354 ORD. XIX. Verticillatce. BETONICA OFFICINALIS. 
aromatic and astringent power, it may prove a serviceable tonic 
in some cases of debility of the stomach and nervous system: the 
Chinese, who are said to have experienced the good effects of sage 
in this way, value it highly, and prefer it to their own tea. The 
power of this plant, in resisting the putrefaction of animal sub- 
stances, has also been adduced in proof of its medicinal efficacy.‘ 
* From the experiments of Etlinger, it is discovered to have a considerable share 
of antiseptic power. Vide Comment. de Salvia, p. 16. 
BETONICA OFFICINALIS..  — : WOOD BETONY. 
SYNONYMA. Betonica. Pharm. Geoff. iii. 183. Dale. 151. 
Alston. ti. 88. Lewis. 146. Edinb. New. Disp. 146. Murray. 
i. 158. Bergius. 524. Cullen. it. 145. Betonica purpurea. 
Bauh. Pin. 235. Gerard. Emac. 714. Raii. Synop. 238: Hall, 
Stirp. Helv. 264. Park. Theat. 238. B. officinalis. Hudson. 
Flor, Ang. 258. Withering. Bot. Arr.611. Ic. Flor. Dan. 726. 
Flor. Lond. 154. 
Didynamia Gymnospermia. Lin, Gen. Plant. 718. 
Gen. Ch. Cal. aristatus. Corolle Jab. super. adscendens, planius- 
culum. TZubus cylindricus. 
Sp. Ch. B. spica interrupta, corollarum labii lacinia intermedia 
emarginata. 
