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7. Stachys Nuttallii Shuttlw. Nuttall's Hedge 

 Nettle. Fig. 3(121. 



Stachys Nuttallii Shuttlw.; DC. Prodr. 12: 469. 1848. 



Perennial, conspicuously hirsute, bright green; stem 

 stiff, erect, li-3i tall, simple. Leaves thinnish, ob- 

 long, oblong-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 serrate-dentate, rounded or truncate at the base, short- 

 petioled, 2'-4' long; spike interrupted; bracts surpass- 

 ing the calyx, the upper ones with 3 tooth-like lobes; 

 calyx-teeth triangular-lanceolate, acuminate, about * 

 as long as the tube ; corolla purple, about 5" long, pu- 

 bescent; nutlets about 1" long. 



In woods and on mountain slopes, Maryland and Vir- 

 ginia to Tennessee. June-Aug. 



8. Stachys tenuifolia Willd. Smooth 

 Hedge Nettle. Fig. 3622. 



Stacltvs tenuifolia Willd. Sp. PI. 3 : ioo. 1801. 

 S. glabra Ridd. Suppl. Cat. Ohio PI. 16. 1836. 

 .S. cincinnatensis Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 531. 

 1891. 



Perennial ; stem quite smooth, or slightly 

 scabrous on the angles, slender, erect or 

 ascending, usually branched, l-2j high. 

 Leaves lanceolate, oblong, or ovate-lanceo- 

 late, slender-petioled, thin, acuminate at the 

 apex, obtuse or subcordate at the base, 

 sharply dentate or denticulate, dark green, 

 2'-5' long, i'-2' wide; clusters several or 

 numerous in terminal spikes, or also in the 

 upper axils; calyx glabrous, or sparingly 

 hirsute, 2" long, its teeth lanceolate, acute, 

 one-half as long as the tube or more ; co- 

 rolla about 6"-8" long, pale red and purple. 



In moist fields and thickets, New York to Illinois, Kansas, North Carolina and Louisiana. 

 Ascends to 4000 ft. in North Carolina. June-Aug. 



Stachys aspera Michx. 

 Nettle or Woundwort. 



Rough Hedge 

 Fig. 3623. 



Stachys aspera Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 5. 1803. 



Stachys hispida Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 407. 1814. 



S. palustris var. aspera A. Gray, Man. Ed. 2, 317. 1856. 



Perennial, rough hairy; stem erect or ascending, 

 simple or branched, 2-4 high, commonly retrorse- 

 hispid on the angles. Leaves firm, oblong, oblong- 

 lanceolate, or ovate-oblong, crenate-dentate, acute or 

 acuminate at the apex, truncate, rounded or cordate 

 at the base, 2'-6' long, Y-2I' wide, the lower slender- 

 petioled. the upper short-petioled ; spike terminal, 

 mostly interrupted ; clusters sometimes also in the 

 upper axils; calyx about 3" long, hirsute or glabrate, 

 its teeth triangular-lanceolate, acuminate, about one- 

 half as long as the tube; corolla red-purple, about 

 long, its upper lip pubescent. 



In moist soil, Ontario to Massachusetts, Florida, Min- 

 nesota and Louisiana. Ascends to 5300 ft. in Virginia. 

 June-Sept. Base hoarhound. 



