S72 128^ Stachys. 32. LABIATE. PL ex. cor, 



X. 128. STACHYS. Dioseorides. Wound-tmrt. 



Calyx irregular, not lipped, sometimes closed, 5-toothed ; 

 teeth awlshape, irregular, sometimes distorted ; corolla lip- 

 ped j tube short, gibbous, prominent; galea arched, nicked; 

 lip S-lobed, lobes reflexed sideways; stamens 4, didyna- 

 mous, becoming reflexed sideways. — Flowers axillary or 

 verticillately spiked ; true hractece 0. 



1. Stachys sylvatica. Wood wound-wort. 

 Stem solid ; leaves heartshape, wrinkled, pointed, serrate, 



petioled ; whirls 6-flowered. 



Galeopsis legitima Dioscoridis, Raii Syn. 237, 1 ; Park. 908. 

 Galeopsis vera, Ger. em. 709, 1. 

 Stachys sylvatica, Lin. S. P. 81 1 . 

 Hedge nettle. 



Woods and hedges ; perennial ; July and August. 



Rhizoma rather creeping ; stem simple ; leaves dark green ; 

 spike ovate, interrupted; calyx hispid; corolla brownish 

 blood-colour; lip white, spotted. 



^. minus. Leaves angular. 



Galeopsis q. lamiuiu sylvaticum spicatam foetiduim, folio anguloso miou§ 

 Flukeneti, Dillen in Raii Syn. 237,2. 



2. Stachys ambigua. Doubtful ivoundwort. 

 Stem pipey; leaves oblong, serrate, petioled; whirls 



6-flowered. 



Stachys ambigua, Engl. Bot. 30,?0S9. 



Fields in north of Scotland ; perennial ; September. 



Rhizoma creeping, white; leaves paler than those of s. syl- 

 vatica ; corolla bright red ; lip variegated ; teeth of the calix 

 lanceolate. 



3. Stachys palustris. Marsh woundwort. 

 Leaves heartshape, linear, lanceolate, rather bald, sessile, 



acutely serrated; whirls 6 to 10-flowered. 



Sideritis Anglica strumosa radice, Raii Syn. 242, 1 ; Park. 587. 

 Panax coloni, Ger. em. 1005. 

 Stachys palustris, Lin. S. P. 811. 



Clovms allheal. Clowns woundwort. 



Moist places ; perennial ; August. 



Rhizoma creeping; stolones becoming tuberous; stem 

 rough; bristles deflexed; leaves silky above, woolly beneath; 

 lower leaves slightly petioled; spikes dense, long; corolla 

 purple, lip variegated. — Herb astringent, used to cure 

 wounds by the first intention, by being bruised and applied 

 to them ; also In ointments. 



