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the end. — This genus scarcely differs from Betonica but in the 

 shorter tube of its corolhx. — K^ame : araxvc^ a spike; from the 

 nature of the inflorescence. 



1. S. sylvdtica L. {Hedge T7.); whorls of 6 — 8 flowers dis- 

 tant, bracteas minute, cal. -teeth very acute, leaves cordate-* 

 ovate acute serrate long-stalked, upper floral ones linear entire. 

 E. B, t. 416. 



Woods and sliady places. % 



7, 8. 



Stem 2 — S feet high, 

 liairy, filled with pith. Leaves truly cordate and taperiiH'- from below 

 the middle to a point, in which resi)ect it differs from the followinc. 

 Petioles as long as the leaves themselves. Flowers purple, 



2. S. paliistris L. (Marsh W.); whorls of 6 — 10 flowers, 

 bracteas minute, cal. -teeth very acute, leaves linear-lanceolate 

 or ovate-lanceolate rounded or cordate at the base sessile or 

 stalked. — a. lower leaves shortly stalked, upper sessile and semi- 

 amplexicnul. JE. B, t, 1675. ■ — [3. ambigua, leaves distinctly 

 stalked, stalks not above half the length of the leaf. S. ambi^^ua 

 Sm. : E. B, t. 2089. 



Kivcr-banks and watery or moist places, frequent. — ^3. not un- 

 common in Scotland, especially in the West Higlilands; also in 

 various places in England and Ireland. !{., 7, 8. — Plant exten- 

 sively creeping. Sfera hollow. Perhaps there are two plants known 

 under the name of S, ambigita : the one with narrow leaves, on 

 stalks not a fourth of their length, is certainly a mere variety of S. 

 palustris ; the other, having broader leaves, and longer stalks, may 

 be a hybrid between it and S. sylvatlca, 



3. S. Germdnica L. (doicny IF.) ,* whorls many-flowered, 

 leaves oblong-ovate or ovate-lanceolate with a cordate base 



mceolate 

 oUa ex- 

 ternally woolly, bracteas as long as the calyx^, stem erect woolly. 

 ^.S.t. 829. 



Fields and hedges in England, on a limestone soil, and chiefly in 

 Oxlbrdshhe and Bedfordshire. Ducklln^ton, Berks. 7/., or 

 {Beiitham). 7. 



or wool. Mr. Benthaiii remarks that he cannot satlsfictorily dis- 

 tniguish this from the garden S. lanata on the one hand, nor from 



S. alpina on the other. 



crenate or serrate densely silky stalked, upper ones lai 

 acute-- sessile^ calyx silky, teeth acute subspinose, core 



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Remarkable for its dense covering of silky hairs 



4. S. arm/A76'L. {Corn TF.) ; annual, whorls of 4— 6 flowers, 

 stem decumbent or ascendin 



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leaves cordate-ovate obtuse 

 crenate slightly hairy stalked,"floral ones ovate- oblong sessile 

 acute, teeth of the calyx lanceolate aristate, corolla scarcely 

 longer than the calyx. E. B. t. 1 154. 



I)ry corn-fields, frequent. ©, 4—1 1. _ Distinguished by its 

 dnnunitive size, weak stems, small and obtuse generally stalked leaves, 



and Its pale purplish corollas, which scarcely exceed the calvx in 



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