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5a LABIATwE. 
Betonica officinalis L. E. B. 1142.— St. 1 — 2 ft. high. Whorls 
sometimes considerably separated. Cor. purplish red ; tube 
exserted. The English plant has the round crenate not emar- 
ginate lower lip of B. hirta (R.). — Woods and thickets. P. 
VII. VIII. Betany. E.S.I. 
2. S. german'ica (L.) ; whorls many -flowered, st. erect woolly^ 
1. oblong-ovate or ovate-lanceolate with a cordate base crenate- 
serrate stalked densely silky, upiter I. lanceolate acute sessile, cal. 
silky, teeth acute mucronate spinous, bracts equalling the calyx. 
—E. B. 829.— St. 2—3 ft. high. Fl. purple.— Chalky soil, 
Oxfordshire. B. VII. Downy Woundwort. E. 
3. S. alpiria (L.) ; whorls 6 — lO-tlowered, st. erect hairy, upper part glandular, 
1. ovate-obloDg cordate-baaed obtusely serrate, floral 1. large sessile nearly all 
serrate, bracts linear-lanceolate about equalling cal., cal. -teeth broadly acuminate 
or mucronate, cor. much exceeding cal. dull purple spotted with white hairy 
extemaliy. — /. of B. xxxvi. (1898) t. 384. — Whorls distant below, lower 1. long- 
stalked crenate. — Woods, Wotton-under-Edge, Glos., Mr C. Bucknall. P. VI. — 
VII. E. 
4. S. sylvat'ica (L.) ; whorls 6 — 8-flowered, st. erect, I. cor- 
date-ovate serrate long-stalked, ^ora^ I. linear entire, cal. -teeth 
lanceolate very acute, bracts minute. — E. B. 416. — Cal. -teeth 
rather spinous. Petioles and 1. nearly equal. Fl. reddish - 
purple. Nutlets opaque, punctured and irregularly tubercled. 
L. clothed with scattered adpressed hairs or densely sUky 
on both sides. — ^ Woods and thickets. P. VII. VIII. Hedge- 
Woundivort. E. S. I. 
5. S.2)alus'tris (L.) ; whorls 6 — 10-flowered, st. erect, I. linear- 
or ovate-lanceolate suhcordate helow acute crenate-serrate nearly 
sessile, cal. -teeth lanceolate very acute, bracts minute. — E. B. 
1675. — St. li — 2 ft. high. Cal.-teeth rather spinous. Lower 1. 
with very short stalks, uppermost sessile. Fl. dull purple. 
Nutlets shining, very minutely dotted, [var. canescens (Lange), 
having 1. grey felted on both sides, has been reported.] — fi. S. ambigua 
(Sm.) ; 1. stalked ovate-lanceolate cordate below serrate. 
Petioles sometimes half as long as the leaves, [considered a 
hybrid between Sp. 4 and 5.] — River-sides and damp places. 
P. VII. VIII. Marsh- Wotmdwort. E. S. I. 
6. S. arven'sis (L.) ; whorls 4 — 6-flowered, st. decumbent or 
ascending, I. ovate-cordate blunt crenate stalked, ^ora/ 1, ovate- 
oblong sessile acute, cal.-teeth lanceolate awned, cor. scarcely 
exceeding the cal., bracts minute.— .S. B. 1154.— Fl. pale purple. 
Nutlets covered with minute dots and scattered tubercles.— 
Corn-fields. A. VIII. IX. E.S.I. 
