232 DIDYNAMIA — GYMNOSPEHIM I A. 



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Waste places about Edinhurg-li. Mr Ti/ciche. M?- W. II. Camphell. 

 Garden at Shrewsbury, Mr Leitjhton. Fl. March — June. 0. — Too 

 nearly allied, I fear, to the following^ to be deemed a good species. 



4. L. amplcxicdule, L. (^Hcnhit-nettle); leaves orbicular wrin- 

 kled iiiciso-crenate the floral ones sessile, teeth of the calyx lan- 

 ceolato-subulate about as long as the tube, tube of the corolla 

 straight naked within, tooth of the lateral lobes of the lower 

 lip obsolete. E. Bot. t. 77. 



Waste places, sandy fields and gardens. Fl. IMarcli — June. © . — 

 Corolla of a fine deep rose-colour, with a very slender tube. 



5. L. incisum, ^V'iIld. (cut-leaved Dead-nettle); leaves broadly 

 cordate or deltoideo-cuneate deeply iuciso-crenateall stalked, the 

 uppermost crowded, teeth of the calyx subulate about as long 

 as the tube, tube of tlie corolla straight with a hairy ring within, 

 lateral lobes of the lower lip with a short tooth. E. Bot. t. 1933. 



Cultivated and waste ground, growing very large in the Hebrides. 

 Fl. May, June. 0. 



11. Betonica. Linn, Betony. 



1. B. officinalis., L. ( Wood Betony); spike interrupted short, 

 leaves cordato-oblong crenate, middle lobe of the lower lip of 

 the corolla somewhat notched. E. Bot.t. 1142. 



Woods and thickets, frequent ; not comnnon in Scotland. Fl. July, 

 Aug. If. — Stem \ — 2 feet high, hairy ; with few leaves, the lowermost 

 ones on ]oi)g footstalks, upper ones sessile. Spikes oblongo-ovate. 



12. Stachys. Linn. Woundwort. 



1. S. sf/lvdtica, L. (Hedffe Woundwort); whorls of 6 flowers, 

 leaves cordato-ovate acute stalked. E. Bot. t. 416. 



Woods and shady places. Fl. July, Aug. If. — Two to 3 feet high, 

 hairy. Leaves truly cordate and tapering from below the middle to a 

 point, in which respect it differs from the following. Flowers purple ; 

 whorls of about 6 flowers. 



2. S. amhigua, Sm. (^ambiguous Woundtoorf); whorls of 6 

 flowers, leaves oblongo-cordate acute stalked. E. Bot. t. 2089. 



Fields and waste places. Abundant in Scotland, especially in the 

 West Highlands. Poynings, Sussex. Leicestershire. Ireland. Fl. 

 Aug. Sept. If — Hairy, with soft, silky hairs, especially about the stem. 

 Almost intermediate between the preceding and the following, proba- 

 bly only a var. of the latter. It is found in Germany and Sweden. 



3. S. paMstris, L. (Marsh- Woundivort); whorls of 6 or more 

 flowers, leaves linear-lanceolate mostly sessile and semi-amplex- 

 icaul. E. Bot. t. 1075. 



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

 Mr Borrer finds this plant at Siddlesham, with broader, shortly-stalked 

 leaves, and hence approaching to S. ambigua. 



4. S. Germdnica, L. (downy Wou?idwort); whorls many- 

 flowered, leaves oblongo-ovate crenate densely silky, stem erect 

 woolly. E. Bot. t. 829. 



