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DESCRIPTION OF MEDICINAL PLANTS. 
the apex. Stamens 4 , ascending under the upper lip ; an- 
thers approximate in pairs, ciliate or bearded, those of the 
lower stamens 1-celled, of the upper 2-celled and heart- 
shaped. Plant bitter, not aromatic. Scatteringly over the 
whole State ; most frequent at the edge of river swamps* 
Collect in flower. ^ 
Brunella vulgaris, L. Heal-all. Low perennial, with nearly 
simple stems, and 3-flowered clusters of flowers, sessile in the 
axils of round and bract-like, membranaceous floral leaves 
imbricated in a close spike or head. Leaves ovate-oblong, 
entire or toothed, petioled, hairy or smoothish. Calyx tubu- 
lar, bell-shaped, somewhat 10-nerved and reticulated, veiny, 
flattened on the upper side, naked in the throat, closed in 
fruit, 2-lipped ; upper lip broad and flat, truncate, with J 
short teeth, the lower 2-cleft. Corolla ascending, slightly 
contracted at the throat and dilated at the lower side just 
beneath it, 2-lipped; upper lip erect, arched, entire; the 
lower reflexed-spreading, 3-cleft, its lateral lobes oblong, 
the middle one rounded, concave, denticulate. Stamens 4, 
ascending under the upper lip; filaments 2-toothed at the 
apex, the lower tooth bearing the anther; anthers approxi- 
mate in pairs, their cells diverging. Along roadsides and 
and edges of woodlands, introduced, but now common over 
the country. Collect the flowering plants. (Eli Lilly’s 
Catalogue.) 
Marubium vulgare, L. Hoarhound. A whitish-woolly, bitter- 
aromatic perennial, branched at the base. Stems ascending ; 
leaves round-ovate, petioled, crenate-toothed. Flowers in 
axillary whorls. Calyx with 10 recurved teeth, the alter- 
nate ones shorter; corolla with the upper lip erect, notched, 
the lower spreading, 3-cleft, its middle lobe broadest. Sta- 
mens 4, included in the tube of the small white corolla. 
Over the whole State, especially in the surroundings of hab- 
itations. July. Collected before flowering. 
Leonurus cardiaca, L. Motherwort. Upright tall perennial ; 
leaves palmately-lobed, long petioled, the lower rounded, the 
