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—R B. 829.— St. 2—3 ft. higli. Fl. purple.— Chalky soil, 

 Oxfordsliii'e and Bedfordshire. B. VII. Dovmy Woundwort. 



E. 



3. S. sylvat'ica (L.) ; whorls 6 — 8-flowered, st. erect, I. cor- 

 date-ovate serrate long-stalked, floral I. linear entire, cal. -teeth 

 lanceolate very acute, hracts minute. — IS. B. 416. — Cal.-teeth 

 rather spinous. Petioles and 1. nearly equal. Fl. reddish- 



rjle. Nuts opaque, punctured and irregularly tuhercled. 

 clothed with scattered adpressed hairs or densely silky 

 on both sides. — Woods and thickets. P. VII. VIII. Sedge- 

 Woundwort. E. S. I. 



4. 8. pahts'tris (L.) ; whorls 6 — 10-flowered, st. erect, I. linear- 

 or ovate-lanceolate suhcordate below acute crenate-serrnte nearly 

 sessile, cal.-teeth lanceolate very acute, bracts minute. — E. B. 

 1675. — St. lA — 2 ft. high. Cal.-teeth rather spinous. Lower 1. 

 with very short stalks, uppermost sessile. Fl. dull purple. Nuts 

 shining, very minutely dotted. — ^. S. amhigua (Sm.) ; 1. stalked 

 ovate-lanceolate cordate below serrate. Petioles sometimes half 

 as long as the leaves. — River-sides and damp places. P. VII. 

 VIII. Marsh-Wovndwort. E. S. I. 



5. 8. arven'sis (L.) ; whorls 4 — 6-flowered, st. decumhent or 

 ascending, I. ovate-cordate hlunt crenate stalked, floral I. ovate- 

 oblong sessile acute, cal.-teeth lanceolate awned, cor. scarcely 

 exceeding the cal., bracts minute. — B. B. 1154. — Fl. pale pur- 

 ple. Nuts covered with minute dots and scattered tubercles. 

 —Corn-fields. A. Vin. IX. E. S. I. 



[S. an'nua (L.) ; whorls 4 — 6-flowered, st. erect, lower 1. 

 ovate-oblong blunt crenate-serrate stalked, floral I. lanceolate 

 acute, cal.-teeth lanceolate very acute, tube of the cor. exceeding 

 cal., bracts minute. — B. B. S. 2669.— Fl. yellowish. Nuts 

 minutely rough. — Near Gadshill, Kent. A. VIll. IX.] E. 



15. Bailo'ia Linn. Horehound. 



1, ^./ce'iiWo (Lam.) ; 1. crenate-serrate, bracts linear-subulate, 

 cal. funnelshaped, cal.-teeth broadly ovate short patent or reflexed, 

 —E. B. 46. B. I. f. 1041 !— St. 2—3 ft. high. Lower 1. cor- 

 date ; upper ovate. Fl. purple or white. Scent pungent. 

 A hard coarse plant. Whole plant including the cor. covered 

 with hairs.— Waste places. P. VH. Vm. E.S.L 



2. B. ruder Sis {^^^-j 1. crenate-serrate, bracts linear-subulate, 

 cal. funnelshaped, cal.-teeth ovate gradually acuminate erect. — 

 S. I. f. 1039!— St. 2—3 ft. high. Lower 1, cordate; upper 

 ovate. Fl. purple or white. Scent agreeable. Very hairy and 



