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5. Stachys aspera Michx. Rough Hedge 

 Nettle or Woundwort. (Fig. 3120.) 



Slachys aspera Jliclix. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 5. 1803. 



Slacltys liispida Pursh, Fl. .^111. Sept. 407. 1814. 



.S. pa/iis/risvar. aspera A. Gray, JIan. Ed. 2, 317. 1856. 



Perennial, rougli hairy; stem erect or ascending, 

 simple or branclied, 2°-4° li'gli, commonly retrorsc- 

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

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

 acuminate at the apex, truncate, rounded or cor- 

 date at the base, 2'-6' long, '/i'-2'/i' wide, the lower 

 slcnder-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, acumi- 

 nate, about one-half as long as the tube; corolla 

 red-purple, about ]4' long, its upper lip pubescent. 



In moist soil, Ontario to Florida. Minnesota and 

 Louisiana. Ascends to 5300 ft. in Virginia. June-Sept. 



6. 



Stachys cordata Riddell. Light-green Hedge Nettle. 



Slachys cordala Riddell, Suppl. Cat. Ohio PI. I s. iS?6. 

 Stachvs Nutlallii Shuttw.; Beuth. in DC. Prodr. 12: 



469. 1848. 

 Slachys paluslris var. cordala A. Gray, Man. Ed. 2, 



317. 1856. 



Perennial, hirsute, pale green; stem slender, 

 weak, mostly simple, ascending or reclining, 2°-3° 

 long. Leaves membranous, flaccid, ovate, oblong 

 or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, acute or the lowest 

 obtuse at the apex, nearly all of them cordate at 

 the base, dentate or crenate all around, long-peti- 

 oled, 3'-6' long, i'-3' wide, the lowest petioles 

 nearly as long as the blades; spike interrupted; 

 calyx-teeth subulate-lanceolate, about half the 

 length of the tube; corolla purplish, pubescent or 

 puberulent, about 5" long. 



In woods and thickets, Ohio to North Carolina and 

 Tennessee. Ascends to 2100 ft. iu Virginia. ]uly-Aug. 



7. Stachys arvensis L. Corn or Field 

 Woundwort. (Fig. 3122.) 



Slachys arz'ensis L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, S14. 1763. 



Annual, hirsute; stem very slender, diffusely 

 branched, decumbent or ascending, 3'-2° long. 

 Leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, thin, long-petioled, 

 obtuse at the apex, crenate all around, cordate or 

 the upper rounded at the base, about I'long; lower 

 petioles commonly as long as the blades; clusters 

 4-6-flowered, borne in the upper axils and in short 

 terminal spikes; calj-x about 3" long, its teeth lan- 

 ceolate, acuminate, nearly as long as the tube; 

 corolla purplish, 3"-5" long. 



In waste places, Maine, Massachusetts, and in bal- 

 last about the eastern seaports. Naturalized from 

 Europe. July-Oct. 



21. BETONICA L. Sp. PI. 582. 1753. 

 Annual or perennial herbs, similar to Slachys. Lower leaves very long-petioled. Verti- 

 cils many-flowered, in terminal spikes. Calyx nearly equally 5-toothed, 5-io-ner\'ed. 

 Corolla purple, the tube exceeding the calyx, the limb strongly 2-lipped; upper lip concave; 



