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whirl, continued into a long fpike, dcftltute of 

 leaves : the upper lip is downy, erect and coved, 

 and ftreaked v/ith three deeper-color'd lines : the 

 middle legment of the lower lip is vpricgatcd 

 with white and red waved lines. The whole 

 plant has a ftrong foetid fmell. 



S. verticiilis fexfloris, folis lineari-lanceolatis femi- 

 amplexicaulibus. Sp. pi. 811. (Ger. em. 1005. 

 Rivin. L 26. Blackwell. t. 273. Loes. flor. Prujf. 

 ic. 41. Moris, hiji. f. 11. /. 10. /. 16. Pet. herb. 



Clown's All-heal. Angiis. 



By the fides of rivers and lakes, and in low moift 

 grounds not uncommon, and fometimcs in corn 

 fields. H-.VIII. 



The roots are white and tuberous : the flalk two or 

 three feet high : the flowers are red, growing in 

 whirls, lengihened into a fpike, commonly fix, 

 but fometimes ten or twelve in a whirl : the mid- * 

 die fegment of the lower lip of the Corolla is va- 

 riegated with fpots of a deeper color than the 

 reft of the flower. 



It has a foetid fmell and bitter tafl:e, and is reckon'd 

 a good vulnerary. Swine are fond of the roots, 

 which are fweet, and in times of ncceflicy they 

 have been eaten by men, either boiled, or dry'd, 

 and made into bread. 



MTvenfis 79 STACHYS verticiilis fexfloris, caule deblli, foliis 

 obtufis nudiufculis, corollls calyce vix longiori- 



bus. 



