No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 337 



STACHYS L. Hedge Nettle. 



Stachys hyssopifolia Michx. (hyssop-leaved). 



Rare. Killingly, sandy border of pond (Bissell), Walling- 

 ford (N. Coleman), West Hartford (H. S. Clark). July — 

 Aug. 



Stachys tenuifolia Willd. (thin-leaved), var. aspera (Michx.) 

 Fernald (rough). 

 Stachys aspera Michx. 



Rare or local. Moist ground along streams or on road- 

 sides : Lyme (Graves), Glastonbury (A. W. Driggs, Bissell), 

 East Windsor (Bissell), Stratford (Eames). July — Aug. 



Stachys palustris L. (growing in marshes). 

 Woundwort. 



Rare. Roadsides, fields and wet meadows : Fairfield and 

 Bridgeport (Eames), Salisbury (Mrs. C. S. Phelps), New 

 Fairfield (Harger) . July — Aug. 



The var. homotricha Fernald (having the hairs alike) 

 occurs at Oxford (Harger). 



SALVIA L. Sage. 



Salvia lyrata L. (lyre-shaped). 

 Lyre-leaved Sage. 



Local. About a fourth of an acre of grassy meadow is 

 covered with this species in Woodbridge (Harger). May — 

 June. 



Salvia pratensis L. (belonging to a meadow). 

 Meadow Sage. 



Rare. Fields and cultivated ground: Norwich (Mrs. E. 

 E. Rogers), Southington (L. Fox). June. Fugitive from 

 Europe. 



Salvia officinalis L. (of the shops). 

 Garden Sage. 



Rare. Roadsides and cultivated ground as an escape from 

 cultivation: Southington (Andrews), Alilford (Eames). 

 June. Adventive from Europe. 



The leaves are officinal in medical practice, also used for 

 flavoring meats, cheese, etc. 



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