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45. Stachys (Tourne) Le Hedge Nettle. 
Perennial herbs with horizontal rootstocks and serrate leaves; flowers 
in axillary clusters in the uppermost axils, passing into interrupted cyl- 
jindrical spikes. Calyx campanulate, equally 5-lobed, the lobes subspinose 
at the tips. Corolla 2-lippved, the upper lip erect, entire or notched, the 
throat not markedly dilated, the lower lip 3-lobed, spreadings the middle 
lobe often notched. Stamens 4, ascending under the upper liv, Nutlets 
smooth e 
1. Se palustris Le Rootstocks rather stout; stems erect, virgate, spread- 
ing or retrorsely hirsute above, more or less glabrate below; leaves 3+7 
cm. long, subsessile, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or acute, rounded 
at the base, the upper surface sparingly hirsute or glabrate, the lower 
paler, sparsely pubescent, the margins serrate ; laxturmupbed, spikes o=30 
em. long, the internodes 1-2 cm. long, the glomerules subtended by subfoliar 
but reduced bracts which usually exceed the calyces and are often purplish; 
calyces purplish,nearly sessile, 8-9 mm, long, hirsute, tubular-campanulate, 
the teeth triangular-subulate, 5-4 mm, long, very acute, tipped with short 
spines; corolla lavender, purple-spotted, the upper lip 5 mm, long, erect, entire, 
the lower lip 8 mm, long, the middle lobe oval, nearly plane, the laterals 
decurved; stamens purple; nutlets broadly ovoid, black, dull, 2 mm, long. 
(Se Leibergii Rydb.), 
Frecuent in boggy ground and along lake shores, 
