84 ENGLISH BOTANY. 



SPECIES III— TEUCRIUM CHAM^DRYS. Linn. 



Plate MXCIV* 



Reich, Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XVIH. Tab. MCCXXXIX. Fig. 5. 

 Billot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 164. 



Perennial. Rootstock creeping, stoloniferous. Stem woody at the 

 base, decumbent, much branched; branches ascending. Leaves all 

 distinctly stalked, rhombic-obovate, wedgeshaped and entire at the base, 

 the terminal half or two-thirds deeply inciso-crenate-serrate ; upper 

 surface shining, the under side dim and thickly glandular, •with only the 

 main veins prominent. Lowest bracts similar to the leaves, the upper 

 ones much smaller (about as long as the calyx), oval, acuminate, and 

 nearly entire. Verticillasters about G-flowered, arranged in a rather 

 lax unilateral spikelike raceme at the apex of the stem and branches. 

 Calyx sparmgly pubescent and sprinkled with glands, not inflated, but 

 slightly succate at the base on the lower side ; teeth erect, triangular, 

 acuminated and spinous-pointed, about half the length of the tube. 

 Corolla more than twice the length of the calyx. Nucules trigonous- 

 ovoid, nearly smooth. Plant more or less hairy with bristly hairs, 

 the upper side of the leaves sometimes glabrous. 



On old walls. Scarce, but found in many places, but only where it 

 has been planted or escaped from cultivation. 



[England, Scotland, L'eland.] Pereimiial or shrub. Summer, 

 Autumn. 



Rootstock extensively stoloniferous. Stem 3 to ] 8 inches long, wiry. 

 Leaves very numerous, f to 11 inch long, including the petiole, into 

 which the wedgeshaped base of the lamina passes almost imperceptibly. 

 Bracts scarcely distinguishable from the leaves towards the base of 

 the inflorescence, but those towards the apex much smaller and often 

 stained with purple. Calyx \ inch long, often purple. Corolla ^ to 

 -^ inch long, rose colour ; the lower lip variegated with white and darker 

 rose. Nucules much less wrinkled than those of the 2 preceding 

 species. Plant dark green, varying in the degree of hairiness. 



Wall Germander. 



French, Germandree petite cJiene. German, Gemeiner Gamander. 



This species acts as a slight aperient as well as a tonie, and was formei-ly considered 

 a valuable remedy for gout, and various other disorders. It entered into the compo- 

 sition of the once celebrated " Portland Powder." Its reputation as a specific for the 

 gout is of veiy old date ; Charles V. having been cured of that disorder by a decoc- 

 of this herb. The Emperor, it should be remarked, took it for sixty days in succession — 

 a course which few patients woiild submit to ; and we are inclined to attribute his 

 cure as much to the work of time as to the efficacy of his medicine. 



