io6 THE FLORA OF THE ALPS 



20. Stachys, L. 



Cymes few-flowered, forming elongated terminal spikes 

 or racemes ; calyx-teeth nearly equal ; corolla-tube cylin- 

 drical, lateral lobes of lower lip often reflexed ; stamens 4. 



A. Flowers pink or purple : — vS. sylvatica^ L., Wound- 

 wort ; fcEtid, flowers red spotted with white ; woods, com- 

 mon. 6'. palustris, L. ; leaves lanceolate, sessile, flowers 

 light pink; wet places, common. vS. ambigua, Sm., is 

 probably a hybrid between these two. vS. germanica, 

 L. ; stem and leaves shaggy with silky hairs, lower leaves 

 cordate, crenate-serrate, flowers pale pink ; stony places ; 

 Southern Switzerland, Dauphiny, Pyrenees. 5. arvensis^ 

 L. ; flowers very small, pink and white ; a small annual 

 weed in cultivated ground. 5. alpifia^ L. ; stem erect, 

 glandular-hairy above, leaves broadly ovate, flowers dark 

 purple ; mountain woods. 



B. Flowers yellow : — 6". recta, L. ; cymes few (3-5- 

 flowered), forming an elongated spike, calyx-teeth ending 

 in a short spine, leaves lanceolate, hairy, stems 8-18 in. ; 

 stony places, frequent. vS. annuay L. ; leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, nearly glabrous, bracts lanceolate ; an annual 

 weed in cultivated land. 



21. Betonica, L. 



Resembling Stachys, but cymes in dense short terminal 

 spikes. 



B. officinalis y L. {Stachys Betonica, Benth.), Wood- 

 Betony ; flowers pink, upper leaves narrowly lanceolate ; 

 woods, common. B. hirsuta, L. : flowers purple, much 

 larger, calyx twice as long, net-veined, stamens as long 



