236 Class XIV. Order I. 



A common plant among rubbish and about walls. Stem two 

 or three feet high, large, square, downy. Lower leaves lobed 

 and broad, the upper ones narrower, the highest of these lan- 

 ceolate, entire ; all of them spreading or bent downwards, 

 downy underneath. Flowers in many worls. Calyx teeth rigid 

 and prickly ; corolla hairy without, variegated with white and 

 red within. The herb has a strong, pungent odour, and is a 

 popular remedy in considerable request. July. Perennial. " 



241. STACHYS. 



STACHYS ASPERA. Mich. Hedge Nettle. Woundivort. 



Stem erect, hairy backward ; leaves somewhat 

 petioled, lanceolate, sharply serrate ; spike of whorls 

 which are about six flowered ; calyx with firm 

 prickles. Mich. 



Stem square, a foot high, the angles furnished with reflexed 

 hairs. Leaves lanceolate, serrate, somewhat heart shaped at 

 base, the upper surface and nerves underneath covered with 

 hairs. Flowers in whorls, constituting a leafy, terminal spike, 

 red. Calyx teeth prickly. Stamens in the old flowers bent out- 

 ward, forming an angle over the edge of the corolla. Road 

 sides, Chelsea, Brighton. June, July. Perennial. 



242. GALEOPSIS. 

 GALEOPSIS TETRAHIT. L. Common Hemp Nettle. 



Stem hispid, internodes thickened at top ; corolla 

 twice as long as the calyx ; its upper lip straight. 



Stem square, a foot or more high, swelling below the joints, 

 bristly. Leaves ovate, serrate, hispid. Calyx hispid and 

 prickly. Upper lip of the corolla concave, extended, purple, 



lower lip trifid, variegated. Naturalized in waste grounds. 



July, August. Annual. 



GALEOPSIS LADANUM. L. Red Hemp Nettle. 



Stem hairy, internodes equal ; leaves lanceolate, 

 subserrate, hairy ; upper lip of the corolla obsoletely 

 creiiate. 



