56 ENGLISH BOTANY. 



Sub-Genus II.— EU-STACHYS. (Stachys. Linn.) 



Anther-cells widely divaricate. Flowers in elongated interrupted 

 spikes, or spikelike racemes. Bracts of all the verticillasters resembling 

 the leaves, or at least those of several of the lowest whorls. 



i- SPECIES II.— S TACHYS GERMANIC A. Linn. 



Plate MLXVIII. 



Beich. Ic. Fl Gei-m. et Helv. Vol. XVIH. Tab. MCCX. Figs. 1 & 2. 

 Billot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 612. 



Eootstock somewhat woody, without elongated creeping stolons. 

 Stem stout, erect, simple or nearl}' so. Radical leaves in tufts, on long- 

 stalks, elUptical- or ovate-oblong, cordate, crenate ; upper stem leaves 

 sessile, oblong-lanceolate, serrate or crenate-serate ; all acute, greenish 

 above and grey beneath, rugose. Lower (or all the) pairs of bracts 

 resembling the Jeaves ; bracteoles strapshaped-subulate, as long as the 

 calyx. Verticillasters in an elongated interrupted spike. Calyx 

 densely woolly, oblique at the mouth ; teeth half as long as the tube, 

 deltoid, spinous-awned. Corolla tube not much exceeding the calyx- 

 teeth, shorter than most of the pairs of bi'acts. Nucules dim, finely 

 shagreened. Plant grey, densely clothed with silky hairs, especially 

 on the stem, underside of the leaves, and calyx. 



In pastures and by roadsides on chalky soil. Veiy rare. Lutton 

 Park, Bedfordshire; in several places in Norfolk; by the roadside 

 between Hopcrofts Plolt and Sturgess Castle, between Oxford and 

 Banbury, where it was collected by Dr. Lloyd ui 1835, and I have 

 seen no specimens of a later date from that county. In 1857 I found 

 it sparingly in a field by the side of Darent Wood, Kent, but the 

 field has since been ploughed up, and the plant has disappeared. It 

 has occurred in many other counties, but probably planted, and in 

 some cases Stachys lanata, which is still more frequently cultivated, 

 has been mistaken for it. 



England. Perennial or Biennial. Late Summer, Autumn. 



Rootstock branched, short-lived, but generally flowering more than 

 once. Radical leaves in tufts from the cro-mis of the rootstock, on stalks 

 usually as long as the lamina, which is from 2 to 6 inches. Flowering 

 stem 1 8 inches to 3 feet high or more, with a few pairs of branches in 

 luxuriant specimens. Verticillasters many-flowered, dense. Calyx 

 about \ inch long, the upper side longer than the under. Corolla 

 about ^ inch long, pale purplish rose, spotted on the lower li^i, pubes- 



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