334 58. LABIATE. 



Betonica officmalis L. E. B. 1142. St. 12 ft. high. Whorls 

 sometimes considerably separated. Cor. purplish red ; tube 

 exserted. The English plant has the round crenate not emar- 

 ginate lower lip of JS. hirta (R.). Woods and thickets. P. 

 VII. VIII. Betony. E. S. I. 



2. S. german'ica (L.) ; whorls many-flowered, st. erect woolly, 

 1. oblong-ovate or ovate-lanceolate with a cordate base crenate- 

 serrate stalked densely silky, upper I. lanceolate acute sessile, cal. 

 silky j teeth acute mucronate spinous, bracts equalling the calyx. 

 E. B. 829. St. 23 ft. high. FL purple. Chalky soil, 

 Oxfordshire. B. VII. Downy Woundwort. E. 



3. 8. alpina (L.) ; whorls 6 10-flowered, st. erect hairy, upper part 

 glandular, 1. ovate-oblong cordate-based obtusely serrate, floral 1. large 

 sessile nearly all serrate, bracts linear-lanceolate about equalling cal., 

 cal. -teeth broadly acuminate or mucronate, cor. much exceeding cal. dull 

 purple spotted with white hairy externally. J. ofB. xxxvi. (1898) t. 384. 

 Whorls distant below, lower 1. long-stalked crenate. Woods, Wotton- 

 under-Edge, Glos., Mr. C. Suoknall. P. VI. VII. E. 



4. S. sylvat'ica (L.) ; whorls 6 8-flowered, st. erect, /. co?*- 

 date-ovate serrate long-stalked, floral I. linear entire^ cal. -teeth 

 lanceolate very acute, bracts minute. E. B. 416. Cal.-teeth 

 rather spinous. Petioles and 1. nearly equal. Fl. reddish- 

 purple. Nutlets opaque, punctured and irregularly tubercled. 

 L. clothed with scattered adpressed bairs or densely silky 

 on both sides. Woods and thickets. P. VII. VIII. Hedye- 

 Woundivort. E. S. I. 



5. S.palus'tris (L.) ; whorls 6 10-flowered, st. erect, /. linear- 

 or ovate-lanceolate subcordate below acute crenate-serrate nearly 

 sessile, cal.-teeth lanceolate very acute, bracts minute. E. B. 

 1675. St. li 2 ft. high. Cal.-teeth rather spinous. Lower 1. 

 vith very short stalks, uppermost sessile. Fl. dull purple. 

 Nutlets shining, very minutely dotted. [Var. canescens (Lange), 

 having 1. grey felted on both sides, has been reported.] /3. S. ambicjua 

 (Sin.) ; 1. stalked ovate-lanceolate cordate below serrate. 

 Petioles sometimes half as long as the leaves. [Considered a 

 hybrid between Sp. 4 and 5.] River-sides and damp places. 

 P. VII. VIII. Marsh- Woundwort. E. S. I. 



6. S. arven'sis (L.) ; whorls 4 6-flowered, st. decumbent or 

 ascending, /. ovate-cordate blunt crenate stalked, floral I. ovate- 

 oblong sessile acute, cal.-teeth lanceolate awned, cor. scarcely 

 exceeding the cal., bracts minute. E. B. 1154. Fl. pale purple. 

 Nutlets covered with minute dots and scattered tubercles. 

 Corn-fields. A. VIII, IX. E. S. I. 



