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(Boenn.) ; middle lobe of lower cor.-lip oWong entire eifiargi- 

 nate purplcj with: pale ultimately revolute edges, base with a 

 yellow 2-lobed spot and several dotSi A more slender plant with 

 paler leaves and smaller flowers. — Woods and cultivated ground. 

 A. VII.— IX. E. S. 1. 



4 G. versicolor (Curt.) ; , St., tliickened at the joinings hispid, 

 \ oblong-ovate acuminate serrate, cal. b.eUshaped, cal. -teeth 

 shorter than the tube, cor. -tube much exceeding the cal., upper lip 

 roundish-pval.— iSi. 62. 8.— St. 2-^, ft. high.. Oor.-ttibe inflated 

 above. Fl. very large, yellow, usually with a broad purple spot 

 upon the lower lip. Oal.-teeth shorter than their tube. Niits 

 with the oblique top dark brown, inner angle rounded off almost 

 to the base. Difiicult to distinguish upon paper from G. Tetra- 

 /»■<.— Cultivated groimd. A. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 



14. Sta'chts Linn. Woundwort. 



1. S. Betariicn (Benth.) ; spi]?e oblong interrupted below, 

 whorls many-flowered, st. erect, lower 1. ovate-oblong with a 

 cordate base orenate blunt with long stalks, upper 1. oblong- 

 lanceolate serrate acute subsessile, bracts linear-lanceolate equal- 

 ling the nearly glabrous cal., stam. falling ^hort of the lip. — 

 Betoniea ojfieinaLis Sm.— ^St. 1 — 2 ft. high. Whorls sometimes 

 separated considerably. Cor. purplish red ; tube exserted. The 

 English plant has the round crenate not emarainate lower lip 

 of B. hirta (R.).— Woods and thickets. P. VII. VIII. Betomj. 



E. S. L 



2. S.germariica (L.) ; whorls inany-flowered, st. erect woolly, 

 1. oblong-ovate or ovate-lanceolate with a cordate base crenate- 

 serrate stalked densely silky, upper I. lanceolate acute sessile, cal. 

 silky, teeth acute mucronate spinous, bracts equalling the calyx. 

 — St. 2 — 3, ft. high. El. purple. Chalky soil in Oxfordsliire 

 and Bedfordshire. P. VII. Downy Woundwort. E. 



3. S. sylvat'ica (L.) ; whorls 6 — S-floiiyered, st. erect, I. cor- 

 date-ovate serrate long-stalkedj_^ora/ I. linear entire, cal.-teeth 

 lanceolate very acute, bracts minute. — S. ambigua E. B. — 

 Cal.-teeth rather spinous. Petioles and 1. nearly equal. Fl. 

 reddish purple. Nuts opaque, punctured and irregularly tuber- 

 cled. L. clothed with Scattered adpressed hairs or densely silky 

 on both sides. — Woods and thickets. P. VII. VIII. Sedge 

 Woundwort. ' ■ E. S. I. 



4. S. palm'tris (L.) ; whorls 6 — lO-flowered, st, erect, I. linear- 

 or ovate-lanceolate subcordate below acute crenaie-serrate nearly 

 sessile, cal.-teeth lanceolate very acute, bracts minute. — St. 18. 

 10. — St. 14 — 2 ft. high. Oal.-teeth rather spinous. Lower 1. 

 with very short stalks, uppermost sessile. Fl. 'diill purple. Nuts 



