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BETO N [GAs 
a flower is formed of a fingle petal: this is tubular, and crooked at the bottom, and, gapes in 
a labiated manner at the top. The upper lip is fmall and undivided, and is Placed ne the 
lower lip is divided into three fegments ; of which the middle one is largeft, and is nipped at the end 
The cup is formed of a fingle piece ; and is tubular, and dented in five places at the rim. The feral. 
are four after each flower, and they ftand naked in the cup. 5 
- Linneeus places this among the didynamia gymnofpermia ; two oO 
being longer than the others, and the feeds.naked, 
DIV SiO Neat: 
Wood-Betony. 
Betonica Sfylveftris vulgaris. 
The root is brown and fibrous. 
The firft leaves are numerous, and of a dark 
green: each has its feparate foorftalk, which is 
long and flender ; and they are fupported tole- 
rably upright. They are oblong, broad, indented, 
and obtufe ; and they are a little hollowed where 
the ftalk is inferted. : 
. The ftaiks are numerous, fquare, upright, and 
a foot or more in height : there ufually are placed 
on each ftalk two pairs of leaves, one pair near 
the root, and the other at the top: thofe near 
the root refemble the firft leaves, which rife 
fingly ; but the others are narrower, 
DIVISION I. FO 
_ Long-fpiked Betony. 
Betonica [pica longiore. 
The root is compofed of many fibres, rifing 
from a fmall head. , 
The firft leaves are numerous, and fupported 
on long, flender footftalks: they are oblong, 
narrow, dented at the edges, and pointed at the 
BR I-TSi-SeH 
f the four filaments in the flower . 
SoPeEeCu Es. 
The flowers grow at the tops of the ftalks in 
an interrupted fpike 5 and they are moderately 
large, and of a beautiful purple. ‘ 
‘The feeds are fmall, oval, and brown. 
It is common in our woods, and among bufhes. 
Tt flowers in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Betonica purpurea. 
Others, 
Betonica fylveftris. 
It is a celebrated medicine in cephalick cafes: 
The dry tops powdered are good in inveterate 
headachs, and the fame given in form of infu- 
fion againft obftruétions of the vifcera. Some 
alfo take the leaves powdered in form of fnuff 
for headachs; and others have them chopped fmall, 
and fmoak them in the manner of tobacco. 
REIGNS P brGal Eas: 
The leaves on it are narrower than thofe from 
the root, and of a paler green. 
The flowers ftand at the top in a very long, 
flender {pike ; and are of a deep purple. 
The feeds are large, oblong, and redifh: 
It is frequent in the warmer parts of Europe, 
and flowers in Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Betonice folia capitulo alopes 
ends. : curi, , 
The ftalk is upright, {quare, and brown. 
Goue, N.. Us XII. 
BASE HOARHOUND. 
Sif.A CH Les: 
ae flower is formed of a fingle petal, 
and is of the labiated kind. The tubular part at the , 
bottom is fhort ; and the mouth is oblong, and fwelled out toward the bafe. The upper lip 
and of an arched fhape : 
of which is the largett. 
is of an oval figure, 
fegments, the middle one 
the lower lip is turned back; it is divided into three 
The cup is tubular, angulated, and divided at ~ 
the edge into five parts. The feeds are oblong and angulated ; four fucceed each flower, and they 
ftand naked in the cup. 
~ Linneeus places this among the didynamia gymnofpermia; the flower having two threads longer than 
the others, and the feeds ftanding naked. 
name; but they are really diftinct. 
N° 36. | 
He joins the galeopfis, 
as before obferved, under this 
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