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intcrmixod with short gland-tipped ones, or with the leaves subglahroiis 

 oil liolh sides. 



Ill wet meadows and ditches. Ver}' rare. At Uraunton lUirnnvs, near 

 r>iddeford, north Devon, and at Holton on Swale, near Richmond, York. 

 Tiiese arc the only places from wliich I have seen specimens. It is 

 stated in the Flt)ra of Cambridge to grow between Cambridge and Kly ; 

 Prof. Babington has seen it from Mepal near the latter town. It is 

 reported to grow near Horning, Norfulic, and in the counties of Oxford, 

 Xortliampton, and Lincoln, but the two latter stations require confir- 

 mation. In Ireland it occurs in the south and west, and is abundant 

 along the west shore of Lough Derg, from near the bridge at Portumna. 



England, Ireland. Perennial. Summer, Autumn. 



When growing on ground which is merely inundated in winter, the 

 stems arc rigid, 3 inches to 1 foot higli, with subereet branches ; the 

 leaves ^ to 1 inch long; the bracts much attenuated at the base; the 

 wliolc plant densely clotlied witii Avhite wool. When growing in 

 water, the plant has somewliat the habit of Scutellaria Galerieulata; the 

 stem weak and iiexous; the brandies ascending; the bracts cordate at 

 tlie base; and the whole plant is subglabrous, except the stem and calvx, 

 whicli, however, are less hairy than in the terrestrial form. Both forms 

 have flowers on stalks rather longer than the calyx. Calyx about I 

 inch long. Corolla nearly \ inch, pale purplish-rose; the middle lobe oi 

 the under lip spotted with darker rose towards the base. Nucules 

 minute, light reddish-brown, much less wrinkled that in T. Botrys. 

 Plant dull green, often opaque, nearly white from the abundance" o{ 

 hairs. Stolons long, with small scalelike leaves at distant intervals. 



The state with clasping bracts is I. scordioidcs of Bab. Man. Brit. 

 P.ot. ed. i. p. 237, but it is merely a state and not a variety. The 

 j>!aiit of Schreber, under that name, which occurs in the south of 

 I'urope, has the leaves and bracts much broader, cordate, and amplexi- 

 caul; the flowers on longer pedicels, and the calyx smaller: it appears 

 to be distinct, at least as a sub-species. 



Water Germander. 



French, Germanclree aquaiique. German, Knollauehdiiftender Gamander. 



Tliia plant possesses tonic and aromatic bitter qualities, but is no longer nsed in 

 medicine, though perhaps superior to some of the drugs which are substituted for it. 

 The dried leaves are employed powdered as a vermifuge by the peasantry, and a decoc- 

 tion is said by Withering to be a good fomentation for gangrene. The whole herb 

 has a strong garlic-like odour, and when eaten by cows it is apt to give its flavour 

 to the milk, but those animals usually refuse to touch it unless compelled by 

 hunger. 



Dr. Prior, whose authority is reliable, tells na that the name Germander is derived 

 from the words xnftai, ground, and ^(>£c, oak, so named from the fancied likeness of 

 its leaves to those of an oak. 



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