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LABIATiE 



with 5 equal teeth ; corolla with tube as long as the calyx ; upper lip 

 arched, lower 3-lobed, the side lobes bent back before withering ; 

 stamens 4, the 2 lower the longest ; anthers bursting lengthwise. 

 (Name from the Greek stachus, an ear of corn, from the spike- 

 like inflorescence.) 



I. S. officinalis (Wood Betony). — A common and very pretty 

 woodland plant, i — 2 feet high, with a slender, seldom branched 



MARRi^BiUM vvLckRfilVhiie Horehound). 



stXchys officinalis 

 {Wood Betony), 



stem; characteristically shaped oblong, obtuse, cordate, deeply 

 crenate leaves, of which the lower ones are stalked ; and an 

 interrupted terminal oblong head or spike of deep crimson, rose- 

 coloured, or rarely white flowers with 2 or 3 pairs of sessile leaves 

 beneath the lower whorls. — Fl. June — August. Perennial. 



2. S. germdnica (Downy Woundwort). — Stem erect, woolly, 2 — 

 3 feet high ; leaves with matted, white, silky hairs, wrinkled, cor- 

 date, the lower stalked, ovate-oblong, the upper sessile, lanceolate; 



