BALLOTA. TEUCKIUM. 335 



[& an'nua (L.) ; whorls 4 6-flowered, st. erect/ lower 1. 

 ovate-oblong blunt crenate-serrate stalked, floral I, lanceolate 

 acute, cal. -teeth lanceolate very acute, tube of the cor. exceeding 

 cal., bracts minute. E. B. S. 2669. Fl. yellowish. Nutlets 

 minutely rough. Gadshill and Sevenoaks, Kent. A. VIII. 

 IX.] E. 



15. BALLO'TA Linn. Horehound. 



1. B. nigra (L.) ; 1. crenate-serrate, bracts linear-subulate, 

 cal. funnelshaped, cal.-teeth broadly ovate short patent or reflated. 

 E. B. 46. R. 1. f. 1041 ! B. fcetida (Lam.) ed. viii. St. 

 2 3 ft. high. Lower 1. cordate ; upper ovate. Fl. purple or 

 white. Scent pungent. A hard coarse plant. Whole plant 

 including the cor. covered with hairs. Waste places. P. VII. 



VIII. E. S. I. 



2. B. ruderdlis (Sw.) ; 1. crenate-serrate, bracts linear-subulate, 

 cal. funnelshaped, cal.-teeth ovate gradually acuminate erect. 

 R. 1. f. 1039 ! St. 23 ft. high. Lower 1. cordate ; upper 

 ovate. Fl. purple or white. Scent agreeable. Very hairy and 

 soft. 1 I still with Grenier consider this distincc from Sp. 1. 

 Waste places, rare. Abundant at Llanwarne, Herefordshire. 

 P. VII. VIII. E. 



16. MARRU'BITJM Linn. White Horehound. 



1. M. vulgdre (L.) ; st. erect hoary, 1. ovate narrowed into 

 a petiole or roundish cordate crenate hoary rough, whorls in any- 

 flowered, cal.-teeth 10 subulate patent hooked woolly below, 

 their upper half glabrous.^. B. 410. St. 12 It. high, 

 with many whorls of small whitish flowers. L. sometimes 

 dentate, rarely roundly cordate. Waste places, rare. P. VIII. 



IX. E. S. I. 



Tribe VII. Ajugoidea. 



17. TEU'CRIUM Linn. 



1. T. Scorodonia (L.) ; st. erect, 1. oblong-ovate their base 

 cordate crenate-serrate green on both sides, racemes lateral and 

 terminal one-sided, floral 1. ovate acute rather longer than the 

 pedicels, upper cal.-lip ovate, lower 4-toothed, cor.-tube exserted. 



1 We do not find any correlation between the shape of the cal.-teeth 

 and the hairiness of the plant. H. & J. G. 



