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referring similarly to its supply of honey.) — Fl. May, June. 

 Perennial. 



12. Marrubr-m (^^■hite Horehound). — ■\\'oolly, herbaceous 

 plants with small flowers in whorls in the* axils of leafy brads; 

 calyx tubular, 5 — lo-ribbed, with 5 — 10 somewhat prickly teeth, 

 and a hairy throat ; carolla with tube lo*nger than the calvx, 

 unequally 2-lipped : upper Up straight, very narrow, deeply 2-cleft, 

 lower 3-iobed, the middle lobe the largest; anthers included! 

 (Xame, the Classical Latin name.) 



^!ELITT^S '.rELi"npH-i7.i.r-,i {Wild B'ahn). 



J. 3/. vulgdre (■\\'hite Horehound) — The only British species, 

 well distinguished by its bushy stem, i — 2 feet high, covered with 

 white woolly down, by its wrinkled, ovate, crenate leaves, and its 

 dense whorls of small white flo'cers, of which the calyx-teeth are 

 sharp and hooked. — Waste ground ; not uncommon. — The whole 

 plant is aromatic and bitter, and is a common remedy for coughs. 

 — Fl. Jul}' — September. Perennial. 



13. Stachvs (Woundwort). — Herbs or shrubs with their ftmcers 

 usually in terminal spikes; calyx sub-campanulate, 5 — lo-ribbed, 



