423 XCIIL LABIATAE. i Batuora.’ 
1. S. aspERA. Michx. (S. hispida Ph?) Hedge Nettle. Wownd-wort. 
St. erect, the angles retrorsely hispid or rough; lvs. subpetiolate, oblong- 
lanceolate, acutely serrate, smooth or nearly so; verticils of the spike about 6- 
flowered ; cal. smoothish, with spreading teeth, at length spineseent— Fields 
and roadsides. About a foot high and rather slender. Stem erect, square, 
generally hispid backward on the angles, sometimes nearly smooth. Leaves 
smooth, membranaceous, generally rounded at base and acute at apex. Spike 
terminal, leafy, composed of verticils, each with 4—8 pale purple flowers. 
Variable in pubescence. July. : 
2. S. sytvarica. (S. aspera. Mudl. § Bw. S. hispida. Nutt.) Wood Sta- 
chys.—St. very hispid on the angles ; dvs. on short petioles, ovate-lanceolate, 
sometimes cordate at base, acuminate, crenate-serrate, hirsute; verticils 2—6 
flowered ; floral lvs. very small, lanceolate-linear, hispid-ciliate; cal. hirsutes- 
with ciliate, spinescent teeth_—2| A very rough and hairy herb, in low woods 
and on shady banks. Stem erect, 12—18' high. Leaves 3—4’ long and } as 
wide, with rounded or uncinate serratures, the upper surface with short, bristly 
hairs. Petioles 0—}/ long, and with the veins beneath, hispid. Spike long, 
slender, terminal, very rough and hairy. Corolla exserted, purple, spotted. 
July., Aug. 
3. S. Hyssopironia. Michx. (S. palustris. Walt.) 
St. scarcely pubescent, slender, erect; Jvs. sessile, linear-lanceolate, 
slightly dentate; verticils about 4-flowered; cal. subspinescent.—2 A slender 
species 6—-12’ high, in meadows, N. Y. and Ms., rare, West to Ia. where it is 
frequent! Leaves very narrow, often linear, 2—3’ by 4—10”, with minute teeth 
or finely serrulate. Flowers sessile. Corolla a little hairy, purple. July. A 
smoother and elegant plant compared with the last. 
4. S. inrermepia. Ait. 
St. somewhat villose; dvs. oblong, subcordate, crenate; verticils many- 
flowered; cal. somewhat spinescent.—Ill. Jn., Jl. 
32%. MARRUBIUM. . 
Calyx tubular, 5—10-ribbed, with 5 or 10 subequal teeth ; cor. 
bilabiate, upper lip erect, flattish or concave, entire or bifid, lower lip 
spreading, 3-lobed, middle lobe broadest, emarginate, tube included ; 
sta. included beneath the upper lip. 
M. vuucire. Hoarhound. 
St. ascending, hoary-pubescent ; lvs. roundish-ovate, crenate-dentate, 
downy-canescent beneath; cal. of 10 setaceous, uncinate teeth.—2 Introduced 
into fields and roadsides. Stem 1—2f high, branching at base, or several 
from the same root, covered with a white, downy pubescence. Leaves petio- 
late, 1—2’ in diameter, whitish and rough-veined above, very woolly beneath, 
rounded and toothed. Flowers white, in sessile, axillary, dense, hairy verti- 
_cils. Calyx woolly, the teeth spreading and alternately shorter. ‘The hoar- 
hound is an aromatic and bitter herb, well known as an ingredient in cough 
candy. It is tonic and diuretic, and much used in pulmonary affections. + 
33. BALLOTA. 
Gr. Baddw, to reject; on account of its offensive odor. 
Calyx hypocrateriform, 10-ribbed, 5-toothed ; cor. bilabiate, tube 
cylindrical, as long as the calyx, upper lip concave, crenate, lower 
lip 3-cleft, middle segment largest, emarginate; ach. ovoid-friangular. 
B. nigra. Black or Faetid Hoarhound. 
 _ as. ovate, subcordate, undivided, serrate; cal. somewhat truncate, throat 
dilated, teeth spreading, acuminate—| Said to have been introduced, but is 
frequently met with about hedges, &c., in Ms. and Conn. Stem 2—3f high, 
pubescent as well as the opposite, broad leaves. Flowers aie or white, in 
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axillary verticils. This plant has the general appearance of hoarhound (Mar- 
rubium) but not its fragrance, July, ’ ' 
