98 DIDYNAMIA— GYMNOSPERMIA. Stachys. 



Cal. tubular, angular, with 5 spreading, more or less un- 

 equal, spinous-pointed teeth, hardly so long as the tube, 

 permanent. Cor. ringent ; tube very short ; throat ob- 

 long, protuberant underneath at the base; upper lip 

 erect,' ovate, vaulted, often notched; lower larger, 3- 

 lobed, the lateral lobes reflexed, the middle one largest, 

 notched. Filam. awl-shaped, rather shorter than the 

 upper Up, finally curved outwards, at each side of the 

 mouth. Aiith. roundish, of 2 valves. Ge7^m. angular, 

 4-lobed. Style the length and position of the stamens. 

 Stigma cloven, acute. Seeds 4, angular, abrupt, in the 

 bottom of the scarcely altered calyx. 



Hairy, shaggy, or woolly, rather fetid herbs, sometimes 

 shrubby, rarely annual. Leaves heart-shaped, ovate, or 

 oblong, serrated or crenate. Whorls numerous, gene- 

 rally spiked ; leafy or bracteated. Fl. reddish, or blue- 

 ish, variously speckled about the mouth. 



1. S. sylvatica. Hedge Woundwort. 



Six flowers in a whorl. Leaves heart-shaped, stalked. Stem 

 solid. 



S.sylvatica. Linn. Sj^.PLSW. Willd.v.3.97. Fl.Br. 633. Engl 

 Bot. V. 6. ^.416. Curt. Lond.fasc. 3. t. 34. Hook. Scot. 183. 

 Riv. Monop. Irr. t. 26. f. 2. 



Cardiaca n. 276. Hall. Hist. v. 1 . 120. 



Galeopsis legitima Dioscoridis. Rail Syn. 237. CLis. Hist. v. 2. 

 35. /.36. 



G. vera. Ger.Em.704.f. 



/3. Lamium sylvaticum spicatum foetidum, folio anguloso^, minus. 

 Pluk. Amalth. 128. Dill, in Raii Syn. 237. 



Under hedges, and in shady situations, common. 



Perennial. July, August. 



Root moderately creeping. Herb dark green, hairy all over, with 

 a strong disagreeable smell. Stem 2 or 3 feet high, erect, leafy, 

 not much branched, filled with pith. Leaves stalked, broadly 

 heart-shaped, acute, serrated, veiny, thin and pliant ; the upper 

 ones gradually diminishing to sessile, linear, entire bracteas. FL 

 externally downy, dull red, or dusky blood-coloured ; the pa- 

 late prettily variegated with darker lines and spots,mixed with 

 white. The tube has a small pouch underneath, marking the 

 limits of the long and cylindrical throat. 



