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Show 360 The It is not uncommon in woods in our northern counties. It flowers in July. The leaves ftand in pairs on fhort footftalks 5 d and they are large and rough, of an angulate form, and pale green colour. a The flowers are moderately large, and of bright purple. HERBAL. tit U aps Gig BELTON FGA Galeopfis flore magno luteo variegato. ACE M The root is compofed of numerous, thick fibres. The ftalk is firm, upright, thick at the joints, and of a pale green. The leaves ftand in pairs, and have flender footftalks: they are oblong and broad, largeft toward the middle, fmall at the bafe, and ferrated at the edges. Their colour is a pale green; and they are highly ribbed. The flowers are very large; and they ftand in tufts round the tops of the branches, and onthe fummits of them: they are yellow, but variegs. ted on the lip with purple. This however is an uncertain markof the plant, for they are fometimesofa pale yellow through. out, and fometimes white. Thefeeds are {mall and brown. Plukenet calls it Lawium cannabium aculeatum flore Jpeciofo luteo labiis purpureis. Ws N ee flower is formedofa fingle petal: this is tubular, and crooked at the bottom, andgapes in a labiated manner at the top. The upper lip is fall and undivided, andis placed erect ; tt lowerlip is divided into three fegments ; of which the middle oneis largeft, and is nipped at the end. The cup is formed ofa fingle piece; and is tubula r, and dented in five places at the rim. Thefeeds are four after each flower, and they ftand naked in the cup. Linnzus places this among the didynamia gymnofpermia ; two of the four filaments in the flower being longer than the others, and the feeds naked. Div LSION It is a native of the warmer parts of Europe, and flowers in Auguft. suS XS C A fT MIT NOT. MEP ET A T! IE floweris formed of a fingle petal: it is tubular at the bot d crooked ; and it gapes at the mouth, and confifts there of two lips, and a -palate. ‘The »per lip is fhort, obtufe, and nipped at the top: the lower lip is undivided, and is larger than the other, and ferrated. The palate is of a heart-like fhape, and terminates in two little jages. #& BRITISH Wood-Betony. Betonica fyluefris vulgaris, CSA~CF BoR AT LS it Catmint. Nepeta vulgaris, ASAnt Theroot is fibrous and fpreading. The ftalks are fquare, firm, upright, branched, and two foot and a half high: they are of a whitifh colour, and fomewhat dufky. The leaves ftand in pairs, and have fhort foot- ftalks: they are oblong and large, broad at the bafe, where they are fomewhat indented, ferrated fharply at’ the edges, and pointed at the end: their colour is a whitith green, and they have a very ftrong {mell. The flowers growin great clufters at the tops DiVisioN. AL The feeds are fmall and dufky. It is common by way-fides in dryplaces, and flowers in July. D,1Vik $1.0) N, Nepeta minor. PE5-1/4 ‘ The root is long, thick, and hung with many fibres. The ftalks are numerous, fquare, upright, very muchbranched, and a foot and half high. The leaves are placed in pairs, and have {carce any footftalks: they are oblong and narrow, fharp-pointed, ferrated at the edges, and of a pale green. large, and ofa beautiful purple. FOREIGN cI. Long-fpiked Betony. The root is compofed of many fibres, rifing from a {mall head. The firft leaves are numerous, and fupported on long, flender footftalks: they are oblong, harrow, dentedat the edges, and pointed at the ends. Theftalk is upright, {quare, and brown. Gaba Others, Nepeta vulgaris. It is a very powerful deobftruent. An infufion of it is excellent in ftoppages of the menfes 5 and it is good alfo in nervous cafes. The tops beat into aconferve are goodagainft that troublefome and obftinate diforder called the nightmare. SPECIES. The flowers ftand in a kind of irregular{pi at the tops of the ftalks and branches; 4 numerous, fmall, and white, with a faint tng° of purple. S_PxE GATES. The leaves on it are narrower than thofe from the root, andofa paler green. The flowers ftand at the top in a very long, C. Bauhine calls it Mentha cattaria vulgaris? FOREIGN Lefer Catmint. WP EH Cur Es, of the ftalks, forming a kind of {pike : they are {mall and white; but they have a few dots of purple within. major. The flowers grow at the tops of the ftalks in an interrupted fpike; and they are moderately The cupis tubular, anddivided Betonica fpica longiore. I, 5: PB @sl bss: The root is brown and fibrous. The feeds are fmall, oval, and brown: The firft leaves are numerous, and of a dark It is commonin our woods, and among buthes, green: each has its feparate footftalk, which is It flowers in June. long and flender; and they are fupported toleC, Bauhine calls it Betonica purpurea. Others, rably upright. They are oblong, broad, indented, Betonica fylvgfris. and obtufe ; and they are a little hollowed where the ftalk is inferted. It is a celebrated medicine in cephalick cafes; Theftalks are numerous, fquare, upright, and The dry tops powdered are goodininveterate a foot or more in height : there ufually are placed | headachs, and the fame given in form of infuon eachftalk two pairs of leaves, one pair near fion againft obftruétions of the vifcera. Some the root, and the other at the top: thofe near alfo take the leaves powdered in form of fnuff the root refemble the firft leaves, which rife for headachs; and others have them chopped{mall, and fmoak them in the manner of tobacco. fingly ;, but the others are narrower. into five fegments at the edge; the upper ones of which are longer than the others, and the lower ones fpread. The feeds are four after every flower; and they ftand naked in the cup. Lin places this among the didynamia gymnofpermia, the flower having two longer and two fhorter filaments, and the feeds being naked in the cup, without any capfule, PeVet SiO oN, XI. WOOD-BETONY. fatidumfolio angulofo minus. Hedgenettle with variegated flowers. GE. H Plukenet calls ic Lamium fylvaticum Jpicatum FO Rap GG Niet 2 eB C.t- ES, IT: pBe Re ie TS The feeds are {mall and brown. The ftalk is fquare, upright, branched, and a foot and half high. Dit st ON The HER B-AYL. BRoLT Sch N BASE flender fpike ; andare ofa deep purple. The feeds are large, oblong, andredifh: It is frequent in the warmer parts of Europe, and flowers in Auguft. C, Bauhine calls it Betonice folia capitulo alopecuri. Ue XII. HOARHOUND. So 4G HH TS. HE flower is formed of a fingle petal, and is of the labiated kind. The tubular part at the bottomis fhort ; and the mouthis oblong, and {welled out toward the bafe. The upper lip it is divided into three back; is of an ovalfigure, and of an arched fhape: the lowerlip is turned fegments, the middle one of which is the largeft. The cup is tubular, angulated, and divided ar nd angulated ; four fucceed each Mower, andthey the edge into five parts. The feeds are oblong a ftand naked in the cup. Linnzusplaces this among the diz yennofper mia s the flower having two threads longer than the others, and the feeds ftanding naked. “He joins the galzop/is, as before obferyed, underthis name ; but they are really diftinct. The feeds are brown. Tt is common in the warmer parts of Europes and flowers in July. C. Bauhine calls it Mentha cattaria minor. GENUS N° 36. ZZ |