Herb. Obs. [a. F. ballote or It. ballotte, ad. L. ballōtē, a. Gr. βαλλωτή.] The Black Stinking Horehound (Ballota nigra).
1551. Turner, Herbal, F j b. Ballote hath foursquare stalkes.
1700. Petiver, in Phil. Trans., XXII. 607. The leaves of this plant … resemble our Ballote or stinking Horehound.
