By Thomas Bruges Floivcr, Esq. 



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Locality. Waste and cultivated ground, and in copses for a 

 year or two after they have been cut. A. Fl. June, September, 

 Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 



Generally distributed throughout Wilts, and a troublesome weed 

 in cultivated land where the soil is gravelly. It is a variable 

 plant as to size and habit ; the colour of the corolla is in general 

 a pale purple, variegated with white. The whole plant is rough 

 with rigid bristles. 



Sta'chys, (Linn.) "Woundwort. 

 Linn. CI. xiv. Ord. i. 

 Name. A word used by Pliny; from the Greek (stadias), an 

 ear of corn ; in allusion to the spiked inflorescence. 



1. S. Betonica, (Benth.) Wood Betony. The name altered from 

 Beutonic, in Celtic ; hen, meaning head, and ion, good, or tonic ; 

 being a good cephalic. Betonica officinalis, Sm. Engl. Bot. t. 

 1142. 



Locality. Woods, heathy and bushy places. P. Fl. July, 

 August. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 



In all the Districts not unfrequent. Leaves oblong, somewhat 

 heart-shaped at the base ; lower ones on long hairy petioles ; upper 

 ones opposite, nearly sessile. Flowers reddish purple, or rose- 

 coloured, sometimes white, growing in a terminal oblong spike. 

 Calyx nearly glabrous. 



2. S. sylvatica, (Linn.) wood or hedge Woundwort. Engl. Bot. 

 t. 416. 



Locality. Woods and thickets. P. Fl. July, August. Area, 

 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 



Distributed throughout all the Districts. Whole plant dark green, 

 rough with hairs. Leaves heart-shaped, strongly serrated. In- 

 florescence terminal, consisting of numerous 6-flowered whorls. 

 Corolla deep purple, the lower lip prettily variegated with dark 

 lines and spots mixed with white. Petioles as long as the leaves 

 themselves. 



3. S. palustris, (Linn.) Marsh Woundwort. Engl. Bot. t. 1675. 

 St. 18, 10. 



