BALLOT A, BALLOTE

(Lat.),. Ba?l(ba$!)-lo’ta’, -te(ta). Gen., ballo’iæ, -tes. Gr., Ba\Aær4. Fr., ballote. Ger., Gottesverge . 1. A Linnean genus of labiate plants of the tribe Stachydeæ, subtribe Lamieæ, distinguished from the closely allied genus Marrubium Le having exserted stamens and a nearly infundibuliform calyx with 10 nervures and 5 to 10 (rarely more) teeth dilated at the base or united into a spreading orbicular limb, It is divided into three subgenera: a, Be ringer i a (the genus Beriugeria of Necker), having soft, oblong or subulate bracteoles and 5 to 10 calyx-teeth; b, Ballot a (the B. of Linnæus), having soft, linear-subulate bracteoles and 5 calyx-teeth; c, Acanthoprasium, with spiny bracteoles and 5 to 10 calyx-teeth. [B, 42, | 2. The Quercus b. [B.]--Ballot a alba [Linnæus]. Fr., ballote blanche. See Ballot a nigra, var. brevidentata, subvar. albiflora.—Ballot a borealis [Schweiggerl, See Ballot a nigra, var. brevidentata, subvar. minor.—Balota distich a. Of Linnæus, the An is a me les ovata; of Rodschied, the Hyptis pectin at a, [Bentham (B, 21{).]—Ballot a ebracteata ‘Aiton, See Hypris suaveolens.— Ballot a fœtid a [Lamarck]. ee Ballot a nigra, var. brevidentata,—Ballot a lanata [Linnæus). Fr., ballote laineuse,. See Leonurus lanatus.—Ballot a nigra [Li næus]. Fr., ballote noire, marrube noir (ou fétide), marrubii Ger., schwarze Ballote, schivarzer Andorn. Syn.: Marrubium ni- (Ee [Crantz]. The stinking (or black) horehound; a perennial European herb with an ascending, erect, villose stem 3 to 4 feet high; petiolate, ovate leaves; and thickly set axillary flowers. It includes the varieties: Ballot a nigra, var. long ident at a, with red flowers having ovate, erect calyx-teeth terminating in a long armlike proce ; and Bellota nigra, var. brevidentata, with broad, spreading calyx-teeth terminating in a short proce . The latter comprises the subvarieties albiflora, with white flowers; and minor, with small, white flowers and short, obtuse leaves. The herb—herb a ballot (seu ballotæ fœtidæ, seu marrubii nigri)—has a penetrating, foetid, aromatic odor and a very bitter, aromatic taste, and contains a bitter principle (pic rob allot a). It was formerly employed in hysteria and as a substitute for the white horehound (Marrubium vulgare), also as a panacea for diseases of cattle. iB 180.]—Ballot a rubra [Schrader], Ballot a ruderal is (Spr.], Ballot a sepium [Paulet]. See Ballot a nigra.—Ballot a suaveolens [Linnæus]. See Hypris suaveolens. —Ballot a urticifolia [Ortm.]. A species which, according to Koch, should be referred to Ballot a nigra. [B, 180.]—Ballot a vulgar is [Link]. See Ballot a nigra, var. long ident at a, [B, 214.]—Herba ballot. The herb of Ballot a nigra. [B, 180.]— Herba ballot lan atæ, Herba ballot» lan atæ sibirleæ. The herb of Leonurus lanatus. It contains pic rob allot a aud a volatile oil. [B, 180.]—Herba ballotæ nigræ. The herb of Ballot a nigra, [B, 180.}