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times longer than the calyx. 4%. H. Native of North America, 
in humid meadows near Saint Louis, Drummond; Carolina, 
Walter. S. tenuifolia, Willd. spec. p. 100.? S. palustris, Walt. 
fl. car. p. 162, but not of Lin. Stems procumbent at the base ; 
branches ascending. Leaves 1-2 inches long, quite glabrous. 
Corolla violaceous; tube shortly exserted, with a pilose ring 
inside. 
Hyssop-leaved Hedge Nettle. Pl. 1 to 13 foot. 
35 S. Cuine’nsis(Bunge, pl. chin. bor. in mem. soc. peterb. vol. 
2. p. 241.) tall, erect, nearly glabrous ; angles of stem obversely 
pilose ; leaves nearly sessile, oblong-lanceolate, subserrated, his- 
pid above and glabrous beneath; whorls few, 6-flowered; brac- 
teas minute ; calyx elongated, campanulate, pilose, with lanceo- 
late very acute rather spinose teeth; corolla hardly twice as 
long as the calyx. X. H. Native of the North of China, 
Bunge. Allied to S. palástris, S. áspera, S. hyssopifolia. Leaves 
3-4 inches long. Corolla red, pilose outside, with a pilose ring 
inside. 
China Hedge Nettle. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. ? 
§ 2. RupznA'rzs (from ruderalis, of or belonging to rubbish ; 
the species are generally found in waste places.) Benth. lab. p. 
$44. Herbs usually perennial, erect, or ascending, rarely pro- 
cumbent, hispid, villous or woolly, rarely glabrous. Whorls 6, 
rarely with so many as 10 flowers. Corolla rather large, mith 
the lower lip half an inch long ; having the tube always inclosed. 
36 S. aArsicAv'ris (Lindl. in bot. reg. t. 1558.) erect, clothed 
with white wool at the base and viscid pubescence above ; lower 
leaves petiolate : upper ones sessile, all lanceolate and coarsely 
toothed, roundly cuneated at the base or narrowed : floral leaves 
shorter than the calyxes; whorls 6-flowered, remote; calyx 
ovate-campanulate, clothed with viscid pubescence : teeth broad- 
lanceolate, acute, rather spinose; corolla glabrous, twice as long 
as the calyx. 2/.G. Native of the Andes of Chili, Macrae ; 
in the Pampas about Buenos Ayres, Gillies. Leaves remote, 
1-3 inches long. Corolla red, glabrous; tube a little exserted, 
furnished with a pilose ring inside. 
White-stemmed Hedge Nettle. 
Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
87 S. optoneiroria (Benth. in Wall. pl. rar. asiat. 1. p. 64. 
lab. p. 545.) erect or ascending, pubescent or villous; leaves on 
short petioles, oblong-lanceolate, acutish, serrated, subcordate at 
the base, villous : floral leaves longer than the calyxes; whorls 
about 6-flowered, distant ; calyx tubularly campanulate, pubes- 
cent, with lanceolate very acute scarcely spinulose teeth ; corolla 
one half longer than the calyx. 2/. G. Native of the moun- 
tains of Silhet. Leaves 1-2 inches long, densely villous or woolly 
beneath. Corolla violaceous, pubescent outside. 
Oblong-leaved Hedge Nettle. Pl.? 
88 S. asucorpes (Benth. in Linnea. 6. p. 80. lab. 545.) 
erect, very hairy; leaves petiolate, oblong, obtuse, crenated, 
rounded at the base or cuneated, wrinkled: floral leaves con- 
forming to the others; whorls few, 6-flowered, remote; calyx 
ovate-campanulate, hispid, with ovate acute rather spinose teeth ; 
corolla glabrous, twice as long as the calyx. Y%.H. Native of 
California, Chamisso. Herb almost simple, and sometimes 
branched at the base. Leaves 1-2 inches long. Corollas like 
those of S. Macre‘i. 
Ajuga-like Hedge Nettle. Pl. 4 to 2 foot. 
$9 S. sıpERITOT DES (Gill. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 740.) peren- 
nial, ascending, clothed with silky pili; leaves oblong-lanceolate, 
serrated, narrowed a long way at the base, wrinkled, clothed 
with soft silky villi: floral leaves ovate-lanceolate : upper ones 
shorter than the calyxes; whorls 6-flowered, remote ; calyx 
campanulate, hispid, with lanceolate-acute rather spinose teeth ; 
Fl. July, Aug. Cit. 1827. 
LABIAT/E. LXXXI. Sracuys. 
corolla rather pilose, scarcely twice as long as the calyx. 34.G. 
Native of Chili, on the Andes about Mendoza, Gillies. Habit of 
S. arenària, but the tube of the corolla is exannulate inside, 
Perhaps only a villous variety of S. grandidentata. 
Sideritis-like Hedge Nettle. Pl.? 
40 S. GRANDIDENTA`TA (Lindl. in bot. reg. t. 1080.) perene 
nial erect, pilosely pubescent, hispid above; leaves petiolate, 
oblong-lanceolate, coarsely toothed, all roundly cuneated at the 
base or narrowed: upper floral leaves shorter than the calyxes; 
whorls 6-flowered, remote; calyx ovate-campanulate, hispid, 
with lanceolate-acute rather spinose teeth; corolla glabrous, 
twice as long as the calyx. — 2t. G. Native of Chili, at Valpa- 
raiso, Macrae. Form of leaves and inflorescence that of S. albi- 
caális. Corollas red or purple. 
Large-toothed-leaved Hedge Nettle. 
1827, Pl. 1 to 8 feet. 
41 S. Macræ'i (Benth. lab. 6. p. 78. lab. p. 545.) erect or 
ascending, pilosely hispid; leaves petiolate, ovate or ovate-lan- 
ceolate, obtuse, crenated: lower ones cordate at the base: 
upper ones roundly cuneated at the base: upper floral leaves 
sessile, shorter than the calyxes; whorls 6-flowered, remote; 
calyx ovate-campanulate, hispid, with lanceolate-acute rather 
spinose teeth; corolla glabrous, twice as long as the calyx. x? 
G. Native of Chili, at Valparaiso, and of California. Hook. et 
Arn. in Beech. voy. pt. bot. p. 155, but not of Benth. Very 
nearly allied to the preceding. Corolla violaceous. 
Macrae’s Hedge Nettle. Pl. 3 to 1 foot. ? OI: 
42 S. Buipoz'su (Benth. lab. p. 546.) erect, clothed with soft 
white villi or wool; leaves petiolate, ovate, obtuse, crenated, 
subcordate at the base, wrinkled: floral leaves sessile: upper 
ones rather shorter than the calyxes ; whorls 6-flowered, remote: 
calyx ovate-campanulate, clothed with very soft villi, with mutic 
teeth ; corolla twice as long as the calyx. %.? G. Native of 
the South of Chili, Bridges. Allied to the preceding, but the 
leaves are smaller, thicker, and the whole plant is canescent from 
soft wool, not villous from stiff hairs. : 
Bridges’s Hedge Nettle. Pl. ? á 
43 S. GiLLiE sm (Benth. lab. p. 740.) ascending, villous; 
leaves petiolate, obtuse, crenated, cordate at the base: lower 
ones rounded, nearly glabrous : superior ones ovate, pubescent ; 
floral leaves ovate, quite entire, shorter than the calyxes, villous; 
racemes hispid from stiff villi; whorls 6-flowered, distant ; calyx 
ovate-campanulate, hispid, with ovate-lanceolate acute pec 
spinose teeth; corolla glabrous, thrice as long as the calyx, wit 
an exserted tube. 21. ? G. Native of the Andes of Chili, near 
Mendoza. Intermediate between S. Macrci and S. circinnáta ; 
differing from the first in the short stiff stems, broad leaves and 
larger corollas; and from the last in the stems and leaves being 
less hispid, leaves less crenatad, and in the tube of the corolla 
being exserted. 
Gillies’s Hedge Nettle. Pl. ? 
44 S. crncinna’ra (Lher. stirp. 1. p. 51. t. 26.) procumbents 
hispid; floriferous branches erect; leaves petiolate, roun ish; 
obtuse, crenated, broadly cordate at the base: floral leaves 
smaller: upper ones ovate, quite entire, rather shorter than the 
calyxes ; whorls 6-flowered, distinct: lower ones remote; € yx 
campanulate, hispid, with ovate acute rather spinose teeth ; co- 
rolla pubescent, scarcely twice as long as the calyx. M. ^^ 
Native of the South of Spain and North of Africa; Gibraltar ; 
on the lead-hills of Tunis, Vahl. ; Mount Atlas, in the fissures 
of rocks, Desf. S. velutina, Willd. enum. suppl. p. 41. í 
latifòlia, Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 303. Sterile branches procumben’s 
ied alittle. Corolla 7-8 lines long, pale or dark purple ? 
white, 
Circinnate-leaved Hedge Nettle. Fl. June, July. Cit. 1771: 
Pl. 1 to 2 feet. : 
Fl. July, Aug. Clt, 
