Belonka.] LABIAT/E. 2 ^ 5 



10. Stachys. Linn. Woundwort. 



Calyx angular, 5-cleft, or 5-toothed, acuminate. Corolla with 

 a short tube ; the upper lip vaulted ; the lower 3-lobed, with 

 the sides reflexed. Stamens, after the anthers are burst, bent 

 back on each side. Nuts obsoletely 3- cornered, ovate or 

 roundish. — Name, <naxvs, a spike, from the nature of the in- 

 florescence. Didynamia. Gymnospermia. 



1. S. sylvatica, Linn. Hedge Woundwort. Whorls of six 

 flowers ; leaves cordate, stalked ; stem solid. Br. Fl. 1. p. 277. 

 E. Fl. v. iii. p. 98. E. Bot. t. 416. 



Woods and shady places, frequent. Fl. July, Aug. %. — Plant 

 foetid, covered with coarse hairs ; stem two to three feet high, erect. 

 Leaves pointed, ovato-cordate. Flowers red. 



2. S. ambigua, Sm. Ambiguous Woundwort. Whorls of 

 six flowers; leaves oblongo-cordate, acute, stalked. Br. Fl. 1. 

 p. 277. E. Fl. v. iii. p. 99. E. Bot. t. 2089. 



Fields and waste places, not unfrequent in the neighbourhood of 

 Dublin. Ft. Aug. Sept. % . — Plant covered with rather silky hairs, a 

 little foetid. Leaves acute, oblong. Flowers crimson. 



3. S. palustris, Linn. Marsh Woundwort. Whorls of six 

 or more flowers ; leaves linear-lanceolate, mostly sessile, semi- 

 amplexicaul. Br. Fl. I. p. 278. E. Fl. v. iii. p. 99. E. Bot. t. 

 1075. 



River-banks and watery or moist places, frequent. Fl. Aug. %. — 

 Plant covered with spiny hairs, foetid. Leaves long and narrow, ser- 

 rated. Flowers pale purple. 



4. S. arvensis, Linn. Com Woundtvort. Whorls of six 

 flowers ; stem weak ; leaves cordate, obtuse, slightly hairy. Br. 

 Fl. 1. p. 278. E. FL v. iii. p. 100. E. Bot. t. 1154. 



Dry corn-fields, occasionally, in many parts of the country. Fl. 

 July, Aug. ©. — Readily distinguished by its small size, weak stems, 

 small and obtuse, mostly stalked leaves, and the pale purple./Jouws, 

 which scarcely exceed the calyx in length. 



11. Betonica.. Linn. Betony. 



Calyx ovate, 10-ribbed, teeth equal, awned. Corolla with 

 the tube exserted, cylindrical ; upper lip ascending ; lower 

 one patent, trifid, its middle lobe entire, or nearly so. — Name, 

 altered from Bentonic, in Celtic : Ben meaning head, and 

 ton, good. Its properties are cephalic. 



Didynamia. Gymnospermia. 



1. B. officinalis, Linn. Wood Betony. Spike interrupted, 

 short ; leaves cordato-oblong, crenate ; middle rib of the co- 

 rolla somewhat notched. Br. Fl. 1. p. 277. E. Fl. v. iii. p. 

 97. E. Bot. t, 1142. 



