146 Class XIV. Order I. 



177. STACHYS. 

 STACIIYS ASPERA. Mich. Hedge nettle. Woundwori, 



Stem erect, hairy backward ; leaves somewhat 

 petioled, lanceolate, sharply serrate ; spike of 

 whorls about six flowered ; calyx with firm pric- 

 kles. Mich. 



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

 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. 



178. NEPETA. 



NEPETA c ATARI A. L. Catmint or Catnep. 



Flowers spiked ; the whorls slightly peduncu- 

 lated. Leaves on footstalks, heart-shaped, tooth 

 serrated. Sm. 



This well known plant grows every where in dry soils, 

 about fences and buildings. Its name is derived from the great 

 partiality of cats for the odour of the plant. Stem two or three 

 feet high, square and downy. Leaves long-heart shaped, ser- 

 rate, pale underneath, covered with soft down. Calyx ribbed. 

 Corolla tubular, upper lip straight, lower lip with the middle 

 lobe spreading, crenate, elegantly dotted. July. Perennial. 



179. BRACHYSTEMUM. 

 BRACHYSTEMUM VIRGINICUM. Mich. Virginia thyme. 



Stem erect, somewhat pubescent ; leaves lan- 

 ceolate or linear, entire, smooth ; heads somewhat 

 fascicled. Mich. abr. 



Sy.n. THTMUS VIRGINICUS. L. 



