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LABIATE. 



BETONICA OFFICINALIS (Wood BetOtl^. 



Woods and hedges, common. A branched hairy plant, 

 2 3 feet high, with numerous whorls of dark but dull 

 purple flowers, almost forming a spike. There are rarely 

 more or less than 6 flowers in a whorl, and the outline 

 of the leaves is not at all oblong. When in seed the 

 calyx-teeth are rigid. Fl. July, August. Perennial. 



2. S. palustris (March Wound- wort). Flowers 6 in a 

 whorl ; leaves narrow-oblong, heart-shaped at the base, 

 sessile. Marshes, common. Taller and stouter than the 

 last, and distinctly marked by its oblong leaves tapering 

 to a point, and light purple flowers. Fl. July August. 

 Perennial. 



