820 STACHYS. [CLASS XIV. ORDER I. 



1. S. Germani'ca, Linn. (Fig. 944.) Downy Wound-wort. Stem 

 erect, densely woolly ; leaves petiolated, ovate oblong, heart-shaped at 

 the base, the upper sessile, lanceolate, densely silky ; whorls many 

 flowered ; calyx teeth ovate, acuminate, bristle pointed. 



English Botany, t. 829. — English Flora, vol. iii. p. 101. — Hooker, 

 British Flora, ed. 4. vol, i. p. 232. — Lindley, Synopsis, p. 205. 



Root tufted. Stem erect, from two to three feet high, leafy, 

 branched, obtusely angular, thickly clothed with soft woolly pubescence, 

 reflexed. Leaves numerous, pale green, clothed especially beneath, with 

 soft silky wooUines's, the lower ones with long channeled footstalks, 

 oblong, ovate, obtuse, heart-shaped at the base, crenated, the upper 

 ones sessile, or nearly so, lanceolate, and serrated. Injlorescence nu- 

 merous flowered whorls, sessile, axillary, the lower ones distant, the 

 upper crowded into a spike. Calyx large, very woolly, the teelh ovate, 

 acuminate, or lanceolate, terminated in a sharp bristly point. Bracteas 

 awl-shaped, very woolly. Corolla pale purple, woolly externally, the 

 tube as long again as the calyx, cylindrical, the upper lip concave, 

 entire, or slightly notched, the lower three-cleft, the lateral lobes 

 entire, reflexed, the middle one oblong, entire, crenated, or notched on 

 the margin, striped, and often spotted with white. Stamens with hairy 

 filaments, shorter than the upper lip. Anthers large, two celled. 

 Seeds ovate, angular, pale brown, smooth. 



Habitat. — Fields and hedges by road sides in England, rare ; 

 chiefly in Oxfordshire and Bedfordshire. 



Perennial ; flowering in September. 



This species is remarkable for the dense soft silky woolliness with 

 which it is clothed ; the flowers are small, compared to the size of the 

 plant, and of a pale pink colour. It is frequently cultivated on the 

 flower border, but is not a very showy plant. 



2. S. sylvati'ca, Linn. (Fig. 945.) Hedge Wound-wort, Stem erect, 

 solid, branched and hairy, above glandulose; leaves petiolated, ovate, 

 heart-shaped, acuminated, serrated ; whorls of six flowers ; calyx with 

 triangular awl-shaped bristle pointed teeth. 



English Botany, t. 416. — English Flora, vol. iii. p. 99. — Hooker, 

 British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 232. — Lindley, Synopsis, p. 204. 



Root fibrous, with creeping underground stems. Stem erect, from 

 two to three feet high, simple, or somewhat branched, solid, leafy, 

 rough, with spreading or reflexed hairs, simple below, glandulous 

 above. Leaves all on footstalks, of a thin texture, dark green, paler 

 beneath, clothed with soft silky hairs, the margin acutely serrated, the 

 lower leaves broad, heart-shaped, the upper ones narrower, and the 

 floral ones lanceolate. Inflorescence terminal and axillary, six 

 flowered whorls, the upper ones crowded, the lower distant. Calyx 

 woolly, tubular, becoming bell-shaped, ribbed, the teeth triangular at 

 the base, awl-shaped, bristle pointed. Bracteas narrow, lanceolate, 



