PL ex. cor. 32. LABIATE. 126. Negeta. 371 



VIII. 126. NEPETA. Pliny. Cat-mint. 

 Calyx cylindrical, not 2-lipped, striated, dry, bald on the 



inside, 5-toothed; teeth unequal, upper tooth broadest; 

 tube of the corolla long ; mouth spreading ; edge reflexed ; 

 galea slender, short, 2-cut ; lip 3-lobed ; side lobes short ; 

 middle lobe very large, concave, crenate ; stamens 4, didy- 

 namous, exserted, converging, — Flowers verticillate spiked, 

 or terminal panicled ; peduncles many-flowered, bracteated. 



Nepeta mollis. Soft cat-mint. 



Leaves petioled, heartshape, toothed, serrate ; whirls pe- 

 dicelled ; Jiowers spiked. 



Nepeta major vulgaris, Rail Syn. 237, I ; Park. 38. 

 Mentha felina, seu cattaria, Ger^em, 682, 1. 

 Nepeta cattaria, Lin. S. P. 796. 

 Nepeta mollis, Salisb. Prod. 78. 



Nep. 



Edges of chalky fields ; perennial ; July and August. 



Herb very soft, sometimes woolly ; ste-^ upright ; leaves 

 wrinkled; spikes blunt, many-flowered; corolla white, lip 

 spotted with red. — Odour aromatic, much liked by cats. 



IX. 127. BETONICA. Pliny. Betony. 

 Calyx irregular, not lipped, 5-toothed; teeth unequal, 



awned ; mouth hairy ; corolla lipped ; tube bent at bottom ; 

 galea upright, not cut ; lip 3-cut ; middle lobe deflexed at 

 the sides ; stamens 4, didynamous, short, not converging. — 

 Stem simple ; Jiowers terminal, spiked ; true hractece 0. 



Betonica officinalis. Shop letojiy. 



Leaves heartshape, crenate, rather hairy; hairs of the 

 stem adpressed; calyx rather bald; ^aZea not cut; middle 

 lobe of the lip nicked. 



Betonica, Rail Syn. 238; Ger. em. 714, 1. 

 Betonica vulgaris flore purpureo, Park. 614. 

 Betonica ofIiciualis,.Z/«n. S. P. 810. 

 Wood betony. 



Woods; perennial; July and August. 



Stem with rough and stiff bristles ; leaves blunt, serratures 

 broad; Jower leaves petioled; spikes leafy; coro/Za purple 

 or white. — Root emetic ; herb sternutatory, also smoked as 

 tobacco : formerly in high esteem as cephalic. 



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