N.) 



cells diverging, opening longitudinally. Achenes rounded at 



J'US 





328- LXiii. LABiATiE. [.Bctonica. 



from the last or the next species, and perhaps the three might be 

 judiciously combined. 



4. ^.intermedium Fries {intermediate D.) ; leaves obtuse J "'!'V'^ 



incise-crenate lower ones stalked reniform cordate, floral ones ' I , W 



sessile rather crowded, teeth of the calyx subulate longer than J r jtiH 



the tube always spreading, tube of the corolla straight naked I fgt.^ 



within, lateral lobes of the lower lip with a short tooth. | Kj, 



E.B. ^. t. 2941. , 1 :\p 



Newport, Isle of Wight ; Shropshire. Not uncommon in Scot- I J'J^lle 

 land. Sligo, Ireland. 0. 6—9. — Calyx spreadmg, as m the two ]J,,„as! 

 last, different, even in the herbarium, from that of the next spucies. 

 Probably it is a mere variety of L. Incisum. 





( I 



■.r-bs' 



iiioiis 



pb "»' " 



incise-crenate, the floral ones sessile becoming distant by the "'y, 



leno-thenino- of the stem, teeth of the calyx lanceolate-subulate ^^jcai 



abo°it as Ion"- as the tube, connlvent after flowering, tube of the w , ^^ 



corolla straight naked within, tooth .of the lateral lobes of the f , r J 

 lower lip obsolete. -E. B,^. a 0. 



AYaste places, sandy fields and gardens. ©. 4—8. — Corolla of I ^ jn 

 a fine deep rose-colour, with a very slender tube, often small and ■ jf ^phc 

 abortive although the achenes ripen, 



13. Betonica Z^?2?^. Betony. |i*t!ie^' 



CaZ. ovate, 10-ribbed; teeth 5, equal, awned. Cor. with the 

 tiibe exserted, cylindrical: upper lip ascending; lower one 

 patent trifid, its middle lobe entire, or nearly so. The two 

 anterior stameiis the lon^rest. Anther-(t(t\h somewhat parallel, 



erenate or 

 te;illv wn 



Fitlis aiu 

 O^loriJshire 



opening longitudinally. Achenes rounded at the end. — Name 

 altered'^froin Bentonic, in Celtic; hen, meaning head, and ton, 

 good, or tonic. Its properties are cephalic- 



1. B. ajjicimxlis L. {WoodB?)\ hairy, spike interrupted 

 short, leaves cordate oblong crenate, corolla twice as long as 

 the calyx, stem naked, middle lobe of the lower lip somewhat 

 notched. E.B.t. 1142. 



+ 



Woods and thickets; frequent in England, not common in Scotland. 

 2/.. 6 — 8. Stem 1—2 feet high, liairy, with few leaves, the lower- i^^^Ax];^. 



most on long footstalks, upper and floral ones sessile, uppermost linear U\k^^r^ 



quite entire and as long as the calyx. Spikes oblong-ovate. Calyx 

 nearly glabrous. Bracteas ovate, mucronate. 



4 ■ 



J 



14. Stachys Linn. Woundwort. 



C^Z. subcampanulate, 10-ribbed; teeth 5, nearly equal, acu- J-teetl 



minate. Cor. with the tidje as long as the calyx: upper Up S^^than 



mostly arched, entire ; lower one 3-lobed, with the two lateral .^^Fcom, 



lobes reflexed. The two anterior stamens the lon.o:est. Anther- ^^^i^^ , 



item (lecui 



s 



1. "^ pale 



