that point. All that we certainly know about it is that it 
grows freely in common garden soil, in the open air, and 
that it is easily propagated by cuttings. 
It belongs to a section of the genus very different from the 
wild Stachyses of our hedges, and distinctly characterised by 
the small wrinkled downy hoary leaves and the soft teeth of 
the calyx. 
Although not a very handsome plant, yet its thin half- 
transparent light violet flowers, and neat hoary leaves give 
1t a pleasing appearance. 
In the accompanying plate, fig. 1. represents the corolla 
cut open, to shew the place of the filaments and of a ring of 
hairs; 2. a magnified anther with the upper part of the 
filament; and 3. is the ovary with the style and stigma. 
