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6. STACHYS [Tourn.] L. 



Annual or perennial caulescent herbs, with glabrous or pubescent foliage, 

 the leaves opposite, entire or tjothed, commonly petioled, the flowers in axil- 

 lary clusters, the upper clusteis sometimes approximate or contiguous. Calyx 

 mostly campanulate, its tube 5-10-ribbed, its 5 lobes equal or nearly so. Corolla 

 purple, white, red or yellow, 2-lipped, the upper lip erect, entire or notched, 

 the lower spreading, with 3 lobes, the middle lobe largest, entire or '2-lobed. 

 Stamens 4; filaments all ai ther-bearing; anthers 2-celled, the sacs mostly 

 diverging. Nutlets blunt at the apex. [Greek, a spike, from the spicate in- 

 florescence.] About 160 species, of wide geographic distribution. Type 

 species: Stachys germanica L. 



1. Stachys arvensis L. CORN OR 

 FIELD WOUND WORT. (Fig. 349., An- 

 nual, hirsute; stem slender, diffusely 

 branched, 2 long, or less. Leaves ovate 

 or ovate-oblong, thin, long-petio'ed, ob- 

 tuse, crenate, cordate or the upper 

 rounded at the base, about 1' long; 

 lower petioles commonly as long as the 

 blades; clusters 4-6-flowered, in the 

 upper axils and in short terminal spikes; 

 calyx about 3" long, its teeth lanceolate, 

 acuminate ; corolla purplish, 3"-5'' long. 

 [Stacliys arvensis "bermudiuna Millsp.] 



Frequent in waste find cultivated 

 grounds. Naturalized. Native. Naturaliztd 

 in the eastern United States and in Ja- 

 maica. Flowers from spring to autumn. 



7. SALVIA [tourn.] L. 



Herbs, or some species shrubs, with clustered flowers, the clusters mostly 

 spiked, racemed, or panicled. Calyx mostly naked in the throat, 2-lipped; 

 upper lip entire or 3-toothed ; lower lip 2-clfift or 2-toothed. Corolla strongly 

 2-lipped ; upper lip entire, emarginate or 2-fobed ; lower lip spreading, 3-clef t 

 or 3-lobed. Anther-bearing stamens 2 (the posterior pair wanting or rudi- 

 mentary) ; connective of the anthers transverse, linear or filiform, bearing a 

 perfect anther-sac on its upper end, its lower. en<l dilated, capitate or some- 

 times bearing a small or rudimentary one. Xutlets wmooth, usually developing 

 mucilage and spiral tubes when wetted. [Latin, salyus, safe, from its healing 

 virtues.] About 500 species, of wide distribution. Type species: Sal via offi- 

 cinalis L. 



Flowers 1' long, scarlet. 



Flowers 3"-5" long, blue or white. 



1. 8. coccinea. 



2. 8. scrotina. 



