LABIATE TRIBE. 



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TEUCRIUM scoROD<5niA (Wood Germander, Wood Sage). 



8. BALLOTA (Black Horehound). 



1. B. Nigra (Black Horehound). The only British 

 species. Waste ground, common. A tall bushy plant, 

 with downy, wrinkled, crenate leaves, and numerous 

 purple flowers. The odour of the whole plant is pecu- 



