1032 LAMIACEAE 
panulate ; lobes triangular, very short: corolla about 1 cm. long: nutlets fully 2 mm. long, 
minutely wrinkled. 
On mountain slopes and summits, Virginia to North Carolina and Tennessee. Summer. 
8. Stachys tenuifdlia Willd. Perennial, glabrous or nearly so. Stems erect, 3-9 
dm. tall, simple or branching : leaf-blades oblong or oblong-lanceolate, sometimes broadest 
above the middle, acute, serrate, truncate or cordate at the base; petioles usually 1-2 em. 
long: clusters few-flowered : calyx 5-6 mm. long ; tube campanulate-turbinate, sometimes 
sparingly pubescent ; lobes lanceolate, acuminate, as long as the tube or shorter: corolla 
about 1 cm. long; tube surpassing the calyx; lower lip drooping, slightly shorter than 
the tube, the upper lip concave, glandular-pubescent on the back: filaments villous at the 
base: nutlets 2 mm. long, somewhat lustrous. 
In copses and fields, New York to Kansas, North Carolina and Louisiana. Summer. 
9. Stachys áspera Michx.  Perennial, hirsute. Stems erect, 5-12 dm. tall, simple 
or branching: leaf-blades oblong, oblong-lanceolate or ovate-oblong, 3-10 cm. long, acute, 
crenate-serrate, truncate or cordate at the base, petioled : clusters few-flowered, interrupted : 
calyx 5-6 mm. long; tube turbinate; lobes triangular-acuminate, not rigidly pointed : 
corolla 10-12 mm. long, pubescent along the back with simple hairs; tube much surpassing 
the calyx, the upper lip concave, glandular-pilose on the back, the lower lip drooping, 
shorter than the tube, its middle lobe orbicular-reniform, the lateral ones ovate: filaments 
villous: nutlets about 2 mm. long. 
In moist soil, Ontario to Minnesota, Florida and Louisiana. Summer. 
10. Stachys salvioides Small. Perennial, rather finely and often closely puberulent 
or puberulent-pubescent. Stems erect, 3-9 dm. tall, commonly branched, rough along the 
angles : leaf-blades oblong to oblong-ovate or rarely ovate, 6-12 cm. long, or shorter on 
the lower part of the stem, pubescent on both sides, acute or acutish, crenate, truncate or 
cordate at the base; petioles barely 1 as long as the blades: calyx sessile or nearly so, be- 
coming 5 mm. long ; tube campanulate-turbinate ; lobes triangular at maturity : corolla 
nearly 1 em. long: nutlets nearly 2.5 mm. long, faintly reticulated. 
In stony soil, Virginia and West Virginia to Tennessee. Summer. 
11. Stachys Clingmánii Small. Perennial, hispid-hirsute. Stems erect, 5-9 dm. 
tall, simple, its hairs spreading: leaf-blades oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 6-12 cm. long, 
acuminate, dentate, truncate or subcordate at the base ; petioles 1-1 as long as the blades: 
clusters in the upper axils of leaf-like bracts: bract surpassing the calyx : calyx 6-7 mm. 
long, villous; tube turbinate; lobes lanceolate-subulate, at least 4 as long as the tube : 
corolla bluish, 1.5 cm. long ; tube saccate a little above the base, the upper lip pilose on 
back, the lower lip as long as the tube, with a suborbicular middle lobe and ovate lateral 
lobes : filaments villous : nutlets about 2 mm. long. 
On open slopes, Clingman's Dome, North Carolina. Summer. 
12. Stachys cordata Riddell. Perennial, hirsute. Stems erect or ascending, 3-10 
dm. long, simple or branching above: leaf-blades ovate, oval or oblong, 6-15 cm. long, 
acute or acuminate, crenate, rounded or cordate at the base ; petioles slender, } as long as 
the blades or shorter: spikes conspicuous, 8-15 cm. long, nearly naked : bract shorter than 
the calyx, except in the lower clusters: calyx 4-5 mm. long, minutely hirsute-glandular ; 
tube campanulate ; lobes triangular, acuminate, 1 or barely 4 as long as the tube: corolla 
light purple, 1 em. long: tube much surpassing the calyx, abruptly enlarged beneath near 
the base, the upper lip puberulent without, the lower lip drooping, with a reniform middle 
lobe and rounded undulate lateral lobes: filaments finely pubescent : nutlets 2 mm. long, 
suborbicular, granular. 
On banks of streams or in thickets, Ohio to North Carolina and Tennessee. Summer. 
13. Stachys Floridàna Shuttlw. Perennial, more or less hirsute, the rootstocks slen- 
der, terminating in tubers. Stems erect, 1-4 dm. tall, or branched at the base, the branches 
ascending or spreading: leaf-blades oblong to ovate, 1-4 cm. long, acute or acutish, serrate 
or dentate, truncate to cordate at the base; petioles nearly as long as blades or met 
shorter on upper part of stem: calyx puberulent, 5-6 mm. long; tube turbinate ; lobes 
lanceolate, slender-acuminate : corolla nearly glabrous, about 1 mm. long; tube surpassing 
the calyx, the upper lip concave, bearded, the lower lip nearly as long as the tube, rounded : 
filaments pubescent : nutlets about 0.5 mm. long. : 
In sandy soil, Florida. Spring. 
21 SALVIA L 
Annual or perennial herbs, or shrubby plants, with leafy or scape-like stems. Leaves 
opposite, sometimes mainly basal: blades flat, entire, toothed or variously lobed. Flowers 
