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Nepeta cataria L. Catnip. Perennial, erect, 30-90 cm. high, finely 

 canescent throughout; leaves ovate or oblong, acute, dentate, somewhat 

 cordate at base, 2-6 cm. long, petioled, densely canescent; spike stout, dense, 

 2-10 cm. long; calyx-teeth subulate, the longest one-half as long as the tube; 

 corolla white or purplish, with dark dots, 10-12 mm. long, its tube exceeding 

 the calyx. Sparingly introduced. 



323. LAMIUM. 



Decumbent herbs; calyx tubular-bell-shaped, about 5-nerved, 

 with 5 nearly equal awl-pointed teeth; corolla 2-lipped, dilated 

 at the throat, the tube longer than the calyx; the upper lip 

 arched, narrowed at the base; the middle lobe of the spreading 

 lower lip broad, notched at the apex, contracted at the base; the 

 lateral lobes small, at the margin of the throat; stamens 4, 

 ascending under the upper lip; the lower pair longer. 



Lamium amplexicaule L. Biennial, branched from the base, sparingly 

 pubescent; stems simple, erect, 15-20 cm. high; lower leaves orbicular, coarsely 

 crenate, truncate or cordate at base, 1-2 cm. long, on petioles as long or longer; 

 upper sessile, half-clasping, rather distant; flowers sessile, in axillary and ter- 

 minal clusters; calyx pubescent, the sharp teeth nearly as long as the tube; 

 corolla purple, the lower lip spotted, 12-15 mm. long. Sparingly introduced 

 in cultivated ground. 



324. STACHYS. 



Herbs, rarely woody, not aromatic; 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, 2-lipped, the tube 

 about equalling the calyx; the upper lip concave, often arched, 

 erect or rather spreading, entire or nearly so; the lower usually 

 longer and spreading, 3-lobed, the middle lobe largest and nearly 

 entire; stamens 4, ascending under the upper lip, the lower pair 

 longer. 



Stachys palustris L. Perennial, erect, 30-60 cm. high, soft-pubescent 

 throughout or the stem short-hairy; leaves oblong or ovate-lanceolate, mostly 

 obtuse, crenate-serrate, rounded or cordate at the nearly sessile base, 5-10 

 cm. long; spikes short-peduncled, the clusters rather close together, the lower 

 with leafy bracts; upper bracts lanceolate; calyx hairy, the tube campanulate, 

 little longer than the subulate teeth; corolla pink-purple, 1 cm. long; the upper 

 lip pubescent; the tube equalling the calyx. Wet places. 



Family 81. SOLANACEAE. 



Herbs or shrubs, commonly rank>scented, with colorless juice; 

 leaves alternate, without stipules; flowers regular, 5-merous, 

 solitary or in cymes, on bractless pedicels; calyx mostly 5-lobed; 

 corolla gamopetalous, mostly 5-lobed, usually plaited in the bud; 

 stamens as many as the corolla-lobes and alternate with them; 



