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with slightly unequal teeth and glandular hairs ; corolla woolly 

 outside, longer than the calyx, spotted ; upper lip obovate, obtuse, 

 bearded at the npex ; hnoer lip emarginate : mtilels large, brown, 

 smooth. — Woods on calcareous soil ; found in Gloucestershire, 

 in 1897, by Air. Cedric Bucknall. — Fl. July, August. Perennial. 



4. 5. paJiistris (Marsh Woundwort). -L5/e;» erect, stout, hollow, 

 I — 3 feet high, hairy; leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, crenate- 

 serrate, the lower shortly-stalked ; floieeh dull light red, in a long, 

 terminal, interru[)ted spike of 6 — lo-flowered whorls. — Marshes; 

 common. — Fl. July — September. Perennial. 



5. S. sylvdlica (Fledge ^Voundwort)t — A similar species, but 

 more coarsely hairy, with solid stem ;' leaves all stalked, ovate- 

 acuminate, cordite, coarsely serrate; flowers dull dark red. — 

 Woods and hedges; common. — Fl. |uly, August. Perennial. 



6. 5. arveiisis (Corn Woundwort). — A smaller, more slender, 

 slightly hairy species, with stem spreading ; ascending branches, 

 6 — 18 in. high; ovate, obtuse, crenate leaves ; flowers pale pink, 

 very small, 4 — 6 in a whorl ; corolla scarcely longer than the 

 calyx; nutlets warty. — Cornfields and :other cultivated ground; 

 an abundant weed. — Fl. April — November. Annual. 



7.* S. annua, with its upper leaves lanceolate and flowers 

 yellowish, has occurred in cornfields in Kent. — Fl. August, 

 September. Annual. 



14. (j.\Ll'.i')PSis (Hemp-nettle). — Herlis with spreading ir«;;(-/;c5; 

 serrate leaves; flowers in dense, many fl.owered axillary and ter- 

 minal whorls ; calyx fjell-shaped, with 5 jirickly teeth, 5-rihbed ; 

 corolla with an inllated throat ; upper lip arched ; lower 3-lobed, 

 with 2 erect teeth on its upper side ; 2 Iciwer stamens the longest ; 

 anthers exserted, fringed, bursting transversely. (Name from the 

 Greek gale, a weasel, dpsis. resemblance.) 



1. G. intermedia (Rare Red Hempneftle). — A softly pubescent 

 plant, 6 — 18 in. high, with many ascending branches, and the 

 stem not thickened at its nodes ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, serrate 

 throughout ; flowers rose-red, m separate wdiorls ; corolla-tube 

 equalling the calyx. — Cultivated ground; a rare casual. — Fl. July 

 — OctoVjcr. Annual. 



2. G. Lddanum (Common Red Hemp-nettle) -—An allied species, 

 with luuTowiT, linear-lanceolate /caws^, oiilv partially serrate, the 

 upper ivhorls of flowers not separate, a»nd the corolla-tube much 

 longer than the calyx. — (;rn\-elly and sand)- cornfields; not 

 uncommon. — Fl. July - Octolier. Annual. 



3. G. diihia (Howny Hemp-nettle). — A \ery similar plant, but 

 with gland-tipped hairs on its upper jiart ; ovate-lanceolate, deeply 



