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STA CHYS* * * * § . 
Linnean Class and Order. Didyna'mia f, Gymcspe'rmia+. 
Natural Order. Labia't je, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 110. — Sm. Gram, 
of Bot. p. 99 ; Eng. FI. v. iii. p. 63 ; Lind. Syn. p. 196 ; Introd. to 
Nat. Syst. p.239; Bentham in Bot. Register, (1829.) — Rich, by 
Macgilliv. p.439. — Loudon’s Hort. Brit, p.528. — Verticilla'ta;, 
of Ray and of Linnaeus. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (fig. 4) inferior, of one sepal, tubular, some- 
what bell-shaped, 10-ribbed, with 5, nearly equal, spinous pointed 
teeth. Corolla, (fig. 3) of 1 petal, gaping (ringent) ; tube very 
short ; throat oblong, swelling beneath at the base ; upper lip 
upright, egg-shaped, mostly arched, often notched, (entire, Hook.) ; 
lower lip larger, 3-lobed, the lateral lobes reflexed, the middle one 
largest, notched. Filaments 4 (fig. 1), two longer than the other 
two (didynamous), awl-shaped, shorter than the upper lip, and, 
after the anthers are burst, bent back on each side of the mouth. 
Anthers roundish, of 2 valves. Germen (fig. 2) angular, 4-lobed. 
Style (fig. 2) thread-shaped, the length of the stamens. Stigma 
cloven, pointed. Seeds 4 (fig. 5), angular, blunt, in the bottom of 
the permanent, scarcely altered calyx. 
Distinguished from other genera, in the same class and order, by 
the nearly regular, 5-cleft calyx ; the lower lip of the corolla with 
reflexed lateral lobes ; and the stamens spreading outwards at each 
side, after the anthers are burst. 
Five species British. 
STA'CHYS PALU'STRIS. Clown’s Woundwort. All-heal §. 
Spec. Char. Whorls of from 6 to about 10 flowers. Leaves 
strap-spear-shaped, mostly sessile, and half embracing the stem. 
Curt. Fl. Lond. t. 208. — Eng. Bot. 1. 1675.— Linn. Sp. PI. p. 81 1. — Iluds. FI. 
Angl. (2nded.) p. 259. — Sm. FI. Brit. v.ii. p. 633. Eng. FI. v. iii. p. 99.— With. 
(7th ed.) v. iii. p. 715. — Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p.372. — Lind. Syn. p. 202. — 
Hook. Brit. Fl. p.277. — Light!’. Fl. Scot. v.i. p. 313. — Sibth. Fl. Oxon. p. 186. — 
Abbot’s Fl. Bed!', p. 130.— Purt. Midi. Fl.v. i. p. 271. — Relh. Fl. Cantab. (3rd 
edit.) p.242. — Hook. Fl. Scot. p. 183. — Grev. Fl.Edin. p.132. — Fl. Devon, pp. 
99 & 145. — Johnston’s Fl. of Berwick, v. i. p. 133.— Walk. FL of Oxf. p. 168. — 
Sideritis Anglica strumosa radice, ltay’s Syn. p. 242.-— Panax coloni, John- 
son’s Gerarde, p. 1005. 
Localities.— Banks of rivers, wet ditches, watery places, moist cornfields, &c. 
—Common. 
Fig. 1. Corolla cut open, showing the upper lip and the stamens.— Fig. 2. 
Germen, Style, and Stigma. — Fig. 3. Corolla. — Fig. 4. Calyx. — Fig. 5. A Seed! 
— Fig. 6. Tuberous extremity of a Boot. — Figs. 1 &2. magnified. 
* From st a chits, Gr. a spike, or ear of corn ; the inflorescence affecting that 
form. 
f See Lamium album, p. 31 , n. t. See p. 31, n. f. 
§ From its high repute, formerly, as a vulnerary. 
For a curious account of some extraordinary cures performed by means of this 
plant, secGerarde’s Herbal, p. 1005. 
