LyCOPuS EUROPiEUS. WatER HoREMOUND. 
LYCOPUS Lhii Gm. Pi. IJiakdeia MonocyniA 
Cor. 4. fida : lacima unica emarglnata. 'Stamina diftantia, Semina retufa. 
Rail. Syn. Gen. 14. Sufeeutices et HeeBjE verticillat*: 
LYCOPUS europems foliis finuato-ferratis. Lin. Syjt. Vegetah. p. 63. Sp. PL p. 30. W. Suec. n. 31. 
LYCOPUS foliis acute ferratis et appendicularis. Haller Ejjl. 220. 
LYCOPUS europeeus. Scopoli FI. Cam. n. 39. 
LY'COPUS paluftrls glaber J. R.H. 191. 
Marrubium palullre glabmm Baab. p. 230. 
MARRUBIUM aquaticum. Ger. emac. yoo. 
MARRUBIUM aquaticum vulgare. Partins. 1230. Rail. Syn. p. 336. \Vater Horchouutl. 
Hudfon Fl. J^ngi. ed, 2. 
I^ighifooi Fl. Scot. 
RADIX perennis, repens; , 
CAULIS pedalis, ad tripedalem-, fefeaus, quadratus, 
hirfutus, ad baliii ufqiife ramofus; Rami 
oppoiitl. 
FOLIA oppofita, ovata, acuta, fefliUaj fubrugofa, 
liirfutula, fmuato-lcrrata: 
FLORES parvi, albi, ad genicula in verticillbs debfos 
difpofiti. 
CALYX: Peri ANTH iUM rtionophyllum, tubulatum^ 
femiqiiinquefidum, hirfutum, laciniis acu- 
minatis./^. I. 
COROLLA monopetala, alba, 'Tubus cyllndraccuS; 
brevis, Limbus quadrifidus, villolus, laciniis 
fubsqualibus, fuperiore emarglnata, omnibus 
prsfertlm inferiore rubro punilatis. _fig. 2. 3. 
STAMINA: Fjlameuta duo, corolla longiora, 
primum infle.'ia, demum refla; Anther.® 
parvs, fubhmulata:, albidae. Jig. 4. 
PISTILLUM; Germen quadrifidum, lubflahtla glrfn- 
dulofa ad bafin cinflum ; Stylus filiformis, 
reflus, longitudine Staminum; Stigma 
bifidum. j%-. 5. 
jj^MINAquatuor,/^. ^.fufea, nitida, oleo quafi illlnita, 
fubtriangularia, externe planiulcula, linea, 
fubcordatain medio imprefla, interne medio ad 
angulum produflo, lateribus fubinvolutis. 
fg. 6. externe, fg. 7. interne vlfum. 
? ROOT perennial and creeping. 
t STALKS from one to three feet in height,, Upright, four 
I Corner’d, befet with rough hairs, branched. 
i quite to the bottom ; Branches oppoCits. 
^ LEAVES oppofite, ovate, pointed, feffile, fomewhat 
^ wrinkled, fllghtly hirfute, fawed at the edge, 
the incifions deep and fomewhat waved. 
FLOWERS fmall, and white, difpofed round the joints 
in thick whirls. 
CALYX: a Perianthium of one leaf, tubular, and 
hirfute, flightly divided into five fegraents, 
which runout to a fine point.^^. i. 
COROLLA monopetalous and white. Tube cylindrical, 
fhort, Limb divided into four fegments, blunt, 
fpreading, villous within, the fegments near- 
ly equal, the uppermoft notched, all of them 
efpecially the lower one dotted with red, 
fg. 2. 3. 
STAhHNA : two FilarUents, longer than the corolla, 
at firft bent in, afterwards ftraighf ; Anther® 
fmall, fomew'hat crefeent-like and whitifli. 
i , 4- 
I PISTILLUM : Germen divided into four parts, fur- 
t rounded at bottom by a glandular fubftance j 
I Style filiform, ftraight, the length of the 
% Stamina; Stigma bifid. 7^. 5. 
i SEEDS four, Jig. 9. brown, ihining as if anointed with 
I oil, fomewhat triangular, externally flattifh, 
f with an iraprefled fomewhat heart-fhaped line 
J- . in the middle, Internally the middle runnings' 
f out to a point or angle, the fides fomewhat 
I rolled in fg. 6. feen externally. • 7^. 7. in' 
I ternally. 
THIS is one of the moft common plants one meets with in Meadows,- 6y the fides of rivers, and ftreams of 
water, it flowers in Auguft and September. ' , , r. , • 
In its habit it manifefls the ^feateft affinity with the Herbce verUcillata of Ray, but like the genus Salvia, dif- 
fers from them in its frufllficatioiv. 
The leaves vary in being more or kfs hairy, and more or lefs finely divided. 
In fome Meadows it abounds fo much as to be noxious to the farmer ; Cattle appear never to touch it its' 
root being of the creeping kind, renders it difficult of extirpation. 
It is faid to o-ive a durable ftaip to whatever it touches, to beufedbythe French as an affiftant ingredient 
in dyeing black, and by Gypfies in ftaining their Ikins. Lin,Jior,fuec. Haller, hijl. heh. 
