PI. ex. cor. 32. LABIATiE. 135. Cardiaca. 379 



XVII. 135. CARDIACA. Gesner. Mother-wwl. 

 Calyx bellshaped, 5-sided, 5-toothed, irregular, not 



lipped; mouth naked; teeth unequal, spinose, expanded, 

 2 lower longest; corolla lipped, tube as long as the calyx; 

 galea upright, concave, not nicked ; outside very villous ; 

 lip turned back, 3-lobed, lobes pointed, nearly equal ; sta- 

 mens 4, didynamous; filaments villous; anthers speckled 

 with shining dots ; ovary tomentose at the tip, margined. — 

 Leaves cut ; flowers in whirls, axillary. 



Cardiaca vulgar-is. Common mother-worl. 



Leaves petioled; lower leaves wedgeshape, ovate, 3-lobed, 

 toothed; upper leaves lanceolate, undivided. 



Cardiaca, Eaii Syn. 239, 1 ; Park. 41, 42 ; Ger. 705, 1. 

 , Leonurus Cardiaca, Lin. S. P. 817. 

 Cardiaca trilobata, Lamarck Fl. I'r. 383, 

 Stachjs triloba, Stokes Hot. M. M. 339. 

 Cardiaca vuls;aris, Mosnc/j il/e/A. 401. ^ • 



Leonurus ruderalis, Salisb. Prod'. 84. 



Chalk fields ; perennial ; July and August. 



Stem downy ; villi bent back ; leaves spreading, linear 

 tomentose, veiny ; ivhirls many-flowered ; corolla white and 

 woolly on the outside ; red and variegated on the inside ; 

 anthers spotted with white. — Antispasmodic, the decoction 

 used in palpitation of the heart, hysteria ; and also given to 

 cattle against coughs and fever. 



XVIII. 136. BALLOTE. Dioscor. Bastard-horehourid. 

 Calyx bellshape, 5-sided, 10-ribbed, 5-toothed, regular; 



teeth equal ; corolla 2-lipped ; galea concave, crenated ; lip 

 3-lobed ; side lobes roundish, middle lobe large, heart- 

 shape, cut; seeds triangular. — Flowers a^JMoxy ; whirls -pe^ 

 duncled, many-flowered. 



Ballote foetida. Stinking bastard-hellebore. 



Leaves rather heartshape, ovate, crenate, hirsute; calyx 

 veined, enlarged above, rather truncated; teeth ovate, niu- 

 cronated, spreading. 



Ballote, Rail Syn. 244, 1. 



Marrubium nigrum, Ger. em. 701, 1. , 



Marrubium nigrum foetidum Ballote dictum, Park, 1230. 



Ballota nigra, Lin. S. P. ed. 1 , 582. 



Mentha aquatica, t'l. Dan, 613. 



BaWotafoeMa, Be Cand.Fl. Fr. 251 6. 



Ballota sordida, Salisb. Prod. 83. 



Black horehound. Stinking horehound. 



Hedges and ruins; perennial; July and August. 



