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about as long as the calyx. Corolla tube cylindrical, somewhat 

 swollen on the under side above the base, the lips a dark reddish 

 purple, variegated with darker stripes and spots, intermixed with white, 

 the upper lip horizontal, oblong ovate, concave, the lower with three 

 lobes, the two lateral ones ovate, entire, reflexed, the middle one broad, 

 sab-cordate. Stamens curved beneath the upper lip. 



Habitat. — Groves, under hedges, and shady places ; common. 



Perennial ; flowering in July and August. 



The whole plant has, when rubbed, an unpleasant strong fcetid 

 odour, disagreeable to most people. It does not appear to be applied 

 to any particular use. 



3. S. amhig'ua^ Smith. (Fig. 946.) ambiguous Wound-wort. Stem 

 erect, hollow, branched, rough, with reflexed hairs; leaves petiolated, 

 oblong, lanceolate, with a heart-shaped base, serrated; whorls of six 

 flowers ; calyx with triangular awl-shaped bristle-pointed teeth. 



English Botany, t. 2089.— English Flora, vol. iii. p. 99. — Hooker, 

 British Flora, ed 4. vol. i. p. 232.-5'. pa/w«<H5.— Lindley, Synopsis, 

 p 204. 



This is nearly allied to the last species, and seems intermediate 1)e 

 tween it and the following. It is distinguished by the stalk of the 

 leaves, which are shorter than S. sylvatica ; and in S. palustris they 

 are very short or wanting, and the shape of the leaves, the hollow 

 stems, and not viscid branches, distinguish it from S, sijlvatica. 



Habitat. — Waste and cultivated ground ; abundant in Scotland ; 

 near Poynings, Sussex ; Sheepshead, and other places, Leicesterehire ; 

 near Worksop and Mansfield, Nottinghamshire ; and frequent in fields 

 about Dublin, Ireland. 



Perennial ; flowering in August and September. 



4. iS. palus'tris, Linn. (Fig. 947.) Marsh Woundivort. Stem erect, 

 hollow, simple, rough, with reflexed hairs ; leaves sessile and semi- 

 amplexicaul above, shortly stalked below, lanceolate, acute, with a 

 heart-shaped base, serrated; whorls of from six to twelve flowers; 

 calyx with triangular awl-shaped bristle-pointed teeth. 



a. vulgaris. Leaves obtusely serrated, sessile, thickly clothed with 

 close soft silky pubescence ; whorls of numerous flowers. 



English Botany, t. 1675.— English Flora, vol. iii. p. 100. — Hooker, 

 British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 232. — Lindley, Synopsis, p- 204. 



/3. dubia. (Fig. 948.) Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, dark green, and 

 slightly hairy above, more so but paler beneath, acutely serrated, the 

 upper ones sessile, or nearly so, the lower with short stalks; whorls of 

 about six flowers. 



Root of branched fibres, with long creeping fleshy somewhat tuberous 

 suckers. Stem erect, hollow, simple, square, and more or less clothed 

 with spreading or deflexed silky hairs. Leaves numerous, opposite 

 lanceolate, or linear lanceolate, heart-shaped at the base, sessile, and 



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