60 ENGLISH BOTANY. 



any of the preceding; verticil] asters 6 to 12 -flowered. Calyx scarcely 

 4 inch long, less pubescent than in the two forms just mentioned. 

 Corolla I inch long, the tube longer, and the limb smaller than in S. 

 palustris or S. sylvatici-jialustris, dark reddish purple. Nucules 

 fuscous, similar in size and shape to those of S. palustris, but rough- 

 ened and not shining. Plant green, hispid with spreading hairs on 

 the stem, petioles, and veins of the leaves beneath, thiiily pubescent 

 on the upper and under surfaces of the leaf. 



Hedge Wowidwort 



Frencli, Hinalre des iois. German, Wald Ziesf. 



SPECIES v.— STAC HY3 ARVENSIS. Linn. 



Plate MLXXII. 



Bekh. Ic. n. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XVni. Tab. MCCII. Fig. 1. 

 Billot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 66. 



Rootstock none. Stem weak, decumbent, and often rooting at the 

 base, then ascending or erect, branched. Leaves all distinctly stalked ; 

 petiole of the lower leaves often as long as the lamina ; lamina ovate 

 or oval, rounded or subcordate at the base, obtvise, crenate or crenate- 

 serrate. Bracts resemljling the leaves, but the upper ones subses- 

 sile; bracteoles absent. Verticillasters in a lax spikelike raceme. 

 Calyx very slightly oblique, sparingly pubescent, with long simple 

 hairs ; teeth triangular, spinous-mucronate, rather shorter than the 

 tube. Corolla tube shorter than the calyx-teeth, much shorter than 

 the bracts. Nucules dim, finely shagreened. Plant green, sparingly 

 hispid-pubescent with rather stiff hairs. 



In cultivated ground and waste places. Rather common, and generally 

 distributed in sandy and chalky soils, but very rare in the extreme 

 north of Scotland, and indeed throughout the whole of that country; 

 and in Ireland it is local. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Annual or Biennial. Spring to Autumn. 



Stem 4 to 18 inches long, branched, especially towards the base, the 

 flowering portion erect. Leaves £ to li inch long, 5-i'ibbed. Bracts 

 similar to the leaves, the upper ones narrower and nearly sessile. 

 Infloresence occupying half the length of the stem ; flowers 4 to 6 in a 

 whorl, with the j^edicels shorter than the calyx. Calyx ^ inch long, 

 slightly contracted at the throat when in fruit. Corolla very small, 

 scarcely exceeding the calyx, jjale purplish rose, variegated with white. 

 Nucviles shorter and more trigonous than in the other species, fuscous 

 brown. Plant dvill green, more or less hairy. 



Corn Woundwort. 

 French, Spiaire des cltam^js. German, Fold Ziesi. 



