390 LABiATiE. [Stachys. 



1. S. Betoniea, Benth. Betony. " Hairy, spike interrupted 

 short, leaves cordato-oblong crenate, corolla twice as long as the 

 calyx, stem naked, middle lobe of the lower lip somewhat notched." 

 —Br. Fl. p. 318. Betoniea officinalis, E. B. t. 1142. 



In woods, groves, thickets, and in dry open sandy or heathy pastures ; very 

 common, i^/. June— August. 2^. 



S. S. sylvatica, L. Hedge Woundwort. " Whorls of 6 — 8 

 flowers distant, hracteas minute, calyx-teeth very minute, leaves 

 cordato-ovate acute serrate long-stalked, upper floral ones linear 

 entire."— Br. Fl. p. 319. E. B. t. 416. 



In damp shady situations, woods, thickets and hedges, on ditchbanks, by 

 stream-sides and in waste weedy places; abundantly. Fl. July, August. %. 



Achenia roundish ovate, bluntly triquetrous, black and shining, pale at the base, 

 shagreened and subtuberculale, inserted on a concave receptacle, with a lobed or 

 notched basin-like rim or border. 



3. S. palustris, L. Marsh Woundicort. " Whorls of 6 — 10 

 flowers, bracteas minute, calyx-teeth very acute, leaves linear-lan- 

 ceolate or ovato-lanceolate rounded or cordate at the base sessile 

 or stalked. 



" a. Lower leaves shortly stalked, upper sessile and semiamplexicaul. E. B. 

 t. 1675. 



" ;3. amhigua. Leaves distinctly stalked, stalks not above half the length of the 

 leaf. S. ambigua, Sm. : E. B. t. 2089."— £>•. Fl. p. .319. 



y. Leaves shortly stalked. 



In wet marshy places, boggy thickets, by river- and ditch-banks, also in moist 

 arable land; very common, i^/. July, August. 2f. 



B. By the side of a new road between Sea View and Kyde, Albert Hambrough, 

 Esq. 



y. Fields at Lower Morton, by Sandown. Near Shauklin, Miss E. Kirh- 

 patrick. [On Gallibury down, by the side of the cross-road towards Roughborough, 

 Br. Bdl-Salter, Edrs.] 



The roots of S. palustris are said to become edible by cultivation. See Curtis, 

 Brit. Entom. vi. 



4. ^. arvensis,\j. Corn Wouiuhrort. " Annual, whorls of 4 — 6 

 flowers, stem decumbent or ascending, leaves cordato-ovate obtuse 

 crenate slightly hairy stalked, floral ones ovato-oblong sessile 

 acute, teeth of the calyx lanceolate aristate, corolla scarcely longer 

 than the calyx."— i??-. Fl. p. 319. E. B. t. 1154. 



In waste and cultivated ground, fallows and dry open fields ; not unfrequent. 

 F/. April — November. 0. 



E. Med. — Between Quarr abbey and Fishbourne. Ncttlestnne green. Abun- 

 dantly on the waste building-lots at E. Cowes park, 184fi. [Extremely common 

 in gardens and ploughed fields at Bembridge, especially near the cliff. Dr. Bell- 

 Sailer. — Edrs.] 



W.Med. — Common in fields about Gurnet farm, amongst tirnips, potatoes, 

 he. About Pallance. 



