io6 THE FLORA OF THE ALPS 



20. Stachys, L. 



Cymes few-flowered, forming elongated terminal spikes 

 or racemes ; calyx-teeth nearly equal ; corolla-tube cylin- 

 drical, lateral lobes of lower lip often reflexed ; stamens 4. 



A. Flowers pink or purple: — 6". sylvatica, L., Wound- 

 wort ; foetid, flowers red spotted with white ; woods, com- 

 mon. v9. palustris, L. ; leaves lanceolate, sessile, flowers 

 light pink ; wet places, common. 6". ambigua, Sm., is 

 probably a hybrid between these two. 5'. germanica, 

 L. ; stem and leaves shaggy with silky hairs, lower leaves 

 cordate, crenate-serrate, flowers pale pink ; stony places ; 

 Southern Switzerland, Dauphiny, Pyrenees. 6'. arvensis, 

 L. ; flowers very small, pink and white ; a small annual 

 weed in cultivated ground. S. alpina, L. ; stem erect, 

 glandular-hairy above, leaves broadly ovate, flowers dark 

 purple ; mountain woods. 



B. Flowers yellow : — 5. recta, L. ; cymes few (3-5- 

 flowered), forming an elongated spike, calyx-teeth ending 

 in a short spine, leaves lanceolate, hairy, stems 8-18 in.; 

 stony places, frequent. 6". annua, L. ; leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, nearly glabrous, bracts lanceolate; an annual 

 weed in cultivated land. 



21. Betonica, L. 



Resembling Stachys, but cymes in dense short terminal 

 spikes. 



B. officinalis, L. {Stachys Betonica, Benth.), Wood- 

 Betony; flowers pink, upper leaves narrowly lanceolate; 

 woods, common. B. hirsuta, L. ; flowers purple, much 

 larger, calyx twice as long, net-veined, stamens as long 



