AMONG THE WILD FLOWERS. 161 
purple; some give this as B. negra. Lycopus 
Europeus, Gipsy-wort, is a tenant of the banks 
of streams and ditches, about 2 feet high, leaves 
wrinkled and deeply serrate, flowers pale in 
dense whorls. It should be observed that the 
flowers of Lycopus and Salvia have only 2 
perfect stamens, which fact removes them to the 
Linn. Cl. II., Dzandria. They are, however, 
distinctly Labiates as to their structure, the 
missing pair of stamens being only imperfect 
or abortive. 
The two species of Scutellaria, Skull-cap, 
S. galericulata, and S. minor must be noticed ; 
the former has pairs of large blue flowers in the 
axils of the leaves, and secund, pointing all one 
way; it loves wet ditch-banks and borders of 
ponds, etc. ; the latter has similar pairs of small 
pink flowers; the calyx of both these plants is 
in shape like a helmet. 
Four species of Stachys are common,—sS. 
sylvatica, Hedge Woundwort, with dull purplish- 
red flowers, variegated with white ; S. palustris, 
Marsh Woundwort, a much brighter looking 
plant, with numerous light purple flowers, 
and narrow long leaves; S. arvensis, Cornfield 
Woundwort, altogether a smaller plant, calyx- 
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