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DIDYNAMIA. GYMNOSPERMIA. 
CoROLLIFLOR2. LAMIACES. 
STACHYS. (Wounpwort.)* 
Generic Character. Calyx rather bell-shaped, with ten ribs 
and five teeth. Corolla with the tube as long or longer than 
the calyx. Upper lip mostly arched, lower three-lobed. 
Stacuys syztvatica. (Plate XVIII. Fig. 70.) Hedge 
Woundwort. Woods and shady places produce this plant, 
which stands two or three feet high. Leaves heart-shaped, 
and tapering to a point, stalked, and deeply cut at the 
edges ; there are about six rather large purple flowers in a 
whorl; whole plant very downy. 
StacHys patustRis. Marsh Woundworts. This species 
grows In more marshy places than the last, and on the banks 
of rivers. It is tall. Its leaves are long and narrow, and 
not stalked. Flowers six or more in a whorl. The differ- 
ence in the leaves distinguishes this from the last. 
STACHYS ARVENSIS. Corn Woundwort. Frequent in dry 
corn-fields, and distinguished by its small size, weak stems, 
small and obtuse leaves generally stalked, and pale purple 
corollas, which are scarcely longer than the calyx. 
* This curious name probably arose from the plant being used to stop 
effusions of blood. 
