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clothed with scattered adpressed hairs or densely silky on both 
sides.— Woods and thickets. P. VII. VIII. Hedge Woundwort. 
4. S. palustris (L.) ; whorls 6—10-flowered, st. erect, J. linear- 
or ovate-lanceolate subcordate below acute crenute-serrate nearly 
sessile, cal.-teeth lanceolate very acute, bracts minute.—E. B. 
1675. Sé. 18. 10.—Cal.-teeth rather spmous. Lower 1. with very 
short stalks, uppermost sessile. Fl. dull purple. Nuts shining, 
very minutely dotted.—8. S. ambigua (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 Woundwort. 
5. S. arvensis (L.); whorls 4—6-flowered, st. decumbent or 
ascending, J. ovate-cordate obtuse crenate stalked, floral 1. ovate- 
oblong sessile acute, cal.-teeth lanceolate-aristate, cor. scarcely 
longer than the cal., bracts minute.—E. B. 1154.—F. pale pur- 
ple. Nuts covered with minute dots and scattered tubercles.— 
Corn-fields. A. VIII. IX. 
*6. S. annua (L.); whorls 4—6-flowered, st. erect, lower 1. 
ovate-oblong obtuse crenate-serrate stalked, floral 1. lanceolate 
acute, cal.-teeth lanceolate very acute, tube of the cor. longer 
than the cal., bracts minute—H. B. S. 2669.—Fl. yellowish. 
Nuts minutely rough.—Near Gadshill, Kent. A. VIII. IX.—E. 
16. Banuota Linn. Horehound. 
1. B. fetida (Lam.) ; 1. crenate-serrate, bracts linear-subulate, 
cal.-tube funnelshaped, cal.-teeth broadly ovate short suddenly 
acuminate mucronate carinate-reflered.— E. B. 46. R. I. £. 10411. 
—St. 2—3 feet high. Lower 1. cordate; upper ovate. Fi. pur- 
ple or white.—f. borealis (R.); cal.-teeth with very short points, 
whole plant including the cor. covered with thick down.— Waste 
places. 8. St. Vincent’s rocks, Bristol. Mr. Borrer. Bray, 
Wicklow. Mr. J. Ball. P. VII. VIII. 
2. B. ruderalis (Sw.) ; 1. crenate-serrate, bracts lmear-subulate, 
cal.-tube narrow and elongate, cal.-teeth ovate gradually acumi- 
nate aristate erect-patent.—R. I. f. 1039!.—St. 23 feet high. 
Lower |. cordate; upper ovate. Fl. purple Sr white——Waste 
places, rare. P. VII. VIII. 
17. Marrvusium Linn. 
1. M. vulgare (L.); st. erect hoary, 1. ovate and attenuated 
into a petiole or roundish-cordate crenate hoary rough, whorls 
many-flowered, cal.-teeth 10 subulate recurved-patent woolly be- 
low their upper half glabrous.—F. B. 410.—St. 1—2 feet high 
with numerous whorls of small flowers. My Scottish specimen 
