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128, Stachys. 32. LABIATAE. 
X. 128. STACHYS. Dioscorides. Wound-wort . 
Calyx irregular, not lipped, sometimes closed, 5-toothed ; 
teeth awlshape, irregular, sometimes distorted ; corolla lip- 
ped,* tube short, gibbous, prominent; galea arched, nicked; 
lip 3-lobed, lobes reflexed sideways; stamens 4, didyna- 
mous, becoming reflexed sideways. — Flowers axillary or 
verticil lately spiked ; true bracteoe 0. 
1. Stachys sylvatica . Wood wound-wort. 
Stem solid; leaves heartshape, wrinkled, pointed, serrate, 
petioled; whirls 6-flowered. 
Galeopsis legitima Dioscoridis, Raii Syn. 237, 1 ; Park. 908. 
Galeopsis vera, Ger. em. 709, 1. 
Stachys sylvatica, Lin. S. P. 811. 
Hedge nettle. 
Woods and hedges; perennial; July and August. 
Rhizoma rather creeping ; stem simple ; leaves dark green ; 
spike ovate, interrupted; calyx hispid; corolla brownish 
blood-colour; lip white, spotted. 
0. minus. Leaves angular. 
Galeopsis q. lamiuni sylvaticum spicatum fcetidum, folio anguloso minus 
Plukeneti, Dillen in Raii Syn. 237, 2. 
2. Stachys ambigua. Doubtful woundwort . 
Stem pipey; leaves oblong, serrate, petioled; whirls 
6-flowered. 
Stachys ambigua, Engl. Bot. 30, 2089. 
Fields in north of Scotland ; perennial ; September. 
Rhizoma creeping, white; leaves paler than those of s. syl- 
vatica ; corolla bright red ; lip variegated ; teeth of the calix 
lanceolate. 
3. Stachys palustris . _ Marsh woundwort. 
Leaves heartshape, linear, lanceolate, rather bald, sessile, 
acutely serrated; whirls 6 to 10-flowered. 
Sideritis Anglica strumosa radice, Raii Syn. 242, 1 ; Park . 587. 
Panax coloni, Ger. em. 1005. 
Stachys palustris, Lin. S. P. 811. 
Clowns allheal. Clowns woundwort. 
Moist places ; perennial ; August. 
Rhizoma creeping; stolones becoming tuberous; stem 
rough; bristles deflexed; leaves silky above, woolly beneath; 
lower leaves slightly petioled ; spikes dense, long ; corolja 
purple, lip variegated. — Herb astringent, used to cure 
wounds by the first intention, by being bruised and applied 
to them ; also in ointments. 
