834 
83. Phlómis parvifolia, Burch. cat. geogr. no. 1232. trav. p. 
225. Sideritis, Thunb. prod. p. 95. Leaves 4 an inch long, 
beset with rather stellate wool while young, but the adult ones 
are nearly glabrous ; floral leaves longer, and more densely to- 
mentose. Corolla pubescent. 
Entire-leaved Hedge Nettle. 
LABIATE. 
Shrub. 
Secr. VIII. Zerena (probably so named after some obscure 
botanist.) Benth. lab. p. 562. Zieténia and Stáchys species 
of authors. Under-shrubs, woolly from white soft hairs, rarely 
glabrous. Bracteas small or few. Whorls 2-6-flowered. Ca- 
lyxes woolly or glabrous, with subulate usually spinose teeth. 
97 S. LAVANDULIFOLIA (Vahl, symb. 1. p. 42.) suffruticose, 
pilose ; cauline leaves petiolate, oblong-lanceolate, quite entire, 
narrowed at both ends; floral leaves sessile, ovate-lanceolate ; 
whorls 2-6-flowered : teeth of calyx linear, mutic, longer than 
the tube, exceeding the corolla. b. H. Native of Caucasus, 
in dry stony places. Zieténia orientalis, Gled. act. berol. 1766. 
p.93. Sideritis calycántha, Bieb. fl. cauc. 3. p. 393. Rchb. 
icon. bot. eur. 1. p. 17. t. 15.—4A humble, spreading, procum- 
bent, canescent shrub. Sterile branches erect, leafy. Leaves 
bluntish. Corolla purple, shorter than the calycine teeth. 
Lavender-leaved Hedge Nettle. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. 
Shrub procumbent. 
. 98 S. mucrona‘ra (Sieb. pl. cret. exs. ex Benth. lab. p. 563.) 
suffruticose, much branched, woolly from long loose hairs; 
leaves petiolate, oblong, crenated, wrinkled; whorls 2-4-flow- 
ered; calyx campanulate, with long, rather spinose teeth, which 
exceed the corolla. 5. H. Native of Candia. Leaves 1 inch 
long: floral ones sessile. Whorls distinct. Limb of corolla 
very villous. 
Mucronate Hedge Nettle. Shrub 4 foot. 
99 S. spinosa (Lin. syst. 3. p. 58.) suffruticose, hoary from 
silky adpressed hairs, much branched: branches spinescent at 
apex; leaves sessile, linear, quite entire; whorls 2-flowered ; 
calyx campanulate, with lanceolate spinose teeth, which are 
equal in length to the corolla. h. H. Native of Candia. 
This differs from S. glutindsa, in the leaves, branches, and 
calyxes being clothed with silky wool; in the branches being 
spinescent, and in the larger corollas.— Park. theatr. 476. t. 48. 
f. 6.—Mor. hist. 3. p. 382. sect. 11. t. 10. f. 9. 
` _ Spinose-branched Hedge Nettle. Fl. July. 
Shrub 1 foot. ? 
100 S. cruTINOsA (Lin. spec. p. 813.) suffruticose, glabrous, 
much branched ; leaves oblong-linear, acute, almost quite entire, 
narrowed at the base; whorls about 2-flowered ; calyx campa- 
nulate, glabrous, with equal ovate very acute rather spinose 
teeth; corolla clothed with silky pubescence outside: tube 
about equal in length to the calycine teeth. k. H. Native of 
Corsica, on hills; and of Candia, &c.—Mor. hist. 8. p. 389. 
sect. ll. t. 4. f. 17.? Leaves of the spinescent: branches an 
inch long, on short petioles, furnished with a few scattered 
hairs, the rest glabrous: superior ones sessile. Flowers on 
short pedicels. Corolla almost white. 
Clammy Hedge Nettle. Shrub 
1 foot. 
101 S. rznuTICULÓsA (Bieb. fl. cauc. 2. p. 51.) suffruticose, 
divaricately branched at the base; branches rather pilose ; 
leaves sessile, oblong-lanceolate, or linear, subdenticulated, 
green on both surfaces, glabrous: floral ones conforming to the 
others; whorls 2-flowered ; calycine teeth lanceolate, very 
acute, somewhat spinose, rather shorter than the tube; corolla 
about twice as long as the calyx. 5. H. Native of Eastern 
Caucasus and Iberia, in stony places of mountains. Leaves i 
to 1 inch long, with remote short toothlets. Corolla pale 
purple. 
Cit. 1640. 
Fl. June, July. Clt. 1729. 
LXXXI. Stacuys. 
Fruticulose Hedge Nettle. — Fl. 
Shrub 1 foot. ? 
June, Aug. Clt. 1818. 
+ Species not sufficiently known. 
102 S. seronic#ro.ta (Desf. cor. in ann. mus. 10. p. $04. t. 
25.) villous; leaves cordate, crenated ; whorls about 6-flowered ; 
calyxes mutic. ©.H. Native of Candia, Tournefort. Stem 
erect, branched. Leaves petiolate, wrinkled, obtuse, crenated, 
very like those of Belónica officinalis. Whorls distinct, 2-6- 
flowered; floral leaves ovate, a little longer than the calyxes, 
Corolla large, white. Perhaps the same as S. spinulósa. 
Betony-leaved Hedge Nettle. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1812. 
Pl. 2 feet. 
103 S. scorprorpEs (Poir. dict. 7. p. 373.) suffruticose; 
leaves lanceolate-linear, almost entire: floral ones spiny-tooth- 
ed; calycine teeth straight, subulate, spinose. h. F. Native 
of the North of Africa. Branches numerous, divaricate, stiff, 
villous. Floral leaves sessile, half stem-clasping, all glabrous. 
Whorls interrupted, terminal, 6-9-flowered. Corolla yellowish, 
a little longer than the calyx: upper lip flattish, emarginate ; 
lobes of lower lip roundish, unequal, subcrenulated. Perhaps a 
species of Sideritis. 
Scordium-like Hedge Nettle. Shrub humble. 
104 S. Orv'wrica (Poir. suppl. 5. p. 226.) villous ; stem 
simple, straight, stoloniferous; leaves elliptic, sharply serrated, 
ciliated with wool; cauline leaves distant, spreading at the top . 
of straight petioles ; spike dense, woolly. %.? H. Native of 
Mount Olympus, Toscan. Allied to S. nivea. Stem woolly. 
Leaves an inch long, obtuse at both ends, whitish-green above, 
and woolly beneath. Whorls dense. Teeth of calyx spinose. 
Corolla pale yellow, villous outside. 
Olympic Hedge Nettle. Pl. 1 foot. 
105 S. Tournerérrn (Poir. suppl. 5. p. 227.) leaves cor- 
date-ovate, subcrenated, obtuse ; petioles connate at the base ; 
whorls many-flowered ; corolla large, villous outside: tube 
length of calyx ; stem tomentose. 2.?H. Native of Candia, 
near Canea, Tournefort. S. Crética latifólia, Tourn. inst. p. 
186. itin. 1. p. 33. t. 1. This is a beautiful species, with large 
rose-coloured flowers. Leaves wrinkled, whitish-green, finely 
crenulated, 2-3 inches long, and an inch broad. Corolla with a - 
whitish tube and a rose-coloured lip. 
Tournefort's Hedge Nettle. | P]. 2 feet. 
106 S. rrLósA (Nutt. journ. acad. nat. sc. phil. 7. p. 48.) 
hairy from pili; leaves nearly sessile, oblong-ovate, acute, ser- 
rated; calyx very pilose, with elongated teeth ; whorls about 
6-flowered. 2/.? H. Native of North America, in the val- 
leys of the Rocky Mountains. Plant humble, robust. Leaves 
soft beneath. Flowers rather large, purplish. 
Pilose Hedge Nettle. Pl. humble. 
T t Doubtful species. 
107 S. pecu‘mpens (Pers. ench. 2. p. 123.) whorls many- 
flowered, approximate ; bracteas filiform ; leaves cordate, tooth- 
ed; stem decumbent, villous. 2/.? H. Native country at 
known. Habit of S, circinnàta. Corolla yellowish. -— 
branched. ‘ 
Decumbent Hedge Nettle. P1. decumbent. 
108 S. vendsa (Pers, 1. c.) lower leaves spatulate, obtuse, 
crenated, petiolate, veined with red ; cauline leaves sub-rhom. 
boid; stem very villous; calyx smooth. %.? H. Nu 
conntry asis 
emy-leaved Hedge Nettle. Pl. : 
109 S. BETÆFÒLIA (Pers. l. c. p. 124.) leaves pn 
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