LABIATJE. LXXXI. Sracuys, 
about equal in length to the calyxes; calyx campanulate, with 
lanceolate subulate acute mutic teeth ; corolla about twice as 
long as the calyx. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Jacq. icon. rar. 3. p. 7. t. 493.  Corollas pale yellow. ? 
Wrinkled-leaved Hedge Nettle. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1774. 
Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
85 S. penticuta‘ta (Burch. cat. geogr. no. 1369. ex Benth. 
lab. p. 560.) suffrutieose; branches clothed with hoary tomen- 
tum ; leaves petiolate, obovate or oblong, obtuse, crenated, un- 
dulately curled, much wrinkled, clothed with sub-floccose tomen- 
tum beneath; whorls 2-flowered; bracteas small, subulate ; 
calyx tubularly campanulate, loosely tomentose, with ovate-lan- 
ceolate acute mutic teeth ; corolla scarcely twice as long as the 
calyx. ` h. G. Native of South Africa. Branches and leaves 
almost like those of Marrübium vulgare. Leaves } to 2 of an 
inch long: floral leaves about twice as long as the calyx. Co- 
rolla silky outside. 
Denticulated-leaved Hedge Nettle. Shrub. 
86 S. cunza‘ra (Banks, herb. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 560.) 
suffruticose, clothed with tomentose wool ; leaves petiolate, obo- 
vate-cuneated, roundish, obtuse, crenated, undulately curled, 
much wrinkled, clothed with sub-floccose tomentum on both sur- 
faces ; whorls 2-flowered ; bracteas small, subulate ; calyx cam- 
panulate, densely tomentose, with ovate-lanceolate acutish mutic 
teeth; corolla exceeding the calyx a little. kh. G. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope, Masson. Branches and leaves 
like those of Marrübium Alyssum. Leaves hardly 3 an inch 
long: floral ones exceeding the calyxes. Whorls approximate 
at the tops of the branches. Corolla small, silky outside. 
Wedge-leaved Hedge Nettle. Shrub. 
87 S. paucirLora (Benth. lab. p. 560.) suffruticose, clothed 
with floccose wool; leaves nearly sessile, oblong-lanceolate, ob- 
tuse, quite entire, narrowed at the base, wrinkled ; whorls 2- 
flowered, rarely 4-flowered, distant; calyx tubularly campanu- 
late, with lanceolate acute mutic teeth; corolla exceeding the 
calyx a little. 5. G. Native of Egypt, near Mount Sinai, 
N. Bové. S. orientalis, Forsk. fl. egypt. p. 68. but not of 
Lin. S. Palestina, Vahl, symb. 2. p. 64. but not of Lin. S. 
affinis, Fres. mus. senkenb. p. 91. Stems shrubby at the base, 
branched. Lower leaves 1 to 14 inch long; floral leaves 
usually shorter than the calyxes. Corollas small, silky outside. 
Tomentum white or yellowish. 
Few-flowered Hedge Nettle. 
1} foot. 
88 S. nrvea (Labill. pl. syr. dec. 3. p. 5. t. 3.) suffruticose, 
clothed with tomentose wool; leaves nearly sessile, oblong, ob- 
tuse, quite entire, narrowed at the base, thick ; whorls 2-4- 
flowered, few, distant ; calyx tubularly campanulate, white, with 
ovate obtuse mutic teeth; corolla a half again as long as the 
calyx, pubescent outside. 5. G. Native of Syria, near Da- 
mascus. Tomentum white, floccose. Leaves 1} inch long. 
Calycine teeth equalling the tube of the corolla. 
Snowy Hedge Nettle. Shrub 3 to 1 foot. 
89 S. Buncnz'/rum (Benth. lab. p. 561.) suffruticose, clothed 
with floccose tomentum; leaves nearly sessile, oblong or oblong- 
lanceolate, serrately crenated, narrowed at the base, wrinkled ; 
whorls 6-10-flowered, distinct; bracteas very minute; calyx 
tubularly campanulate, with lanceolate obtuse mutic spreading 
teeth: upper teeth the largest. h. G.- Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. Phlomis micrantha, Burch. cat. geogr. no. 1672. 
trav. 310. Sideritis rugósa, Thunb. prod. p. 95. Habit of 
Marrübium peregrinum. Lower leaves 2-3 inches long; floral 
leaves whiter. Corolla small. 
Burchell’s Hedge Nettle. Shrub. 
90 S. /EcvrrrAcA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 124.) hoary; flowers 
spicate; leaves ovate, wrinkled ; bracteas broadly ovate, acumi- 
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nated ; calyx campanulate, smooth. h. G. Native of Egypt. 
This differs from S. Palestina in the calyx and dense spike. 
Egyptian Hedge Nettle. Shrub. 
91 S. PanzsrrNA (Lin. spec. p. 1674.) suffruticose, canes- 
cent, tomentose; leaves sessile, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, or 
aristately mucronate, quite entire, narrowed a little at the base, 
stem-clasping, wrinkled; whorls about 6-flowered, at length re- 
mote, or the upper ones are approximate ; calyx tubularly cam- 
panulate, clothed with hoary tomentum: teeth obtuse, mutic ; 
corolla scarcely twice as long as the calyx. h.G. Native of 
Palestine, on the mountains between Gaza and Jerusalem. S. 
lanàta, Moench, p. 397. but not of Jacq.— Barr. icon. t. 279.?— 
Bocc. mus. 2. t. 109—112.? Leaves 1-2 inches long, whitest 
beneath. Corolla white or purple, clothed with silky pubes- 
cence outside. : 
Palestine Hedge Nettle. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. Shrub. 
92 S. nu‘rans (Benth. lab. p. 561.) suffruticose, pubescent ; 
leaves sessile, ovate, obtuse, crenated, narrowed at the base, 
wrinkled, villous above, and clothed with white wool beneath ; 
whorls 2-6-flowered ; flowers pedicellate, densely clothed with 
white wool, reflexed in the fructiferous state: teeth lanceolate, 
obtuse, mutic; corolla exceeding the calyx a little, pubescent 
outside. b. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, Dahl. 
This differs from S. Lamárckii, in the broader leaves, which are 
green above, and clothed with long white pili beneath, not 
clothed with white wool, &c. 
Nutant-flowered Hedge Nettle. Shrub. 
93 S. Lama’rcxu (Benth. lab. p. 562.) suffruticose, clothed 
with woolly tomentum; leaves nearly sessile, oblong, obtuse, 
crenated, narrowly rounded at the base, thick, much wrinkled ; 
whorls about 6-flowered, few, distant; calyx tubular, densely 
clothed with white wool: teeth ovate, obtuse, mutic; corolla 
exceeding the calyx a little, clothed with white tomentum out- 
side. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. S. rugosa, 
Lam. ill. t. 509. f. 3. but not of Ait. Sideritis decüámbens, 
Thunb. prod. p. 95. Habit of Marrübium. Branches at length 
nearly glabrous. Leaves 6-12 lines long. Corollas yellow. ? 
Lamarck's Hedge Nettle. Shrub. 
94 S. suca‘tis (Burch. cat. geogr. no. 1233. ex Benth. lab. 
p. 562.) suffruticose, clothed with rather floccose tomentum ; 
leaves nearly sessile, oblong-lanceolate, subcrenated at top, 
wrinkled; whorls 6-10-flowered, distant; calyx woolly, with 
broad-lanceolate acute mutie teeth; corolla twice as long as 
the calyx. h.G. Native of South Africa. Leaves 1 to 14 
inch long, the tomentum rather velvety above, and canescent 
beneath. Corolla clothed with silky villi outside. 
Coupled Hedge Nettle. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. | 
95 S. iNrLA' TA (Benth. lab. p. 562.) suffruticose ; branches 
clothed with white tomentum ; leaves nearly sessile, oblong, 
obtuse, quite entire, a little wrinkled, clothed with white tomen- 
tum beneath ; whorls about 6-flowered, distant ; bracteas linear, 
short; flowers sessile; calyx inflately campanulate, with ovate 
bluntish mutic teeth; corolla one half longer than the calyx. 
h. G. Native of the North of Africa, and probably of Egypt ; 
in Persia, between Kermancha and Amadan, Olivier. Leaves 
scarcely an inch long. Corolla silky outside. omentum floc- 
cose. 
Inflated-calyxed Hedge Nettle. Shrub. 
96 S. INTEGRIFÒLIA (Vahl, herb. ex Benth. lab. p. 562.) suf- 
fruticose ; branches tomentosely woolly; leaves nearly sessile, 
oblong, bluntish, quite entire, or with a few crenatures at apex, 
narrowed at the base, green; whorls 6-10-flowered, distinct ; 
bracteas linear, shorter than the calyxes; calyx ovate-tubular, 
sessile, densely clothed with wool, having linear obtuse mutic 
teeth ; corolla one half longer than the calyx. h.G. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope. — Betónica Heracléa, Lin. mant. p. 
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