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palustris ; the other, having broader leaves and longer stalks, may 
be a hybrid between it and S. sylvatica. 
3. S. Germdnica L. ( downy FT.) ; whorls many-flowered, 
leaves oblong-ovate or ovato-lanceolate with a cordate base 
crenate or serrate densely silky stalked, upper ones lanceolate 
acute sessile, calyx silky, teeth acute subspinose, corolla ex- 
ternally woolly, bracteas as long as the calyx, stem erect woolly. 
E. B. t. 829. 
Fields and hedges in England, on a limestone soil, and chiefly in 
Oxfordshire and Bedfordshire. It. 7. — Remarkable for its dense 
covering of silky hairs or wool. Mr. Bentham remarks that he can- 
not satisfactorily distinguish this from the garden S'. lanata on the 
one hand, nor from S. nlpina on the other. 
4. S. arvensis L. ( Corn IF.); annual, whorls of 4 — 6 flowers, 
stem decumbent or ascending, leaves cordate-ovate obtuse 
crenate slightly hairy stalked, floral ones ovate-oblong sessile 
acute, teeth of the calyx lanceolate-aristate, corolla scarcely 
longer than the calyx. E. B. t. 1154. 
Dry corn-fields, frequent. 0. 4 — 11. — Distinguished by its 
diminutive size, weak stems, small and obtuse generally stalked leaves, 
and its pale purplish corollas, which scarcely exceed the calyx in 
length. 
5. S. *dnnaa L. (pale annual IF.) ; annual erect downy, whorls 
of 4 — 6 flowers spicate, leaves oblongo-lanceolate rather acute 
crenato-serrate 3-nerved the lower ones stalked, floral ones 
lanceolate acute, cal. hairy its teeth lanceolate-subulate, tube 
of the corolla longer than the calyx. E. B. t. 2669. 
Fields between Gadshill and Rochester, Kent. ©. 8, 9. — 
Achenes roundish, glossy, minutely rough. 
15. Nepeta Linn. Cat-mint. Ground-Ivy. 
Cal. tubular, many- (15-) ribbed, its mouth usually a little 
oblique, 5-toothed. Cor. with the lube exserted : upper lip 
straight, emarginate or bifid; lower 3-fid. The two anterior 
stamens the shortest. Anthers before bursting approaching in 
pairs, cells diverging. — Named, some say, from Nepi, a town in 
Italy; others from nepa , a scorpion , for whose bite this plant 
was considered a cure. 
1. N. Catdria L. ( Cat-mint ') ; stems erect, flowers in spiked 
subpeduncled dense many-flowered whorls, leaves stalked 
cordate inciso-serrate whitish-pubescent beneath. E. B. t. 137. 
Hedges and waste places, especially in a chalky or gravelly soil in 
England. Rare in Scotland ; hedges near Craig-Nethan Gastle, 
Glasgow, and between Culross and Kincardine. At Rathfarnham ; 
and by the Shannon, opposite Limerick ; Ireland. It. 7 — 9. — Stems 
