LABIATZE. LXXXI. Sracuvs. 
date, deeply crenated; spike compact, villous. %.? H. Na- 
tive country unknown. 
Beet-leaved Hedge Nettle. Pl. 
110 S. Barsrcera (Viv. fl. cors. append. 2. p. 4.) hairy; 
stem ascending ; leaves cordate-elliptic, crenulated ; floral leaves 
ovate, acute, equalling the calyxes; bracteas ovate-linear ; 
whorls 6-10-flowered ; calyxes regular, spinulose; corolla 
woolly outside; middle segment of the beard obovate, acute: 
lateral segments linear, obtuse, and twice as long as the middle 
lobe. %.? H. Native of Corsica. This differs from S. lasi- 
ántha, in habit, shape, and length of the floral leaves, co- 
rolla, &c. 
Beard-bearing Hedge Nettle. PI. 
111 S. marrusnroria (Viv. fl. cors. app. l. c.) hairy from 
spreading pili; stem brachiate; leaves cordate, roundish-ovate, 
crenated; floral leaves ovate and elliptie, spinulose at apex; 
whorls 6-flowered; corolla purple; lateral lobes of lower lip 
short, the middle lobe and upper lip emarginate. 2/.? H. 
Native of Corsica. 
Horehound-leaved Hedge Nettle. Pl. 
112 S. Varenti'na (Lag. nov. gen. et spec. p. 18.) leaves 
oblong-lanceolate, subcordate, hairy ; whorls 6-7-flowered : 
upper ones sterile. 2/.? H. Native of Spain, on hills in the 
province of Valentia, near Enguera. 
Valentia Hedge Nettle. PI. 
113 S. STENOPHY'LLA (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 734.) suffruticose, 
rather hairy; branches twiggy; leaves linear, 3-nerved : lower 
ones sub-lanceolate, unidentate on both sides; whorls leafy; 
calyxes pungent. h. H. Native of the South of Spain. 
Sideritis linearifólia, Lam. ? 
Narrow-leaved Hedge Nettle. 
Shrub 1 foot. 
114 S. ezauce’scens (Mussin. ex Spreng. syst. 2. p. 736.) 
stem erect, villous; leaves cordate, acuminated, serrated, hairy 
on both surfaces; whorls leafless, spicate; segments of calyx 
divaricate, pungent. 2/.? H. Native of Caucasus. 
Glaucescent Hedge Nettle. PI. 
115 S. sırròra (Hook. et Arn. in Beech. voy. pt. bot. p. 
155.) Nothing is hardly known of this plant. 
Two-flowered Hedge Nettle. Pl. 
Cult. Very few of the species are worth cultivating for orna- 
ment, most of them having a weedy appearance. They will all 
grow in any common garden soil ; the herbaceous perennial spe- 
cies are readily increased by dividing at the root in spring or 
autumn. The seeds of annual kinds only require to be sown in 
spring, in the open border. Some of the smaller species, as S. 
Córsica, do well in pots among other alpine plants. The hardy 
shrubby species, as' S. lavandulefodlia, are well fitted for deco- 
rating rockwork ; these are readily increased by cuttings, under 
a hand-glass, or by seeds. The greenhouse species require the 
treatment of other greenhouse plants. 
Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1823. 
LXXXII. SPHA'CELE (from e$akoc, sphakos, sage; simi- 
larity.) Benth. in bot. reg. under no. 1289. lab. p. 567.—Phy- 
tóxys, Molina.—Sideritis species, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 
amer. 2. p. 307. ; 
Lin. syst. Didynàmia, Gymnospérmia. Calyx campanulate, 
usually widened in the fructiferous state, irregularly somewhat 
10-nerved, and reticulately veined, with an equal mouth, which 
is naked inside, deeply 5-toothed : teeth nearly equal, or scarcely 
somewhat dejected into two lips. Corolla with an ample, inclosed, 
or exserted tube, which is furnished with a pilose ring inside at 
the base: limb short, scarcely bilabiate ; lobes broad-roundish, 
erectly spreading: upper ones sub-bifid: lateral ones entire : 
lower one larger, and emarginate. Stamens 4, ascending, nearly 
equal, or didynamous : lower ones the longest; filaments gla- 
LXXXII. SPHACELE. 835 
brous, naked ; anthers sub-approximate, 2-celled : cells linear, 
distinct, diverging. Style somewhat equally bifid at top: lobes 
subulate, stigmatiferous at apex. Achenia dry, smooth.—Sub- 
shrubs or shrubs. Leaves bullately wrinkled, often canescent 
. beneath : floral ones bractea-formed, rarely nearly similar to 
Whorls 2-6-flowered. Racemes simple or 
This genus is allied to Stachys, with the 
the cauline leaves. 
branched, terminal. 
leaves of Sálvia. 
1 S. sarvuEróLrA (Benth. lab. p. 567.) shrubby; leaves 
oblong-lanceolate, rounded at the base, bullate above, and ca- 
nescent beneath, as well as the branches ; whorls many-flowered, 
secund, crowded into a terminal, rather branched, spike-formed 
raceme ; corolla rather shorter than the calyx. h. Native 
of South America. Sideritis salvizefolia, H. B. et Kunth, nov. 
gen. 2. p. 307. Leaves 2-4 inches long. Whorls 6-10-flow- 
ered. Corolla whitish-blue, equalling the calyx. Calyx hispid, 
with lanceolate, subulate teeth. Bracteas very minute. 
Sage-leaved Sphacele. Shrub. 
2 S. purLA TA (Benth. lab. p. 568.) shrubby ; branches and 
under sides of leaves clothed with hoary tomentum, glabrous 
above, and rugosely blistered, oblong, obtuse, cordate, crenu- 
lated ; flowers about 5-6 in a whorl, crowded into a dense spike; 
bracteas ovate, bidentate at apex; calycine teeth acuminately 
subulate; tube of corolla exceeding the calyx a little. h.S. 
Native of New Granada, on the Andes between Pasto and T'ein- 
dala. Sideritis bullàta, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 
$06. Shrub much branched, strong-scented. Leaves 2 inches 
long. Corollas white. 
Blistered-leaved Sphacele. Shrub. 
3 S. rANICULA'TA (Benth. lab. p. 568.) suffruticose ; branches 
clothed with hairy tomentum ; leaves oblong, sagittately cor- 
date, acute, crenately toothed, rugosely blistered above, and gla- 
brous, but clothed with fine hoary pubescence beneath; spikes 
panicled ; whorls 6-flowered, approximate; bracteas ovate, and 
are, as well as the calycine teeth, acute. h. S. Native of 
Quito, on the mountains near Tarqui. Sideritis paniculàta, H. 
B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 2. p. 307. Shrub strong-scented. 
Leaves 3 inches long, and 16 lines broad. Calyx hispid. Co- 
rollas white, similar to those of S. bullàta. 
Panicled Sphacele. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 
4 S.cArvcrwA (Benth. lab. p. 568.) suffruticose ? ; branches 
clothed with soft villi; leaves petiolate, ovate-oblong, rounded 
at the base, a little wrinkled, villous; racemes nearly simple, 
secund; whorls 2-flowered, remote; calyx ample, very villous ; 
corolla ample, exceeding the calyx a little. 5. F. Native of 
California, Douglas. Leaves 2-3 inches long, irregularly tooth- 
ed. Calycine teeth broad-ovate, acute. Corolla white. Upper 
floral leaves sessile, bractea-formed, lanceolate, quite entire. 
Large-calyxed Sphacele. Shrub.? 
5 S. rouENTOsA (Benth. lab. p. 569.) suffruticose, prostrate ; 
branches ascending, tomentosely villous; leaves small, oblong, 
roundly subdilated at the base, wrinkled, tomentose on both 
surfaces; racemes loose, secund ; whorls 2-flowered ; corolla 
scarcely exceeding the calyx. h. G. Native of Peru, at 
Cheuchin, Dombey. Leaves 3 inch long, irregularly and deeply 
crenated. Upper floral leaves sessile. Corolla inflated a little, 
ale. 
š Tomentose Sphacele. Shrub prostrate. 
6 S. caMPANULA'TA (Benth. in bot. reg. under no. 1289. lab. 
p. 569.) shrubby; branches divaricate; leaves small, oblong- 
lanceolate, narrowed at the base, bullately wrinkled above, and 
green, but clothed with hoary tomentum beneath; racemes 
loose, secund ; whorls 2-flowered ; corollas ample, about twice 
as long as the calyx. .G. Native of Chili, near Valparaiso 
and Conception. Rosmarinus Chilénsis, Molina, hist. nat. chil. 
p. 13.2? Dracocéphalum chamzdryoides, Balb. misc. p. 29. 
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