392 LABIATE, 



with 5 equal teeth ; corolla with tube as long as the calyx ; upper lip 

 arched, lower 3-lobed, the side lobes bent back before withering ; 

 stamens 4, the 2 lower the longest ; anthers bursting lengthwise. 

 (Name from the Greek stachus, an ear of corn, from the spike- 

 like inflorescence.) 



I. S. officinalis (Wood Betony). — A common and very pretty 

 woodland plant, i — 2 feet high, with a slender, seldom branched 



IVIARRUEIUM vvLGk^t'XWIvtr F f arckoniuT). 



9,T KCHYS OFFICINALIS 

 (U\wl Betony). 



Stem ; characteristically shaped oblong, obtuse, cordate, deeply 

 crenate haves, of which the lower ones are stalked ; and an 

 interrupted terminal oblong liead or spike of deep crimson, rose- 

 coloured, or rarely white flowers with 3 or 3 pairs of sessile leaves 

 beneath the lower whorls. — V\. June — August. Perennial. 



2. 5. germdnica (Downy Woundwort). — Stem erccl, woolly, 2 — 

 3 feet higli ; leaves with matted, white, silkN' hairs, wrinkled, cor- 

 date, the hncer stalked, ovate-oblong, the upper sessile, lanceolate; 



