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has the subulate-spinous cal.-teefhoi B. officinalis (R.); and the 

 round crenate not emarginate lower lip of B. Jiirta (R.). — Woods 

 and thickets. P. VII. VIII. Betony. 



2. S. germanica (L.) ; whorls many-flowered, st. erect woolly, 

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

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

 cat. silky, teeth acute mucronate spinous, bracts equalKng the 

 calyx. — E. B. 829. — Fl. purple. — Chalky soil in Oxfordshire and 

 Bedfordshire. P. VII. Downy Woundwort. E. 



3. S. sylvatica (L.); whorls 6 — 8-flowered, st. erect, I. cordate- 

 ovate serrate with long petioles, floral I. linear entire, cal.-teeth 

 lanceolate very acute, brads minute. — E. B. 416. — Cal.-teeth 

 rather spinous. Petioles and 1. nearly equal. Fl. reddish pur- 

 ple. Nuts opaque, punctured and irregularly tubercular. L. 

 clothed with scattered adpressed hairs or densely silky on both 

 sides. — Woods and thickets. P. VII. VIII. Hedge Woundwort. 



4. S. palustris (L.) ; whorls 6 — 10-flowered, st. erect, I. linear- 

 or ovate-lanceolate subcordate below acute crenate-serrate nearly 

 sessile, cal.-teeth lanceolate very acute, bracts minute. — E.B. 

 1675. St. 18. 10. — Cal.-teeth rather spinous. Lower 1. with very 

 short stalks, uppermost sessile. Fl. dull purple. Nuts shining, 

 very minutely dotted. — 0. S. ambigua (Sm.); 1. stalked ojate- 

 lanceolate cordate below serrate. Petioles sometimes half as 

 long as the leaves. — River-sides and damp places. P. VII. VIII. 

 Marsh Woundwort. 



5. S. arvensis (L.) ; whorls 4 — 6-flowered, st. decumbent or 

 ascending, I. ovate-cordate obtuse crenate stalked, floral I. ovate- 

 oblong sessile acute, cal.-teeth lanceolate-aristate, cor. scarcely 

 exceeding the cal., bracts minute.— JB. B. 1154.— Fl. pale pur- 

 ple Nuts covered with minute dots and scattered tubercles. — 

 Corn-fields. A. VIII. IX. 



*6. S. annua (h.) ; whorls 4— 6-flowered, st. erect, lower 1. 

 ovate-oblong obtuse crenate-serrate stalked, floral I. lanceolate 

 acute, cal.-teeth lanceolate very acute, tube of the cor. exceed- 

 ing cal., bracts minute.— B. B. S. 2669.— Fl. yellowish. Nuts 

 minutely rough.— Near Gadshill, Kent. A. VIII. IX. E. 



16. Ballota imra. Horeliound. 



1. B.fatida (Lam.) ; 1. crenate-serrate, bracts linear-subulate, 

 cal.-tube funnelshaped, cal.-teeth broadly ovate short suddenly 

 acuminate mucronate carinate-reflexed.—E. B. 46. R. I. f. 1041 !. 

 gt 2 3 feet high. Lower 1. cordate ; upper ovate. Fl. pur- 

 ple or white.— jS. borealis (R.) ; cal.-teeth with very short points. 



