PL ex cor, 32. LABIATiE. 123. Chamaedrys. 369 
V. 123. CHAMAEDRYS. Dioscorides. Germander . 
Calyx tubular, gibbous at the base, 5-toothed; teeth 
lanceolate, upper broadest, 2 lowest slender; corolla ringent; 
galea truncated, deeply cut ; lobes falcate, connate at the 
tip; lower lip 3-parted, lateral lobes long, middle lobe 
concave, very large, slightly 3-lobed ; stamens 4, didyna- 
mous, exserted, ascending ; microbasis , or cariopsides, 
smooth. — Flowers axillary. 
1 . Chamcedrys laciniata. Jagged-leaf germander. 
Stem decumbent ; leaves pinnatifid ; lobes 3-cut ; flowers 
peduncled, in threes. 
Chamcepitys foemina, Ger. em. 525, 2. 
Teucrium Botrys, Lin . S. P. 
Chamaedrys Botrys, Mcenck Meth. 38 3. 
Female ground-pine . 
Cultivated places; annual; June to August. 
Stem 4-sided, branched ; hairs horizontal ; leaves petioled, 
many-cut, lobes cut ; flowers in threes from the base of 
each leaf ; calyx much swollen at the base ; corolla purplish. 
2. Chamcedrys officinalis • Shop germander. 
Stem rather procumbent, villose ; leaves wedgeshape, 
ovate, cut, crenate, hirsute, petioled ; flowers in threes, 
Chamcedrys vulgaris sen sativa, Raii Syn. 231, 1 ; Park. 104. 
Chamcedrys major latifolia, Ger. em. 656, 1. 
Chamaedrys minor, Ger. em. 656, 2. 
Chamcedrys, Park. Parad. 456. 
Teucrium Chamaedrys, Lin. S. P. 790. 
Teucrium veronicaefoliuin, Salisb. Prod. 76. 
Chamcedrys officinalis , ' Meench'Meth. 383. 
Wall germander . English treacle. 
Old walls; perennial; July. 
Rhizoma creeping ; stem ascending, branched, nearly 
4-sided ; lower half of the leaves not cut, growing narrow ; 
calyx hairy ; teeth downy, edged with white ; corolla pur- 
plish. — Herb diuretic, emmenagogue and diaphoretic; its 
decoction in wine recommended in gout. 
3. Chamcedrys palustris. Marsh germander . 
Stem diffuse, downy ; leaves oblong, sessile, toothed, 
rather naked ; flowers peduncled, in pairs. 
Scordium, Raii Syn. 246, 1 $ Ger, em. 660, 1. 
Scordium legitimum, Park. 111. 
Teucrium Scordium, Lin. S. P. 790. 
Water germander. Scordium. Garikk germander. 
Bogs ; perennial ; July and August. 
Stem procumbent, 4-sided, hairy; leaves toothed, ser- 
rated ; flowers in twos or threes, peduncled ; calyx hairy. 
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