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BRITISH WILD FLOWERS. 
GENUS III. 
THE GERMANDER. (Teucrium, Lin.) 
Generic Character. —Calyx tubular, seldom campanulate, five-cleft. Corolla with a short tube, labiate ; the upper lip two-parted ; the segments 
reflexed at the sides; the lower three-lobed, the intermediate lobe largest. Stamens protruded between the fissure of the upper lip. (Z)ee.) 
Description, &c. —The plants belonging to this genus were formerly much valued for their medicinal 
qualities, being intensely bitter. In modern times, however, it has been discovered that they are of little value, 
most of them being only slightly tonic. The genus is named Teucrium , from Teucer, Prince of Troy, who is 
said to have been the first to employ the plant medicinally; and it is placed in the same Linnsean class and order 
as Ajuga. 
1-—THE WOOD SAGE. (Teucrium scorodonia, Lin.) 
Engravings. —Eng. Bot., t. 1543 ; 2nd ed., t. 818. 
Specific Character. —Leaves heart-shaped, hairy, serrated, stalked. Clusters aggregate, unilateral. Stem erect. (Smith.) 
Description, Sec. —This plant has rather pretty flowers, and sage-like leaves. The flowers are of a 
yellowish-white, or cream-colour, with very conspicuous bright red stamens. This species is found abundantly 
in woods and on bushy heaths in every part of great Britain, and it is very generally called the Wild or Wood 
Sage. The plant, when dried, has an aromatic scent, and as it is intensely bitter, it is sometimes used as a sub¬ 
stitute for hops; but it gives a very dark colour to the beer. It is a perennial, and it flowers from June till 
August. 
2.— THE WATER GERMANDER. (Teucrium scordium, Lin.) 
Engravings. —Eng. Bot., t. 828 ; 2nd ed., t. 819. 
Specific Character. —Leaves oblong, sessile, downy, with tooth-like serratures. Flowers axillary, stalked in pairs. Stem procumbent. (Smith.) 
Description, &c. —This species is only found in wet meadows in Cambridgeshire, and in Oxfordshire, and 
even in these places it is somewhat rare. The flowers are rose-colour and very pretty ; the taste is excessively 
bitter, and the scent somewhat like that of garlic. The plant is a perennial, and the flowers appear from June 
till August. 
THE WALL GERMANDER. (T. Cham^drys, Lin.) 
This species was formerly cultivated for medicinal purposes, but it is now neglected, and it is only found occa¬ 
sionally in a wild state on old walls and ruins in various parts of Great Britain. The plant is a perennial, with 
numerous suckers, and the stems are decumbent. The flowers are larger than those of the preceding species, and 
of a paler rose colour, and they continue appearing from June till the end of autumn. 
GENUS IY. 
THE WATER HOREHOUND, OR GIPSYWORT. (Lycopus, Lin.) 
Lin. Syst. DIANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
Generic Character. —Corolla a little larger than the calyx, four-lobed, nearly equal. Stamens two. (Lindley). 
Description, &c.— There is only one species in this genus (L. europceus). It has handsome leaves some¬ 
what like those of a sweet Chestnut, and very small white flowers produced in whorls. It is found on the 
