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cal. silky: teeth acute mucronate spinose, bracts equalling the 
calyx.— E.'B. 829. — Fl. purple. S.polystachia (Ten.!) only differs 
by having more truly crenate 1. ; S. germanica of Ten. ! and of 
R. ! is a less woolly plant with more distant whorls and less 
spinous cal. -teeth. —Chalky soil in Oxfordshire and Bedford- 
shire. P. VII. Downy Woundwort. E. 
3. S. sylvatica (L.) ; whorls 6 — 8-flowered, st. erect, I. cor- 
date-ovate serrate with long petioles, floral I. linear entire, cal. 
lanceolate very acute, bracts minute.— E. B. 416. — Cal. -teeth 
rather spinous. Petioles and 1. nearly equal. Fl. purple. " Nuts 
smooth." L. 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, I. linear- 
or ovate-lanceolate subcordate below acute crenate-serrate nearly 
sessile, cal. -teeth lanceolate very acute, bracts minute.— E. B. 
1675. St. 18. 10. — Cal. -teeth rather spinous. Lower 1. with 
very short stalks, uppermost sessile. Fl. dull purple. Nuts 
very minutely dotted. — (i. arnbigua ; L stalked ovate-lanceolate 
cordate below serrate. Petioles half as long as the leaves. S. 
arnbigua Sm. — River-sides and damp places. P. VII. VIII. Marsh 
Woundwort. 
5. iS. arvensis (L.) ; whorls 4 — 6-flowered, st. decumbent or 
ascending, I. ovate-cordate obtuse crenate stalked, floral I. ovate- 
oblong sessile acute, cal. -teeth lanceolate-aristate, cor. scarcely 
longer than the cal., bracts minute. — E. B. 1154. — Fl. purple. 
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 I. lanceolate 
acute, cal. -teeth lanceolate very acute, tube of the cor. longer 
than the cal., bracts minute. — E. B. S. 2669. — Fl. yellowish. 
Nuts minutely rough.— Near Gadshill, Kent. A. VIII. IX.— E. 
16. Ballot a Linn. Horehound. 
1. B. fcetida (Lam.) ; 1. ovate crenate-serrate acute, bracts 
linear subulate, cal. -tube funnelshaped, cal.-teeth broadly ovate 
short suddenly acuminate mucronate carinate-reflexed. — E. B. 46. 
R. ! Icon. f. 1041.— St. 2—3 feet high. Fl. purple or white.— 
/3. borealis (R.) ; cal.-teeth with very short points, whole plant 
including the cor. covered with thick down. — Waste places. 
/3. St. Vincent's rocks, Bristol. Mr. Borrer. P. VII. VIII. 
2. B. ruderalis (Fries) ; 1. ovate crenate-serrate, bracts linear- 
subulate, cal. -tube narrow and elongate, cal.-teeth ovate gra- 
dually acuminate aristate erecto-patent. — R. ! Icon. f. 1039- — St. 
2 — 3 feet high. Fl. purple or white. Fries, Leighton, Drejer 
