68 DIDYNAMIA— GYMNOSPERMIA. Teucrium. 



per lip, ascending, incurved. Germ, superior, 4-cleft. 

 St7/le incurved. Stigma in 2 acute, spreading segments. 

 Seed^ 4, oblong, rounded, vi'rinkled, in the bottom of the 

 permanent calyx. 

 Herbaceous or shrubby, bitter and aromatic, downy or 

 hairy, with entire or serrated, rarely many-cleft, leaves. 

 Fl. axillary, whorled, or capitate ; red or yellowish in 

 our species ; sometimes blue, or white, in the numerous 

 foreign ones. 



1. T. Scorodonia.W oodi Germander.! Wood Sage. 



Leaves heart-shaped, hairy, serrated, stalked. Clusters ag- 

 gregate, unilateral. Stem erect. 



T. Scorodonia. Linn. Sp. PI. 789. Willd. v. 3. 24. Fl. Br. 606. 



Engl. Bot.v. 22. t. 1543. Curt. Lond.fasc. 5. t. 40. Hook. Scot. 



180. Fl.Dan.t.4S5. Bull. Fr.t. 301. Ehrh. PL Off". 406. 

 Chamsdrys n. 287. Hall. Hist. v.\.\ 26. 

 Scorodonia. Cord. Hist. 91,1./. Riv. Monop. Irr. t. 12. 

 S. seu Salvia agrestis. Raii Syn. 245. Ger. Em. 662./. 

 Scordium alterum Plinii. Lob. Ic. 497./ 

 Salvia sylvestris. Trag. Hist. 15. f. Flowers reversed. 



In woods, and heathy bushy places, on a sandy soil, abundantly. 



Perennial. July. 



Root creeping. Stem 18 inches or 2 feet high, leafy, hairy, acutely 

 quadrangular. Leaves deep green, wrinkled, copiously serrated, 

 hairy. Clusters numerous, terminal and axillary, erect. PL 

 unilateral, with a small, ovate, acute bractea at the base of each 

 partial stalk. Cor. pale yellow ; middle lobe concave, hairy. 

 Stam. purple. The whole plant is glutinous, and bitter, with 

 an agreeable aromatic scent, much resembling that of Hops, for 

 which it is said to be no bad substitute in making beer. 



2. T. Scordium. Water Germander, 



Leaves oblong, sessile, downy, with tooth-like serratures. 

 Flowers axillary, stalked, in pairs. Stem procumbent. 



T. Scordium. Linn. Sp. PL 790. M'illd. v. 3. 27. Fl. Br. 606. 



Engl BoLv. 12. L 828. Woodv.t.57. Schreb.Unilab.37. FL 

 ■ Dan. t. 593. BuU. Fr. t. 205. 

 Chamaedrys n. 288. HalL Hist. v. 1. 126. 

 Scordium. Raii Syn. 246. Ger. Em. 661. f. Riv. Monop. Irr. 



t.l\. Fuchs. Hist. 776./. Matth. Valgr. v. 2. 196./ Camer. 



EpiL 588./. Lob. Ic. 497./. 



In low wet meadows, rare. 



Plentiful in the isle of Ely. Ray. In several places about Cam- 



