128 Rhodora [JuLY 
SrACHYS LANATA IN OnTARIO.—There were received recently for 
identification at the U. S. National Museum specimens of an un- 
familiar labiate plant of striking appearance collected near Owen 
Sound, Ontario, by Mr. W. R. McColl. It proved to be Stachys 
lanata Jacq., a native of, the Caucasus region, which has perhaps 
not been reported previously from North America, although no thor- 
ough search of literature has been made for verification of this point. 
A somewhat similar species, Stachys germanica L., has been found 
on ballast in the eastern United States. 
In general features Stachys lanata is quite unlike our native species 
of the genus, and when growing it must be very conspicuous. Itis 
a rather tall, coarse perennial with large leaves and dense flower 
spikes, and all parts are closely covered with long, white, matted 
hairs. Mr. McColl has kindly communicated the following informa- 
tion, which seems to indicate that the species has become well estab- 
lished: “Until this fall I never saw the plant except for a small clump 
growing on a grassy roadside in Sydenham Township, Gray County, 
Ontario. This fall, however, I came across a patch of it perhaps 
400 yards long by 100 yards wide, on a grassy, sloping hillside facing 
the east, west of which is limestone rock about 30 feet high, with 
plenty of talus in front. The plants grow from the talus down the 
slope, and appear to prefer dry situations. Rev. Dr. Campbell of 
Montreal has combed western Ontario rather carefully and did not 
find the plant, but Mr. Newton Tripp of Forest, Ontario, found a 
specimen a year ago and sent it to the Guelph Agricultural College, 
where they named it ‘sheep’s lug.’ Apparently the plant is rare. 
Outside of the big lot found this fall, I know of no other station for 
it. Mr. Maynard, upon whose farm the plants grow, says that 
while they spread rapidly from seed, they are easily killed by plough- 
ing under once. "—Paur C. STANDLEY.! 
'Published by permission of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 
Vol. 22, no. 258, including pages 97 to 112, was issued 24 July, 1920. 
