556 Order 89.— LABIATJEL 



chiefly remarkablo for its ample, bell-shaped calyx, in the bottom of winch is 

 seated the yellowish-green flower, f Syria. 



37. GALEOP'SIS, L. Hemp Nettle. (Or. yaXij, a weasel, o(pic- y 

 appearance; its grotesque flowers are likened to that Animal.) Calyx 

 5-cleft, spinescent ; upper lip of the corolla vaulted, subcrenate, lower lip 

 with 3 unequal lobes, having 2 teeth on its upper side, middle lobe lar- 

 gest, cleft and crenate ; stamens exserted beyond the tube ; anther cells 

 opposite, transverse. — Verticils distant, many-flowered. 



3. G-. tetrahit L. St. hispid, the internodes thickened upwards ; lvs. ovate, hispid, 

 serrate ; cor. twice as long as the calyx, the upper lip nearly straight, concave. — 

 A common weed, in waste and cultivated grounds, N. States. St. 1 to 2 to 3f 

 high, obtusely 4-angled, remarkably tumid below the joint, and covered with 

 prickly, deflexed bristles. Leaves hairy on both sides, ovate, acute, serrate. Fls. 

 in dense verticils. Calyx with 5 acute, bristly teeth. Corolla variegated with 

 white and purple, upper lip concave, purple, longer than the lower. June, July. 

 § Eur. 



2 G. ladanum L. St. glabrous or pubescent, internodes equal ; Ivs. lanceolate, sub- 

 serrate, pubescent; upper lip of the cor. slightly crenate. — A smaller species, 

 growing among rubbish in gravelly soils, &c, N. Eng, rare. Stem about a foot 

 high, not swollen below the joints, with opposite branches. Flowers in dense, 

 remote whorls. Corollas usually rose-colored, often white or variegated, spotted 

 with crimson. Aug., Sept. § Eur. 



38. STATHYS, L. Hedge Nettle. (Gr. crd^vr, a spike ; front 

 the inflorescence.) Calyx tube angular, campanulate, 5 or iO-ribbed, 

 5-toothed, upper teeth often larger ; corolla bilabiate, upper lip erect, 

 spreading or somewhat vaulted, lower lip spreading, 3-lobed, middle 

 lobe largest ; stamens ascending, lower ones longer r anthers approxi- 

 mate in pairs. — Verticils 2 to 10-flowered, approximate in terminal 

 racemes. 



* Plants glabrous, or nearly so. Calyx teeth divaricately spreading .Nos. 1, 2' 



* Fhuits hispid. Calyx teeth subevect. — Leaves subsessile, petioles to 'V long. .. .Nos. S, 4 



— Leaves all petiulate, petioles U to 12 // 1oivj,'.1N'os. 5, G 



1 S. hyssopifolia Mx. St. ascending or erect, glabrous or sparsely hairy ; Ivs. 

 sessile, lance-linear, finely serrulate, acute, small, margin and base hispid ; verticils 

 4-flowered, distant ; cal. and very short bracts filiate, teeth subulate, spreading, 

 twice shorter ttian. the corolla. — 1£ Wet soils, in barrens, Mass. to Mo. and S. 

 States. Plant slender, G to 12 r high. Lvs. 1' in length, rarely longer, 2 to 4' r 

 wide. Els. sessile, 1" long. Teetli of calyx shorter than its tube. Jl. 



2 S. glabra Riddell. St. glabrous or slightly hispid downward, erect, often 

 branched ; his. glabrous, oblong-ovate, rounded or truncate at base, all petiolate, 

 acute or subacuminate, serrate; cal. glabrous, teeth lance-subulate, spinulous, 

 divaricate, «s long as the tube of tho corolla. — U "Woods, streams, N. Y. to Mich. 

 and S. States. Plant slender or rather stout, 15' to of high. Lvs. 2 to 4' long, 

 the petioles G to 12". Spikes at length 3 to 1' long. Fls. slender, pale red and 

 purple. Jl., Aug. 



ft. debilis. "VYeak, much branched, from a decumbent base. — Ga., La. 



3 S. palustris L. St. stout, erect, hispid, with rttrorse bristles; lvs. many, his- 

 pid, hoary beneath, on short petioles, oblong-lanceolate, subacuminate, narrowed 

 towards the obtuso base, crenate-serrate ■ cal. hispid, teeth acuminate-spinulous, 

 erect-spreading ; cor. twice longer than the calyx. — If By streams and in moist 

 shades, Can. and "Wis. to Car. Herb rough and coarse, 1 to 4f high. Lvs. 3 to 

 6' long, petioles a few hues. Bracts longer than the calyx. Fls. widely gaping, 

 7 to 8 " long, pale red spotted with purple. Jn. — Aug. (S. hispida Ph.) 



4 S. aspera Mx. St. slender, erect or flexuous, retrorsely hispid ; lvs. sparsely 

 hispid, subsessile, ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, sharply serrate, obtuso at 

 base ; cal. glabrous, but ciliate on the angles, and the lanceolate, spinulous, sub- 

 tract teeth. — If Can. and U. S., in damp places, common. Plant much more 



