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10. STACHYS. Linn. Wound wort. 



Calyx angular, 5-cleft, or 5-toothed, acuminate. Corolla with 

 a short tube ; the upper lip vaulted ; the lower 3-lobed, with 

 the sides reflexed. Stamens, after the anthers are burst, bent 

 back on each side. Ntits obsoletely 3- cornered, ovate or 

 roundish. Name, <?Taxv9, a spike, from the nature of the in- 

 florescence. Didynamia. Gymnospermia. 



1. S. sylvatica, Linn. Hedge Woundwort. Whorls of six 

 flowers ; leaves cordate, stalked ; stem solid. Br. Fl. 1. p. 277. 

 E. Fl. v. iii. p. 98. E. Bot. t. 416. 



Woods and shady places, frequent. Fl. July, Aug. If. Plant 

 foetid, covered with coarse hairs ; stem two to three feet high, erect. 

 Leaves pointed, ovato-cordate. Flowers red. 



2. S. anibigua, Sm. Ambiguous Woundwort. Whorls of 

 six flowers; leaves oblongo-cordate, acute, stalked. Br. Fl. 1. 

 p. 277. E. Fl. v. iii. p. 99. E. Bot. t. 2089. 



Fields and waste places, not unfrequent in the neighbourhood of 

 Dublin. Fl. Aug. Sept. 11 . Plant covered with rather silky hairs, a 

 little foetid. Leaves acute, oblong. Flowers crimson. 



3. S. palustris, Linn. Marsh Woundwort. Whorls of six 

 or more flowers ; leaves linear-lanceolate, mostly sessile, semi- 

 amplexicaul. Br. Fl. 1. p. 278. E. Fl. v. iii. p. 99. E. Bot. t. 

 1075, 



River-banks and watery or moist places, frequent. Fl. Aug. If. 

 Plant covered with spiny hairs, foetid. Leaves long and narrow, ser- 

 rated. Flowers pale purple. 



4. S. arvensis, Linn. Corn Woundwort. Whorls of six 

 flowers ; stem weak ; leaves cordate, obtuse, slightly hairy. Br. 

 Fl. 1. p. 278. E. Fl. v. iii. p. 100. E. Bot. t. 1154. 



Dry corn-fields, occasionally, in many parts of the country. Fl. 

 July, Aug. . Readily distinguished by its small size, weak stems, 

 small and obtuse, mostly stalked leaves, and the pale purple flowers, 

 which scarcely exceed the calyx in length. 



11. BETONICA.. Linn. Betony. 



Calyx ovate, 10-ribbed, teeth equal, awned. Corolla with 

 the tube exserted, cylindrical ; upper lip ascending ; lower 

 one patent, trifid, its middle lobe entire, or nearly so. Name, 

 altered from Bentonic, in Celtic : Ben meaning head, and 

 ton, good. Its properties are cephalic. 



Didynamia. Gymnospermia. 



1. B. qfficinalis, Linn. Wood Betony. Spike interrupted, 

 short ; leaves cordato-oblong, crenate ; middle rib of the co- 

 rolla somewhat notched. Br. Fl. 1. p. 277. E. Fl. v. iii. p. 

 97. E. Bot.t. 1142. 



