that point. All that we certainly know about it is that it 

 grows freely in common garden soil, in the open air, and 

 that it is easily propagated by cuttings. 



It belongs to a section of the genus very different from the 

 wild Stachyses of our hedges, and distinctly characterised by 

 the small wrinkled downy hoary leaves and the soft teeth of 

 the calyx. 



Although not a very handsome plant, yet its thin half- 

 transparent light violet flowers, and neat hoary leaves give 

 it a pleasing appearance. 



In the accompanying plate, fig. 1. represents the corolla 

 cut open, to shew the place of the filaments and of a ring of 

 hairs ; 2. a magnified anther with the upper part of the 

 filament; and 3. is the ovary with the style and stigma. 



