. Flowers of the field. Botany. LABIATE TRIBE 229 which grow in close whorls and are large and handsome, are yellow blotched with red. Damp woods and hedges ; not uncommon.— Fl. May to July. Stachvs Betonica (Wood Betony) 12. Stachys [Wound-woyt) 1. S. Betonica (Wood Betony).—A common and very pretty woodland plant, about 2 feet high, bearing an interrupted head or spike of light purple flowers, on a long and slender stem. There are always 2 or 3 pairs of oblong crenate sessile leaves beneath the divisions of the spike ; tlie lower leaves are all stalked. Whole plant softly hairy.
. Flowers of the field. Botany. LABIATE TRIBE 229 which grow in close whorls and are large and handsome, are yellow blotched with red. Damp woods and hedges ; not uncommon.— Fl. May to July. Stachvs Betonica (Wood Betony) 12. Stachys [Wound-woyt) 1. S. Betonica (Wood Betony).—A common and very pretty woodland plant, about 2 feet high, bearing an interrupted head or spike of light purple flowers, on a long and slender stem. There are always 2 or 3 pairs of oblong crenate sessile leaves beneath the divisions of the spike ; tlie lower leaves are all stalked. Whole plant softly hairy. Woods and hedges ; common.—Fl. July, August. Perennial. 2. S. sylvatica (Hedge Wound-wort). — A branched, hairy plant, 2-4 feet high, with spikes of dull purple flowers arranged in whorls of 6-10. Stem erect; leaves heart-shaped, crenate, stalked. When in seed the calyx-teeth are rigid. The plant has a strong, unpleasant smell. Woods and hedges; common.—Fl. July, August. Perennial. 3. S. palustris (Marsh Wound-wort).^Much hke the leist, but distinguished by its taller and stouter stem, softer hairs, narrower tapering leaves, heart-shaped at the base, and more crowded spikes of light purple flowers, 6-8 in a whorl. The smell is less offensive. Marshes; common.—Fl. July, August. Perennial. The form 5. amhigua, which is distinguished by having broader leaves, on longer stalks, is said to be a hybrid. It is of local occurrence. 4. S. aywwMS (Corn Wound-wort).—FZowijys 2-6 in a whorl; stem spreading; leaves heart-shaped, obtuse ; corolla scarcely longer than the calyx. A small plant, 6-8 inches high, occurring abun- dantly as a weed in cultivated land ; distinguished from the pre- ceding by its smaller size, and from the other labiate flowers which grow in similar situations, by its whorls of light purple flower. Common as a weed of cultivation.—Fl. July to September. Annual. 5. S. Germanica (Downy Wound-wort).—Stem erect, branching, 1-3 feet high ; leaves tapering
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