Betonica officinalis. W 
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Be 
TONY, 
BETONICA 
BETONICA 
BETONICA 
BETONICA 
BETONICA 
BETONICA 
L/«. Gen. P/. Didynamia Gymnospermia Ca/. arift^itus. Corolla hh. fupcr. adfceiideiia, 
planiulcuium ; Tutus cylindricus. 
Ran Syn. Gen. 14. Suffrutices et Herba: Verticillata: 
Vicinalis fpica interrupta, corollarum lacinia labii intermedia emarninata. Un. Shec. Pl 
p. 810. FI. SueaC. n. 515. o T 
cordatis, fuperioribua ovatis, crenatis, fpica brevi, foliis infidente. 
officinalis Scopoli FI. Carnioh p. 422. 
purpurea. Bauhin pin. 
ri-R‘‘!!Sy».p.z3i. Wood-Setony. 
Llghtfooi FI. Scot, p, 311. 
RADIX pejenm^ minimi digiti, borizontalis, | ROOT perennial, the thicknefs of the little finger, 
:A;. I horizontal, fomewhat woody, of a yellmvifh 
-.jj.-e-.c, V, 1V.VVV/ naiiivciUiil lUgUia, « 
fibris plurimis albidis, tenacibus, fibrillofis, t 
alte defeendentibus jnftrufta. | 
» vyuuuy, ui d yeiiowun 
brown colour, wrinkled traniVerfely, and fur- 
' fib^^*^ iiumerous, long, whitilb, tough, 
CAULIS pedalis aut ultra eredus, plerumque fimplex, | STALKS a fooh'^ mfre in height, upright generillv 
in hortis ramofus, tetragonus, angulis ob- | fimple, in gardens branchelfour-lornerM 
tufis, lateribu s duobus magis excavatis, fca- | the corners obtufe, and two of the fides more 
biiufculus pihs rigiduhs, deorfum verfis, | deeply hollowed than the others roughifli 
ieLX'’' ffpcnie | the hairs, fomewhat rigid, turning down- 
I 'yed prefs’d towards the ftalk, jointed, 
, the joints near the top of the ftalk removed 
"iT/YT T A _7' 7' 1 • « ^ lar from each other. 
FOLIA raiiM/M longe petiohta, oUongo-cordata, ere* | LEAVES nal tbi root ftanding on lonv footftalks 
nata. obtufi, venofo-rugofa, lub.iuda, nndi- | of an oblong heart-fhapeS fignm, bln^ 
qiie mmutim punftata, pniidis excavatis, | notched, obtnfe, veiny aL fonlwhat wriiik^ 
margme cihata, caulma oppofita, anguffiora, | led, covered with few hairs, but dotted all 
Sbus' tip ““gi- I with Imall hollow point , th edge fring- 
mbus fcp.us revolutis. | ed with hairs, thofe r& Sppofitl 
f narrower, and rather lerrated than crenated, 
I hanging- down, the edges generally curled 
Si? a”;® '’•T''"'’ , .. I flowers purple, growing in a fpike 
SPICA teimiiiahs, oblonga, c plunmis verticillis fef- | SPIKE terminal, oblfng, compofed^of Veveral feffile 
St:’ rife loweLotf“rett 
I lan. 
CALYX ^ hium tubulatum, iiiterneviUofum, I CALYX : rPEKiA“,THmM:utu°h“ htntySut's 
anftatum, I breadeft at top, having five teeth, wheb ter! 
F “S-A- I- I “'“Km five long points, and are permanent. 
COROLLA monopetala, «ir incurvus, infra glaber, | COROLLA if’onopetalons ; the & bending inwards 
| bel„wfmth and white, above peXltj^ 
both within and without, and longer than 
tnp rtalw ■ «-V.a T i-n® 
• -7 W.W, J S..V Aiil.ua |ZUUC1- 
cens, calyce longior, Latium luperius lubro- 
tundum, integrum, planum, ereftum, infe- 
rius trifidum ; lacinula media latiori, fubro- 
tunda, emarginata. 2. 
i 1 r*“ -lunger mail 
I the calyx; the upper Lip roundifli, entire, 
^ tlat, and upright, the lower one divided into 
I three fegments, the middle one ofwEich is 
I broader than the others, roundifli with a 
STAMINA: Filamenta quatuor, fubulata, alba, | STAMINA four • i- 
pnrpntaLntes. biloh^ lohis fnhrfrdS | X iT^of a 
^ nectary]^*; A- 4 .® 6 . 
SEMINA quatuor, fufea, glabra, triquetra, latere ex- % SEEDS four; brLn, fmooth tliree corn;,-’,! the 
tenore convexo, interrore gibbofo. fg. y. | o,mrmoft fide convex ’the ”0^0^ gfbbotls! 
4 fS- 1 - 
gan fu?h tfteriSfb i“,y Z 
your coat mi buy Beimy and when they wilhed to extol a perfon they wouu'fit'rrT™*^^ Petomea tha is fill 
Betomea you have more virtues than Betony. Matth. in Dilfcor. p. r 2 Z t, Z 
wanting to attribute to it abundance of good aualitip«! EvriP • ^ ^ ^ the Materia Medica who have not been 
thanthftofamild corroborant; ftefran^fS crliK “betony 
tindlure m reSified fpirit given in fuitable dofes, in laxity and dliliw of the vlfcem^ n HAf ? 
thence. The powder of the leaves, fnuffed up the nofe ^nrnvnlr,»<i ^ and diiordep proceeding trom 
an ingredient in flernutatorv powders • this efFefl does nnf fp^m r K Betony is Ibmetimes made 
“ all our woods, about Town, and on feme of the Heaths, floweting In July. A„- 
Ray obferves that is is fometimes found with white and fometimes with flelhcolonr’d bloffoms. 
