DIDYNAMIA. GYMNOSPERMIA. Nepeta. 695 
Wood Sage. Wood or Sage Germander. (Welsh: Triagly cymro; 
Chwerwlys yr eithin. E.) Woods, heaths, thickets, and ditch banks. 
P. July * 
T. scor'dium. Leaves oblong, sessile, toothed, nearly naked: flowery 
in pairs, on fruit-stalks, axillary: stem pubescent, spreading. 
{E.Bot. 828. E.)— Blaclcw. 475-— FI. Dan. 593— Woodv. 67—Matth. 842—• 
Ger. 534. 1 and 2— Trag. 885— Riv. Mon. 11, Scordium — Dod. 126. 2— 
Lob. Obs. 261. 3, and Ic. i. 497. 1— Ger. Em. 661— Park. 111. 1— II. Ox. 
11. 22. 14— Lonic. i. 196. 3—Fuchs. 776~~J.IL iii. 292. 2. 
Stem hairy, (somewhat branched, nearly prostrate. E.) Leaves an inch 
long, sessile, tapering and entire at the base, serrated upwards, those at 
the top of the branches oval-spear-shaped, nearly entire. Calyx hairy, 
purplish. Lower flowers often solitary. Woodw. {Flowers purplish, the 
middle lobe spotted. E.) 
Water Germander. Marshes in the Isle of Ely. Between Cambridge 
and Histon ; Waterbeach; Cottenham. (On the banks of the Isis near 
High-bridge, and on Enesham Common, Oxon. Sibthorp. E.) 
P. July—Aug.f 
NEP'ETA.J Bloss. middle segment of the lower lip scolloped : 
Mouth, the edges reflexed : Stamens approaching. 
N. cata'ria. Flowers in spikes: whirls on short fruit-stalks : leaves 
on leaf-stalks, heart-shaped, tooth serrated, downy. 
E. jS ot. 137 — Blackw. 455— FI. Dan. 580— Kniph. 9— Dod. 99— Lob. Obs . 
276. 1, and Ic. i. 511. 1— Ger. Em. 682. 1— Pet. 32. 1 —Ma.tth. 719— 
Lonic. i. 112. I— Riv. Mon. 52, Nepeta — Trag. 15. 1— Ger. 554. 1— II. 
Ox. xi. 6. row 2, 3. 
(Two or three feet high. E.) Whorls mostly turned to one side of the 
stem. Calyx downy, with green ribs. Blossom white, with a tinge of 
red, and spotted with purple; tube nearly straight; lower lip, middle 
segment with six or seven equal teeth turned upwards, with a tuft of 
white bristles at the base. Stamens rather longer than the upper lip. 
{Stem and leaves hoary. The whole plant exhales an aromatic odour. 
E.) 
Nep. Cat-mint. (Welsh: Mintys y gath. E.) Pastures and hedges 
in calcareous soil. Near Bungay. Mr. Woodward. Wick Cliffs, 
Glostershire. Mr. Swayne. On the beach at Rampside, Low Furness. 
Mr. Atkinson. (Oversley, Warwickshire, by the sides of the turnpike 
road. Purton. Near Moel y don ferry, Anglesey. Welsh Bot. Road 
side between Culross and Kincardine. Maughan. Hook. Scot. About 
* The people of Jersey are said to make use of it in brewing:, (calling it Ambroise. E.) 
It possesses the bitterness and a good deal the flavour of hops. (In Young’s Annals of 
Agriculture is a dissertation by the Rev. P. Laurents, highly extolling this plant as a 
substitute for hops. Dr. Rutty confirms the idea of its possessing qualities worthy atten¬ 
tion ; as does the name, Ambrosia, bestowed on it by some authors. E.) 
t The fresh leaves are bitter and somewhat pungent. Powdered, they destroy worms. 
A decoction of this plant is a good fomentation in gangrenous cases. If cows eat it when 
compelled by hunger, their milk acquires a garlic flavour. Sheep and goals eat it. 
Horses, cows, and swine refuse it. 
£ (From nepa, a scorpion; it being reputed efficacious against the bite of that rep¬ 
tile. E.) 
