276 58. LABIATE. 



entire, bracts often reflexed at the end, cal. and upper part of st. 

 clothed ■with patent hairs. — In gravelly and sandy districts. 0. 

 Moray, S. A. VIIL IX. E.S.I. 



3. .G. Tet'rahit (L.) ; st. thickened at jmnings hispid, 1. ohlong- 

 ovate acuminate serrate, cal. tubular, cal.-teeth and tube nearly 

 equal, cor.-tube equalling the cal., upper lip ovate. — E. B. 207. 

 — St. 1 — 2 ft. high. Oor. purplish variegated with vrhite, 

 large ; tube slender slightly inflated ; middle lobe of lower lip 

 subquadrate, flat, crenulate, blunt or slightly emarginate. Cal.- 

 teeth as long as their tube, which is shorter but quite as broad 

 and more strongly ribbed than in the next species, rather in- 

 flated below the mouth. Nuts wholly green, the oblique top 

 longitudinally marked with veins aU springing from the wholly 

 acute inner angle of the nut. L. slightly pubescent above. — 

 (3. G. bifida (Boenu.) ; middle lobe of lower cor.-lip oblong 

 emarginate pm-ple with pale ultimately revolute edges, base 

 with a yellow 2-lobed spot and several dots. A more slender 

 plant with paler leaves and smaller flowers. Sy. E. B. 1079, 

 — Woods and cultivated ground. A. VII. — IX. E. S. I. 



4. G. versic'olor {Gvirt.); st. thickened at the joinings hispid, 

 1. oblong-ovate acuminate serrate, cal. bellshaped, cal.-teeth 

 shorter than the tube, car. -tube much exceeding the cal., upper lip 

 roundish-oval— £ B. 667.— St. 2—3 ft. high. Cor.-tube inflated 

 above. Fl. very large, yellow, usually with a broad purple spot 

 upon the lower Up. Cal.-teeth shorter than their tube. Nuts 

 with the oblique top dark brown, inner angle rounded off almost 

 to the base. Difiicult to distinguish upon paper from G. Tetra- 

 M.— Cultivated gTound. A. VII. VIIL E. S. I. 



14. Sia'chys Linn. WoTindwort. 



1. S. Beton'ioa (Benth.) ; whorls in oblong interrupted term, 

 spike many-ilowered, st. erect, .lower 1. ovate-oblong with a 

 cordate base crenate blunt vrith long stalks, upper 1. oblong- 

 lanceolate serrate acute subsessile, bracts linear-lanceolate equal- 

 ling the nearly glabrous cal., stam. falling short of the lip. — 

 Betonica officinalis L. E. B. 1142.— St. 1—2 ft. hi^h. Whorls 

 sometimes considerably separated. Cor. purplish red; tube 

 exserted. The English plant has the round crenate not emar- 

 ginate lower lip of B. hirta (R.). — Woods and thickets. P. 

 VII. VIII. Betomj. E. S. I. 



2. S. german'ica (L,); whorls many-flowered, rf. erect wooHy, 

 1, oblong-ovate or ovate-lanceolate with a cordate base crenate- 

 serrate stalked densely silky, upper I. lanceolate acute sessile, cal. 

 silky, teeth acute mucronate spinous, bracts equalling the calyx. 



