128 LABIATAE. Vor. III. 
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13. Stachys germanica L. Downy Wound- 
wort. Mouse-ear. Fig. 3627. 
ZS 
Stachys germanica L, Sp. Pl. 581. 1753. 
Annual; stem erect, simple, or somewhat branched, 
1°-3° high, densely villous. Leaves oval, ovate or 
lanceolate, crenate-dentate, villous, the lower round- 
ed or subcordate at the base, long-petioled, mostly 
obtuse at the apex, the upper short-petioled or ses- 
, sile, narrowed at both ends; clusters of flowers 
See: dense, borne in most of the axils; bracts lanceolate, 
RASS) half as long as the calyx; calyx-teeth ovate, acumi- 
‘| nate, awned; corolla purple, its tube about as long 
1 as the calyx. 
Roadsides near Guelph, Ontario. Adventive from 
Europe. July-Sept. 
22. BETONICA [Tourn.] L. Sp. Pl. 573. 
1753- . 
Annual or perennial herbs, similar to Stachys. Lower leaves very long-petioled. Ver- 
ticils many-flowered, in terminal spikes. Calyx nearly equally 5-toothed, 5-10-nerved. Corolla 
purple, the tube exceeding the calyx, the limb strongly 2-lipped; upper lip concave; lower 
3-cleft, spreading. Stamens and pistil as in Stachys, but the anther-sacs parallel in some 
species. Nutlets ovoid, rounded above. [The classical 
Latin name of wood betony.] 
Ten species, or more, natives of Europe and Asia, the 
following typical. 
1. Betonica officinalis L. Betony. Wood Betony. 
Bishop’s-wort. Fig. 3628. 
Betonica officinalis L. Sp. Pl. 573. 1753. 
Stachys Betonica Benth. Lab. Gen. & Sp. 532. 1834. 
Perennial, pilose or glabrate, deep green; stem slen- 
der, erect, usually simple, 1°-3° tall. Leaves oblong or 
ovate, obtuse at the apex, crenate all around, firm, cor- 
date or truncate at the base, the basal and lower ones 
very long-petioled, the blades 3’-6’ long, the upper dis- 
tant, short-petioled or nearly sessile; lower petioles 
13-4 times as long as the blades; spike short, dense; 
bracts ovate, mucronate, about as long as the calyx; 
calyx-teeth acicular, half as long as the tube or more; 
corolla-tube exserted. 
In a thicket at Newton, Mass. Fugitive from Europe. 
Herbchristopher. Wildhop. July—Sept. i 7 
23. SALVIA [Tourn.] L. Sp. Pl. 23. 1753. 
Herbs, or some species shrubs, with clustered usually showy flowers, the clusters mostly 
spiked, racemed, or panicled. Calyx ovoid, tubular or campanulate, mostly naked in the 
throat, 2-lipped; upper lip entire or 3-toothed; lower lip 2-cleft or 2-toothed. Corolla 
strongly 2-lipped; upper lip usually concave, sometimes arched, entire, emarginate or 2-lobed; 
lower lip spreading or drooping, 3-cleft or 3-lobed. Anther-bearing stamens 2 (the posterior 
pair wanting or rudimentary) ; filaments usually short; connective of the anthers transverse, 
linear or filiform, bearing a perfect anther-sac on its upper end, its lower end dilated, capi- 
tate or sometimes bearing a small or rudimentary one. Ovary deeply 4-parted; style 2-cleft 
at the summit. Nutlets smooth, usually developing mucilage and spiral tubes when wetted. 
{Latin, salvus, safe from its healing virtues.] 
About 500 species, of wide distribution in temperate and tropical regions. Besides the follow- 
ing, some 25 others occur in southern and western North America. Type species: Salvia officinalis L. 
Leaves mostly basal, only 1-3 pairs on the stem. 
Leaves lyrate-pinnatifid or repand; upper corolla-lip short. 1. S. lyrata. 
Leaves crenulate; upper lip arched, longer than the lower. 2. S. pratensis. 
Stem leafy, bearing several pairs of leaves. 
Leaves narrowly oblong, or lanceolate. 
Corolla 10”~15” long, its tube exserted. Be 
Corolla 4”—-6” long, its tube not exserted. 4. 
Leaves ovate, or broadly oval. 
Upper corolla-lip short, not exceeding the lower. 
. Pitcheri. 
. lanceifolia. 
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