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BETONICA. BETONY. 



B. officinalis (wood JBetony.) Under hedges and in woods 

 and thickets. Stem from 1 to 2 feet high, erect and simple ; 

 root-leaves on long stalks, ovate, serrate ; upper leaves nearly 

 sessile, oblong, toothed ; the pairs of leaves distant from each 

 other; whorls of flowers forming a dense, oblong terminal 

 spike ; corolla of dull purplish rose-colour, upper lip flattish. 

 Very common. Stackys Betonica, Bab. and Benth. (E, B. t, 

 1142.) P. vi.-vm. 



STACHYS. WOUNDWORT. 



1. S. sylvatica (hedge Woundwort .) In woods and under 

 hedges. Stem from 2 to 4 feet high, stout, erect, slightly 

 branched. Leaves large, ovate, cordate, strongly serrate. Flower- 

 spike terminal, composed of numerous close whorls of from 6 to 

 10 flowers in each ; corolla of a deep purplish-red, upper lip 

 lip vaulted. Frequent. Walks at Meadfoot. Copse near Ansti's 

 Cove. Cockington and Shiphay lanes. (E. B. t. 416.) P. vn. 



VIII. 



2. S. palustris (marsh W.) In ditches, on river-banks, and 

 in wet places. Root creeping extensively. Stems 2 or 3 feet 

 high, stout ; lower leaves slightly stalked ; upper ones half clasp- 

 ing, oblong or lanceolate, serrated, rather woolly beneath. Spike 

 of many whorls, with a pair of leaves beneath each whorl ; corolla 

 purplish-red. Common. Osier-beds at Paignton, etc. (E. B. t. 

 1675.) P. vn. VHi. Var. #. of Hooker and Arnott, Marychurch. 



3. S. Germanica (downy W.) In fields and under hedges. 

 Plant from 1 to 3 feet high ; stem as well as leaves covered with 

 whitish silky hairs, giving the whole plant a hoary appearance. 

 Leaves ovate, pointed, serrate, the radical ones on long stalks, 

 the others almost sessile, all very much veined. Flowers numer- 

 ous, in axillary whorls ; corolla pinkish, streaked with white, 

 upper lip arched. Fields on the Warberry Hill, Mr. Earle. 

 (E.B.t. 829.) P. vn. 



4. S. arvensis (corn W.} In cornfields. Stem weak, pros- 

 trate or ascending, branched. Leaves opposite, on short stalks, 

 ovate or slightly heart-shaped ; floral leaves oval-oblong, pointed, 

 sessile. Flowers in whorls of from 4 to 6, small ; corolla pale 

 purple, upper lip vaulted. Frequent in tillage fields. Walks on 

 Meadfoot cliii'-. Warberry. (E. B. t. 1154.) A. vin. ix. 



