56 EXGLISII BOTANY. 



Sub-Genus II.— EU-STACHYS.^ (Stachys. Linn.) 



Anther-cells widely divaricate. Flowers in elongated interrupted 

 spikes, or spikelike racemes. Bracts of all the verticillasters resembling 

 the leaves, or at least those of several of the lowest whorls. 



SPECIES n.— STACHYS GERMANICA. Linn. 



Plate ilLXVIII. 



Beich. Ic. Fl. Gorm. et Helv. Vol. XVUI. Tab. MCCX. Figs. 1 & 2. 

 BUM, Fl. Grail, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 612. 



Rootstock somewhat woody, without elongated creeping stolons. 

 Stem stout, erect, simple or nearly so. Radical leaves in tufts, on long 

 stalks, elliptical- or ovate-oblong, cordate, crenate ; uj^per stem leaves 

 sessile, oblong-lanceolate, serrate or crenate-serate ; aU acute, greenish 

 above and gi'ey beneath, rugose. Lower (or all the) pairs of bracts 

 resembling the leaves ; bracteoles strapshaped-subulate, as long as the 

 calyx. Verticillasters in an elongated interrupted spike. Calyx 

 densely woolly, oblique at the mouth ; teeth half as long as the tube, 

 deltoid, spinous-awned. Corolla tube not much exceeding the calyx- 

 teeth, shorter than most of the pairs of bracts. Nucules dim, finely 

 shagreened. Plant grey, densely clothed ■ndth silky hairs, especially 

 on the stem, underside of the leaves, and calyx. 



In pastures and by roadsides on chalky soil. Veiy rare. Lutton 

 Park, Bedfordshire ; in several places in Norfolk ; by the roadside 

 between Hopcrofts Holt and Sturgess Castle, between Oxford and 

 Banbury, where it was collected by Dr. Lloyd in 1835, and I have 

 seen no specimens of a later date from that county. In 1857 I found 

 it sparingly in a field by the side of Darent Wood, Kent, but the 

 field has since bjen ploughed up, and the plant has disappeared. It 

 has occurred m many other counties, but probably planted, and in 

 some cases Stachys lanata, which is still more frequently cultivated, 

 has been mistaken for it. 



England. Perennial or Biennial. Late Summer, Autumn. 



Rootstock branched, short-lived, but generally flowermg more than 

 once. Radical leaves in tufts from the crowns of the rootstock, on stalks 

 usually as long as the lamina, which is from 2 to 6 inches. Flowering 

 stem 1 8 inches to 3 feet high or more, with a few pairs of branches in 

 luxuriant specimens. Verticillasters many-flowered, dense. Calyx 

 about \ inch long, the upper side longer than the luidcr. Corolla 

 about i inch long, pale purplish rose, spotted on the lower lip, pubes- 



