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11. BETONICA. Wood-Betony. 



B. OFFICINALIS, L. Stem hairy, 1 2 ft. high. Lower le. 

 numerous, on long stalks, oblong, coarsely crenate, cordate at the 

 base; upper le. few, distant, on short stalks or sessile, obloDg- 

 lanceolate, acute, serrate. Bracts linear, entire, as long as the 

 cal. Fl. in dense whorls, collected into an oblong spike. Cor. 

 much longer than the cal., purplish red; plant hairy. 



Very rare. A few plants used to grow in Kenmuir wood and Cambuslang 

 glen; woods about Hamilton ; and "In an island in the Clyde at Nethanfoot/' 

 Pair. (E) P. 68. 



12. STACHYS. Woundwort. 



1. S. SYLVATICA, L. Hedge-Woundwort. Stem erect, branched, 

 coarsely hairy, 2 ft. high. Le. all stalked, ovate, cordate at 

 the base, acute, serrate. Bracts lanceolate, minute, entire. 

 Whorls 6 8 flowered, forming a long terminal spike. Cal. teeth 

 acute, spiiious. Cor. dark purple, lower lip with white markings. 

 Whole plant having a disagreeable smell; hairy, with longer ones 

 on the veins beneath. 



Common. On the edges of woods and shady "banks. (B) P. 7 3. Langside 

 wood ; banks of the Kelvin, &c. 



2. S. PALUSTRIS, L. Marsh-Woundwort. Stem erect, 1 2 ft. 

 high, hollow. Lower le. shortly stalked, linear -lanceolate or 

 oblong-lanceolate, rounded or cordate at the base ; upper ones 

 sessile, all serrated. Bracts small. Fl. in a short crowded spike, 

 6 10 in a whorl, pale purple. Not so hairy as the former, nor 

 smelling so strongly. 



Frequent. Banks of streams and moist places. (B) P. 78. Banks of the 

 Forth and Clyde and Monkland Canals ; Kelvin, &c. 



Var. ambigua. Le. distinctly stalked, tube of cor. longer than 

 in the former, considered a hybrid. 



Frequent. Below Innellan ; Cumbrae; Bute and Arran. 



3. S. ARVENSIS, L. Corn-Woundwort. Stems slender, ascend- 

 ing or erect, 3 12 in. high. Le. small, stalked, ovate, cordate at 

 the base, obtuse, crenate, slightly hairy. Bracts oblong, toothed. 

 Fl. 4 6 in a whorl. Cal. with long teeth, ending in a small 

 spine. Cor. pale purple, scarcely longer than the cal. Achenes 

 dotted. 



Frequent. In corn fields. (B) A. 59. Tollcross; Carmunnock; Gourock; 

 Largs; Cumbrae and Arran. 



13. N]PETA. Catmint, Ground-Ivy. 



1. N. CATARIA, L. Catmint. Stem erect, branched, 2 3 ft. 

 high. Le. stalked, ovate, cordate, pointed and coarsely toothed. 



