1032 LAMIACEAE 



panulate ; lobes triangular, very short : corolla about 1 cm. long : nutlets fully 2 mm. long, 

 minutely wrinkled. 



On mountain slopes and summits, Virginia to North Carolina and Tennessee. Summer. 



8. Stachys tenuifolia Willd. Perennial, glabrous or nearly so. Stems erect, 3-9 

 dm. tall, simple or branching : leaf -blades oblong or oblong-lanceolate, sometimes broadest 

 above the middle, acute, serrate, truncate or cordate at the base ; petioles usually 1-2 cm. 

 long : clusters few-flowered : calyx 5-6 mm. long ; tube campanulate-turbinate, sometimes 

 sparingly pubescent ; lobes lanceolate, acuminate, as long as the tube or shorter : corolla 

 about 1 cm. long ; tube surpassing the calyx ; lower lip drooping, slightly shorter than 

 the tube, the upper lip concave, glandular-pubescent on the back : filaments villous at the 

 base : nutlets 2 mm. long, somewhat lustrous. 



In copses and fields, New York to Kansas, North Carolina and Louisiana. Summer. 



9. Stachys aspera Michx. Perennial, hirsute. Stems erect, 5-12 dm. tall, simple 

 or branching : leaf-blades oblong, oblong-lanceolate or ovate-oblong, 3-10 cm. long, acute, 

 crenate-serrate, truncate or cordate at the base, petioled : clusters few-flowered, interrupted : 

 calyx 5-6 mm. long ; tube turbinate ; lobes triangular-acuminate, not rigidly pointed : 

 corolla 10-12 mm. long, pubescent along the back with simple hairs ; tube much surpassing 

 the calyx, the upper lip concave, glandular-pilose on the back, the lowe/ lip drooping, 

 shorter than the tube, its middle lobe orbicular-reniform, the lateral ones ovate : filaments 

 villous : nutlets about 2 mm. long. 



In moist soil, Ontario to Minnesota, Florida and Louisiana. Summer. 



10. Stachys salvioides Small. Perennial, rather finely and often closely puberulent 

 or puberulent-pubescent. Stems erect, 3-9 dm. tall, commonly branched, rough along the 

 angles : leaf-blades oblong to oblong-ovate or rarely ovate, 6-12 cm. long, or shorter on 

 the lower part of the stem, pubescent on both sides, acute or acutish, crenate, truncate or 

 cordate at the base ; petioles barely J as long as the blades : calyx sessile or nearly so, be- 

 coming 5 mm. long ; tube campanulate-turbinate ; lobes triangular at maturity : corolla 

 nearly 1 cm. long : nutlets nearly 2.5 mm. long, faintly reticulated. 



In stony soil, Virginia and West Virginia to Tennessee. Summer. 



11. Stachys Clingmanii Small. Perennial, hispid-hirsute. Stems erect, 5-9 dm. 

 tall, simple, its hairs spreading : leaf-blades oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 6-12 cm. long, 

 acuminate, dentate, truncate or subcordate at the base ; petioles ^- as l n g as tne blades : 

 clusters in the upper axils of leaf-like bracts : bract surpassing the calyx : calyx 6-7 mm. 

 long, villous ; tube turbinate ; lobes lanceolate-subulate, at least $ as long as the tube : 

 corolla bluish, 1.5 cm. long; tube saccate a little above the base, the upper lip pilose on 

 back, the lower lip as long as the tube, with a suborbicular middle lobe and ovate lateral 

 lobes : filaments villous : nutlets about 2mm. long. 



On open slopes, Clingman's Dome, North Carolina. Summer. 



12. Stachys cordata Riddell. Perennial, hirsute. Stems erect or ascending, 3-10 

 dm. long, simple or branching above : leaf-blades ovate, oval or oblong, 6-15 cm. long, 

 acute or acuminate, crenate, rounded or cordate at the base ; petioles slender, as long as 

 the blades or shorter : spikes conspicuous, 8-15 cm. long, nearly naked : bract shorter than 

 the calyx, except in the lower clusters : calyx 4-5 mm. long, minutely hirsute-glandular ; 

 tube campanulate ; lobes triangular, acuminate, or barely as long as the tube : corolla 

 light purple, 1 cm. long : tube much surpassing the calyx, abruptly enlarged beneath near 

 the base, the upper lip puberulent without, the lower lip drooping, with a reniform middle 

 lobe and rounded undulate lateral lobes : filaments finely pubescent : nutlets 2 mm. long, 

 suborbicular, granular. 



On banks of streams or in thickets, Ohio to North Carolina and Tennessee. Summer. 



13. Stachys Floridana Shuttlw. Perennial, more or less hirsute, the rootstocks slen- 

 der, terminating in tubers. Stems erect, 1-4 dm. tall, or branched at the base, the branches 

 ascending or spreading : leaf-blades oblong to ovate, 1-4 cm. long, acute or acutish, serrate 

 or dentate, truncate to cordate at the base ; petioles nearly as long as blades or much 

 shorter OH upper part of stem : calyx puberulent, 5-6 mm. long ; tube turbinate ; lobes 

 lanceolate, slender-acuminate : corolla nearly glabrous, about 1 ram. long ; tube surpassing 

 the calyx, the upper lip concave, bearded, the lower lip nearly as long as the tube, rounded : 

 filaments pubescent : nutlets about 0.5 mm. long. 



In sandy soil, Florida. Spring. 



21. SAL VIA L. 



Annual or perennial herbs, or shrubby plants, with leafy or scape-like stems. Leaves 

 opposite, sometimes mainly basal : blades flat, entire, toothed or variously lobed. Flowers 



