Lycopus europ^us. Water Horehound. 



LYCOPUS Lin* Gen-. PL Diandria Monogynia 



Cor. 4. fida : lacinia unica emarginata. Stamina diftantia, Semina 4. retufa. 

 Rail. Syn. Gen. 14. Suffrutices et Herb^e verticillat^:. 

 LYCOPUS europaus foliis finuato-ferratis. Lin. Syfi. Vegetab. p. 63. Sp. PL p. 30. Fl. Suec. n. 31. 

 LYCOPUS foliis acute ferfatis et appendicular. Haller Hjfl. 220. 

 LYCOPUS europaus» Scopoli PL Cam. n. 29. 

 LYCOPUS paluftris glaber J. R. H. 191. 

 MARRUBIUM paluftre glabrum Bauh. p. 230. 

 MARRUBIUM aquaticum. Ger. emac. 700. 

 MARRUBIUM aquaticum vulgare. Parkins. 1233. &»/. £>«. p. 236. Water Horehound. 



Httdfon FL Angl. ed. z. 

 Lightfioot FL Scot. 



17 ADIX perennis, repens. 



CAULIS pedalis, ad tripedalern, e're&us, quadratuSj 



hirfutus, ad bafin ufque ramoius ; Rami 



oppo'iti. 

 FOLIi\ oppofita, ovata, acuta, feffilia, fubrugofa, 



hirfutuJa, iinuato-ferrata, 



FLORES parv-i, albi, ad genicula in verticillos denfos 

 difpofiti. 



CALYX: Perianthium monophyllum, tubulatum, 

 femiquinquefidum, hirfutum, laciniis ac-u- 

 minahis.j%. 1. 



COROLLA monopetala, alba, 'Tubus cylindraceus, 

 brevis, Limbus quadrifidus, villofus, laciniis 

 fubaequalibus, fuperiore emarginata, omnibus 

 praefertim inferiore rubro punctatis. Jig. 2. 3. 



STAMINA : Filamenta duo, corolla longiora, 

 primum inflexa, demum recfa ; Anthers 

 parvas, fublunulatas, albidiE. Jig. 4. 



PISTILLUM: Germen quadrifidum, fubftantia glan- 

 dulofa ad bafin cindum ; Stylus filiformis, 

 rectus, longitudine Staminum ; Stigma 

 bifid um. Jig. 5. 



SEMINA quatuor,_/zg\ 9. fufca, nitida, oleoquafiillinita, 

 fubtriangularia, externe planiufcula, linea, 

 fubcordatain medio imprefia, interne medio ad 

 angulum produdto, lateribus fubinvolutis. 

 Jig. 6. externe. Jig. 7. interne vifum. 



ROOT perennial and creeping. 



STALKS from one to three feet in height, upright, four 

 corner'd, befet with rough hairs, branched 

 quite to the bottom ; Branches oppofite. 



LEAVES oppofite, ovate, pointed, feffile, fomewhat 

 wrinkled, (lightly hirfute, fawed at the edge, 

 the incifions deep and fomewhat waved. 



FLOWERS fmall, and white, difpofed round the joints 

 in thick whirls. 



CALYX: a Perianthium of one leaf, tubular, and 

 hirfute, flightly divided into five fegments, 

 which run out to a fine point. Jig. 1. 



COROLLA monopetalous and white, Tube cylindrical, 

 fhort, Limb divided into four fegments, blunt, 

 fpreading, vdlous within, the fegments near- 

 ly equal, the uppermoft notched, all of them 

 efpecially the lower one dotted with red, 

 Jig. 2. 3. 



STAMINA : two Filaments, longer than the corolla, 

 at firff. bent in, afterwards ftraight"; Antherte 

 fmall, fomewhat crefcent-Hke and whitim. 



fig- 4- 



PISTILLUM : Germen divided into four parts, fur- 

 rounded at bottom by a glandular fubflance ; 

 Style filiform, ftraight, the length of the 

 Stamina ; Stigma bifid, fig. 5. 



SEEDS four, fig. 9. brown, mining as if anointed with 

 oil, fomewhat triangular, externally flattifli, 

 with an impreffed fomewhat heart-fhaped line 

 in the middle, internally the middle running 

 out to a point or angle, the fides fomewhat 

 rolled in fig. 6. feen externally, fig. 7. in 

 ternally. 



THIS is one of the moft common plants one meets with in Meadows, by the fides of rivers, and frreams of 

 water, it flowers in Augufl and September. 



In its habit it manifeits the greatefl affinity with the Herb* verttcillatar of Ray, but like the genus Salvia, dif- 

 fers from them in its fructification. 



The leaves vary in being more or lefs hairy, and more or lefs finely divided. 



In fome Meadows it abounds fo much as to be noxious to the farmer ; Cattle appear never to touch it ; ite 

 root being of the creeping kind, renders it difficult of extirpation. 



It is faid to give a durable fkain to whatever it touches, to be ufed by the French as an aflilf ant ingredient 

 in dyeing black, and by Gypfies in ftaining their fkins. Lin* for* fiuec. Haller. hiji, he/v. 



