PL ex. cor . 
371 
32. LABIATE. 126. Nepeta. 
VIII. 126. NEPETA. Pliny. Cat-mint . 
Calyx cylindrical, not 2-lipped, striated, dry, bald on the 
inside, 5-toothed; teeth unequal, upper tooth broadest; 
tule of the corolla long ; mouth spreading ; edge reflexed ; 
galea slender, short, 2-cut ; lip 3-lobed ; side lobes short ; 
middle lobe very large, concave, crenate ; stamens 4, didy- 
namous, exserted, converging.— Flowers verticillate spiked, 
or terminal panicled ; peduncles many-flowered, bracteated. 
Nepeta mollis. Soft cat-mint. 
Leaves petioled, heartshape, toothed, serrate ; whirls pe- 
dicelled ; flowers spiked. 
Nepeta major vulgaris, Raii Syn . 237, 1 ; Park, 38. 
Mentha felina, seu cattaria, Ger. em. 682, 1. 
Nepeta cattaria, Lin. S. P. 796. 
Nepeta mollis, Salisb. Prod. 78. 
Nep. 
Edges of chalky fields ; perennial ; July and August. 
Herb very soft, sometimes woolly ; stem upright ; leaves 
wrinkled; spikes blunt, many-flowered; corolla, white, lip 
spotted with red. — Odour aromatic, much liked by cats. 
IX. 127. BETONICA. Pliny. Betony. 
Calyx irregular, not lipped, 5-toothed; teeth unequal, 
awned; mouth hairy; corolla lipped ; tube bent at bottom ; 
galea upright, not cut ; lip 3-cut ; middle lobe deflexed at 
the sides ; stamens 4, didynamous, short, not converging. — • 
Stem simple ; flowers terminal, spiked ; true bractece 0. 
Betonica officinalis. Shop betony . 
Leaves heartshape, crenate, rather hairy; hairs of the 
stem adpressed; calyx rather bald ; galea not cut; middle 
lobe of the lip nicked. 
Betonica, Raii Syn. 238; Ger. em. 714, 1 . 
Betonica vulgaris flore purpureo, Park. 614. 
Betonica officinalis, Lin. S. P. 810. 
Wood betony. 
Woods; perennial; July and August. 
Stem with rough and stiff bristles ; leaves blunt, serratures 
broad; lower leaves petioled; spikes leafy; corolla purple 
or white. — Root emetic ; herb sternutatory, also smoked as 
tobacco : formerly in high esteem as cephalic. 
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