716 DIDYNAMIA. GYMNOSPERMIA. BAllota. 
S. German'ica. Many flowers in a wliorl: serratures of the leaves 
lapping over each other, densely silky: stem cottony. 
Jacq. Austr. 319— Kniph. 10— {E. Bot. 829. E.)— Riv. Mon. 27. 1, Stachys 
mont. — FI. Dan. 684— Barr. Ic. 297— Fuchs. 766— J. B. iii. 320— Trag. 
V. 1— Lome. i. 110. 1—ii. 30. 4— Ger. 563. 2—MaUh. 330—Dod. 90. 3— 
Lob. Obs. 285. 4, and Ic. i. 530. 2— Ger . Em. 695. 2*— Park. 48.2—//. Ox. 
xi. 10.1. 
Whole plant white with a thick silky down. Lower-leaves heart-spear¬ 
shaped ; upper spear-shaped, wrinkled, sharply serrated. Blossom , lip 
covered with down. Woodw. Leaves thick, soft and cloth-like. Blossom 
purplish red. 
(Hoary or Downy Woundwort. E.) German Woundwort. Hedges 
about Witney Park, Oxfordshire, plentiful, and four miles south of Gran¬ 
tham, near the London road, opposite Easton. Frequent in Oxfordshire. 
Mr. Newberry. Between Blenheim and Ditchley. Mr. Woodward. 
(Pinxton, Derbyshire. Mr. Coke, in Bot. Guide. Near Olney. Mr. W. 
Christy. E.) P. July.* 
B ALLO'TA.f Calyx salver-shaped, with five teeth and ten fur¬ 
rows : Bloss. upper lip concave, crenate. 
B. nPgra. Leaves heart-shaped, undivided, serrated: calyx (some¬ 
what truncated, with short spreading segments. E.) 
Kniph. 6— Blachw. 136— E. Bot. 46— Fuchs. 154— J. B. iii. 318. 1— Riv. 
Mon. 65. 1, Marrubiastr. — Mattli. 82 5—Clus. ii. 34. 1— Dod. 90. 1— Lob. 
Obs. 279. 1, and Ic. i. 518. 2— Ger. Em. 701. 1— Park. 1230. 3— H. Ox. 
xi. 9. 14— Pet. 32. 4. 
(Whole plant pubescent, with a pungent, acrid odour. Stem two or three 
feet high, upright, branched, with hairs reflexed. E.) Lower leaves 
heart-shaped, upper ones egg-shaped. Floral-leaves bristle-shaped, 
fringed. Whorls extending half way round the stem. Calyx hairy, rim 
five-cornered; teeth ending in sharp bristle-shaped points. Blossom tube 
containing honey, closed above by five hairy tufts; upper lip hairy, not 
very entire, purple, variegated with white lines. The calyx attaining its 
full size long before the blossoms expand, the latter appear as if already 
fallen off, though, on examination, they will be found at the bottom of 
the cup. 
Black Horehound, or Henbit. (Welsh: Marddynad ddu. E.) On 
rubbish and in hedges, common. P. July—Aug.J 
* (Certain species of Bees, with their mandibles, industriously scrape off the soft woolly 
material afforded by these plants, and rolling it into little balls with their fore legs, convey 
it to their nests, and closely envelop the cells with a coating impervious to every change of 
temperature.—Thus may instinct often afford instruction to reason : and the contempla¬ 
tion of the minute insect, infinitely disproportionate as the little creature is to our own powers 
and faculties, is calculated to elevate the reflecting mind to that source of all wisdom, which 
we cannot penetrate, and which surpasses human conception. Whatever God has created 
must be worthy the respect and consideration of man: and the more intimately we 
become acquainted with His works, the more ready shall we be to admit 
<f The hand that made them is divine.” E.) 
+ (From |SaX7w, to cast off, thrust out, or purify, as a deobstruent. E.) 
$ It is recommended in hysterical cases. The Swedes reckon it almost an universal 
remedy in the diseases of their cattle. Horses, cows, sheep, and goats refuse it. (Ayim 
