331 
LABIATJE. (MINT FAMILY.) 
pubescent; leaves oblong-lanceolate , more or less downy both sides; 
corolla red or rose-color (the throat often spotted with yellow), usually 
much exceeding the calyx. — Waste places, introduced, not common. 
Chelsea Beach, near Boston, Bigelow. Aug. 
27, STACHYS, L. Hedge-Nettle. 
Calyx tubular-bell-shaped, 5 - 10-nerved, equally 5-toothed, or 
the upper teeth united to form an upper lip. Corolla not dilated 
at the throat; the upper lip erect or rather spreading, often arch¬ 
ed, entire or nearly so; the lower usually longer and spreading, 
3-lobed, with the middle lobe largest and nearly entire. Sta¬ 
mens 4, ascending under the upper lip (often reflexed on the throat 
after flowering): anthers approximate in pairs. Achenia obtuse, 
not truncate. — Whorls 2 - many-flowered, approximate in a ter¬ 
minal raceme or spike ; whence the name, from ord^vs*, a spike. 
1. S. aspera, Michx. (Rough Hedge-Nettle.) Stem bris¬ 
tly, especially on the angles , with stiff mostly rejlexed hairs; leaves short- 
petioled, ovate-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acute, serrate, rounded at 
the base, bristly on the mid-rib and veins; whorls about 6-flowered ; 
calyx bristly ; the spreading teeth with somewhat spinous tips. _ 
Wet banks and thickets. June - Aug. —Plant 2° high : flowers pur¬ 
ple, the whorls not crowded. 
2. S. paliistris, L. (Marsh Hedge-Nettle.) Stem pubes¬ 
cent with soft spreading hairs , or smooth below; leaves nearly sessile, 
oblong-lanceolate, crenate-toothed, rounded or heart-shaped at the 
base, rugose, hairy; whorls 6- 10-flowered. 1J. — Wet banks: near¬ 
ly resembles the last: more common westward. 
3. S. arvensis, L. (Woundwort.) Slender and decumbent, 
hairy ; leaves petioled, ovate, obtuse, crenate, heart-shaped at the base ; 
whorls 4-6-flowered, distant; corolla (purplish) scarcely longer than 
the calyx. (D — Sparingly naturalized in New England {Oakes). 
4. S. hyssopifolia, Michx. (Narrow-leaved Hedge- 
Nettle.) Smooth or nearly so ; stems slender (1° high), ascending; 
leaves linear-oblong , sessile, obscurely toothed towards the apex; 
whorls 4-6-flowered, rather distant; corolla (violet-purple) twice or 
thrice the length of the calyx. ]J.—Wet sandy places, Plymouth, 
Massachusetts, to N. Jersey, and sparingly westward. July. 
as. jnARRtBiinv, L. Horehound. 
Calyx tubular, 5-10-nerved, nearly equally 5 - 10-toothed ; the 
teeth more or less spiny-pointed and spreading at maturity. Up¬ 
per lip of the corolla erect, flattish, notched ; the lower spreading, 
