. STACHYS. Woundwort. 



Linv. Gen. 293. Juss.\\4. Fl Br. 632. Tourn. t.S6. Lam.t n09. 

 Galeopsis. Tourn. t. 86. 



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