014.) 
BETO'NICA* * 
Linnean Class and Order. Didyna'mia f, Gymnospe'rmiaJ. 
Natural Order. Labia'tte§, Juss. Gen. P]. p. 1 10. — Sin. Gram, 
of Bot. p. 99. Engl. FI. v. iii. p. 63. — Bentham, in Bot. Regist. 
(1829). — Lindl. Syn p. 196.; Introd.to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 239. — 
Rich. by. Macgilliv. p. 439. — Loud. Hurt Brit, p 528. — Verticil- 
latte of Linnaus. — Syringai.es; suborder, Primulos.e; sect. 
Menthinae; type, Mkntiiace.e or Laeiatte; subty. Nepetidte; 
Burn. Outl. of Bot. v. ii. pp. 900, 958, 968, & 973. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (fig. 1.) inferior, tubular, cylindrical, per- 
manent, with 5 nearly equal, spinous-pointed teeth, shorter than 
the tube. Corolla (fig. 2.) ringent ; tube exserted, cylindrical, in- 
curved; upper lip ascending, roundish, undivided, almost flat; 
lower lip longer, in 3 deep segments, the middle one broadest, 
roundish, entire, or nearly so. Filaments (see fig. 3.) 4, two longer 
than the other two (didynamous), awl-shaped, scarcely projecting 
beyond the throat, and turned towards the upper lip. Anthers 
almost orbicular. Germen (see fig. 4.) rounded, 4-lobed. Style 
(see fig. 4 ) thread-shaped, the length of the stamens. Stigma 
cloven, pointed. Seeds (figs. 5 & 6.) 4, egg-shaped, in the bottom 
of the smooth, somewhat converging, calyx. 
Distinguished from other genera, with a regular, 5-toothed calyx, 
in the sane class and order, by tbe nearly flat, ascending upper 
lip of the corolla ; and the cylindrical, incurved tube ; with the 
stamens included in its throat. 
One species British. 
BETO'NICA OFFICINA'LIS. Wood Betony. 
Spec. Char. Spike interrupted, the lowest whorl a little re- 
mote. Middle lobe of the lower lip of the corolla somewhat notched. 
Leaves oblong, crenate, heart-shaped at the base. 
Engl. Bot. t. 1142. — Curt. FI. Bond. t. 154. — Woodv. Med. Bot. Suppl. t. 241. 
— Curt. Brit. Entorn. vol. v. t. 235. — Linn. Sp. PI. p. 810. — Huds FI. Angl. 
(2nd ed.) p. 258.— *m. FI. Brit. v. ii. p.632. Engl. FI. v. iii. p. 97. — With. 
(7th ed.) v. iii. p. 713. — Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 371. — Lindl. Syn. p. 202. — 
Hook. Brit. FI. p.277. — Lightf. FI. Soot. v. i. p.311. — Sibth. FI. Oxon. p. 185. — 
Abb. FI. Bedf. p. 130. — Thornton’s Family Herb. p. 584. — Davies’ Welsh Bot. 
p. 58. — Purt. Midi. FI. v. i. p.272. — Relh. FI. Cantab. (3rd ed.) p. 241. — Ait. 
Hort. Kew. (1st ed.) v. ii. p. 299. — Hook. FI. Snot. p. 183. — Grev. FI. Kdin. p. 
131.— FI. Devon, pp. 99 Ac 145. — Johnst. FI. of Berw. v. i. p. 132 1|. — Winch’s 
Fig. 1. The Calyx, and a Bractea.— Fig. 2. Corolla. — Fig. 3. ’The Stamens. — 
Fig. 4. Germen, Style, and Stigma. — Fig. 5. The 4 Seeds. — Fig. 6. A single Seed. 
* From Vettonica, which is derived from the Vettones, an ancient people in 
Spain, who, according to Pi.inv, first discovered its virtues; or, from Bentonic, 
in Celtic: Ben, meaning head, and ton, good; being a good cephalic. 
+ See Lamium album, folio 31, note f. t ibid, note f. 
$ See Ajuga reptans, folio 94, a. 
|| “ A Flora of Berwick-upon-Tweed. By George Johnston’, i\I. D. &c. 
in 2 vols. J. Carprae and Son, Edinburgh ; and Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, 
and Green, London. 1829, and 1831.” 8vo. 8 Plates. 
This is a work of very considerable meiit, and reflects great credit upon Dr. 
Johnston, both as a Botanist and as an Author. The descriptions are clear, 
easy, and comprehensive, and are accompanied by numerous very valuable re- 
marks and observations. The first volume contains the flowering or Phaenogam- 
ous plants ; the second, the flowerless nr Cryptogamous ones, in which it ii par- 
