PL ex cor. S2. LABIATiE. 123. Chamsedrys. S69 



V. 123. CHAMiEDRYS. Dioscorides. Germander, 



Calyx tubular, gibbous at the base, 5-toothed; teeth 

 lanceolate, upper broadest, 2 lowest slender ; corolla ringent; 

 galea truncated, deeply cut ; lobes falcate, connate at the 

 tip; lower lip 3-parted, lateral lobes long, middle lobe 

 concave, very large, slightly 3-lobed ; stamens 4, didyna- 

 mous, exserted, ascending; microbasis, or cariopsides, 

 smooth. — Flowers axillary. 



1. Chamcedrys laciniata. Jagged-leaf germander. 

 Stem decumbent ; leaves pinnatifid ; lobes 3-cut ; flowers 



peduncled, in threes. 



Chamaepitys foemina, Ger. em. 525,2. 

 Teucrium Botrys, Lin. S. P. 

 Chamsedrys Botrys, Mcench Meth, 383. 

 Female ground-pine. 



Cultivated places; annual; June to August. 



Stem 4-sided, branched ; hairs horizontal ; leaves petioled, 

 many-cut, lobes cut ; flowers in threes from the base of 

 each leaf; calyx much swollen at the base; corolla purplish. 



2. Chamcsdrys officinalis. Shop gej'mander. 

 Stem rather procumbent, villose ; leaves wedgeshape, 



ovate, cut, crenate, hirsute, petioled; flowers in threes. 



Chamsedrys vulgaris sen sativa, Raii Syn. 231, 1 ; Park. 104. 



Chamaedrys major latifolia, Ger. em. 656, 1. 



Chamaedrys minor, Ger. em. 656, 2. 



Chamsedrys, Park. Parad. 456. 



Teucrium, Chamsedrys, Lin. S. P. 790. 



Teucrium veronicsefolium, Salisb. Prod. T6. 



Chamaedrys officinalis, Mcench Meth, 383. 



Wall germander. English treacle. 



Old walls ; perennial ; July. 



Rhizoma creeping ; stem ascending, branched, nearly 

 4-sided ; lower half of the leaves not cut, growing narrow ; 

 calyx hairy ; teeth downy, edged with white ; corolla pur- 

 plish. — Herb diuretic, emmenagogue and diaphoretic; its 

 decoction in wine recommended in gout. 



S. Chamcedrys palustris. Marsh germander. 



Stem diffuse, downy ; leaves oblong, sessile, toothed, 

 Tather naked ; flowers peduncled, in pairs. 



Sconlium, Raii Syn. 246, 1 ; Ger. em. 660, 1. 



Scordium legitimum, Park, 111. 



Teucrium Scordium, Lin. S. P. 790. 



Water germander, Scordium. Garlick germander. 



Bogs ; perennial ; July and August. 

 Stem procumbent, 4-sided, hairy; leaves toothed, ser- 

 rated ; flowers in twos or threes, peduncled ; calyx hairy, 



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