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with slightly unequal teeth and glandular hairs ; corolla woolly 

 outside, longer than the calyx, spotted ; upper Up obovate, obtuse, 

 bearded at the apex ; lower lip emarginate ; nutlets large, brown, 

 smooth. — Woods on calcareous soil ; found in Gloucestershire, 

 in 1897, by Mr. Cedric Bucknall. — Fl. July, August. Perennial. 



4. S. palustris (Marsh Woundwort). — Stem erect, stout, hollow, 

 1 — 3 feet high, hairy; leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, crenate- 

 serrate, the lower shortly-stalked ; -flowers dull light red, in a long, 

 terminal, interrupted spike of 6 — 10-flowered whorls. — Marshes; 

 common. — Fl. July — -September. Perennial. 



5. S. sylvdtica (Hedge Woundwort). — A similar species, but 

 more coarsely hairy, with solid stem; leaves all stalked, ovate- 

 acuminate, cord ite, coarsely serrate ; flowers dull dark red. — 

 Woods and hedges ; common. — Fl. July, August. Perennial. 



6. S. arvensis (Corn Woundwort). — A smaller, more slender, 

 slightly hairy species, with stem spreading; ascending branches, 

 6 — 18 in. high; ovate, obtuse, crenate leaves ; flowers pale pink, 

 very small, 4 — 6 in a whorl ; corolla scarcely longer than the 

 calyx ; nutlets warty. — Cornfields and other cultivated ground ; 

 an abundant weed. — Fl. April — November. Annual. 



7.* 5. annua, with its upper leaves lanceolate and flowers 

 yellowish, has occurred in cornfields in Kent. — Fl. August, 

 September. Annual. 



14. Gale6psis (Hemp-nettle). — Herbs with spreading branches; 

 serrate leaves; flowers in dense, many-flowered axillary and ter- 

 minal whorls ; calyx bell-shaped, with 5 prickly teeth, 5-ribbed ; 

 corolla with an inflated throat ; upper lip arched ; lower 3-lobed, 

 with 2 erect teeth on its upper side ; 2 lower stamens the longest ; 

 anthers exserted, fringed, bursting transversely. (Name from the 

 Greek gale, a weasel, opsis, resemblance.) 



1. G. intermedia (Rare Red Hemp-nettle). — A softly pubescent 

 plant, 6 — 18 in. high, with many ascending branches, and the 

 stem not thickened at its nodes ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, serrate 

 throughout ; flowers rose-red, in separate whorls ; corolla-tube 

 equalling the calyx. — Cultivated ground ; a rare casual. — Fl. July 

 — October. Annual. 



2. G. Lddanum (Common Red Hemp-nettle). — An allied species, 

 with narrower, linear-lanceolate leaves, only partially serrate, the 

 upper whorls of flowers not separate, and the corolla-tube much 

 longer than the calyx. — Gravelly and sandy cornfields ; not 

 uncommon. — Fl. July - October. Annual. . 



3. G. dubia (Downy Hemp-nettle). — A very similar plant, but 

 with gland-tipped hairs on its upper part ; ovate-lanceolate, deeply 



