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LABIATE. LXXXI. STACHYS. 



each whorl. Racemes many-flowered, woolly from long loose 

 hairs, Leaves white from wool beneath, or green on both sur- 

 faces. 



Silky Woundwort. PI. 1 to 2 feet. ? 



18 S. SETI'FERA (Meyer, verz. pflanz. p. 94.) herbaceous, 

 tall ; stem erect, pilose, rather woolly ; leaves on short petioles, 

 oblong or oblong-lanceolate, rounded at the base : floral leaves 

 gradually smaller as they ascend, all green on both surfaces, 

 wrinkled, clothed with soft villi, aristately mucronate at apex ; 

 whorls many-flowered, distant ; bracteas lanceolate, awned ; ca- 

 lyx villous, with lanceolate, acute, spinose teeth ; corolla downy 

 outside, exceeding the calyx a little. If. H. Native of Cauca- 

 sus, on the Talusch mountains, in rather humid places near 

 Swant. Allied to S. sericea, but differs in the leaves being 

 nearly sessile, narrow, awned, and in the corollas being more 

 glabrous. 



Bristle-bearing Woundwort. PI. 1 to 2 feet. ? 



19 S. VESTI'TA (Benth. lab. p. 538.) herbaceous, erect, clothed 

 with soft white villi ; leaves nearly sessile, ovate-lanceolate, ob- 

 tuse, crenulated, cordate at the base, thick, wrinkled, densely 

 clothed with white wool beneath : floral leaves lanceolate, acute, 

 reflexed : upper ones scarcely exceeding the calyxes ; whorls 

 about 10-flowered, all distant ; bracteas linear, one-half shorter 

 than the calyxes ; calyx villous, with lanceolate-acute rather spi- 

 nose teeth ; corolla pubescent outside, about twice as long as the 

 calyx. lf.?H. Native of Nipaul. Nearly allied to S. oblon- 

 gifdlia, but differs from it in the thick woolly leaves and shorter 

 bracteas. Leaves 1 to 1J inch long, green above. Tube of co- 

 rolla scarcely exserted. 



Clothed Woundwort. PJ. 1 to 1| foot. 



20 S. MELISS^EFOIJA (Benth. lab. p. 538.) herbaceous; branches 

 divaricate, pubescent from soft hairs ; leaves petiolate, broad- 

 ovate, obtuse, crenated, wrinkled, green on both surfaces, nearly 

 glabrous or pubescent : upper floral leaves shorter than the ca- 

 lyxes ; whorls about 10-flowered, rather remote, or the upper 

 ones are approximate ; bracteas linear, one half shorter than the 

 calyxes ; calyx ovate-campanulate, pubescent, with acute, but 

 not spinose teeth ; corolla pubescent outside, about twice as long 

 as the calyx. If . ? H. Native of Nipaul. Allied to S. splen- 

 dens, but more glabrous, and the flowers fewer, and about half 

 the size. Leaves lg to 2 inches long, and about 1 inch broad, 

 thin. Racemes branched a little. Corolla purplish : tube slen- 

 der, incurved. 



Balm-leaved Woundwort. PL 



21 S. SPLE'NDENS (Wall. pi. rar. asiat. 1. p. 64.) herbaceous, 

 tall ; stem erect, pilose ; leaves petiolate, ovate, serrately cre- 

 nated, cordate at the base, wrinkled, villous, green on both sur- 

 faces : floral leaves similar to the rest, sessile, gradually becom- 

 ing smaller as they ascend ; whorls about 10-flowered, remote ; 

 bracteas linear, shorter than the calyxes ; calyx pubescent, with 

 bluntish mutic unequal teeth ; corolla more than twice as long 

 as the calyx: tube exserted, incurved. !/? H. Native of 

 Gosaingsthan, on the mountains, Wall ; mountains of Mussooree, 

 and throughout the Himalaya range, Royle. Allied to S. alpma, 

 but less villous ; flowers fewer in the whorls, and the bracteas 

 shorter. 



Shining Woundwort. PI. tall. 



SECT. III. CALO'STACHYS (from raXoe, kalos, beautiful ; and 

 ara-xys, stachys, a spike ; in reference to the beauty of the flow- 

 ers.) Benth. lab. p. 539. Perennial glabrous or villous herbs. 

 Stems often furnished with obverse pili or prickles on the angles. 

 Whorls about 6-flowered. Bracteas minute. Calycine teeth 

 very acute or rather spinescent. Corolla scarlet or purple, 

 with a much exserted tube. Cells of anthers diverging or 

 divaricate. 



22 S. COCCI'NEA (Jacq. hort. schcenbr. 3. p. 18. t. 284.) her- 

 baceous, erect, clothed with soft villi ; leaves petiolate, ovate- 

 lanceolate, bluntish, crenated, cordate at the base ; racemes elon- 

 gated ; whorls 6-flowered, all distant ; bracteas almost wanting; 

 corolla pubescent, about 3 times as long as the tube. I/ . G. 

 Native of Mexico. Curt. hot. mag. t. 666. Andr. bot. rep. t. 

 310. Leaves 2 inches long : floral leaves sessile, with submu- 

 cronate crenatures ; upper ones longer than the calyxes, ending 

 in spinose mucrones. Corolla beautiful scarlet, pubescent, an 

 inch long. 



Scarlet-fiowered Hedge Nettle. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1798. 

 PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



23 S. CILIA'TA (Dougl. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 539.) herba- 

 ceous, erect, nearly glabrous ; angles of stems obversely cili- 

 ated ; leaves petiolate, ovate, shortly acuminated, crenated, cor- 

 date at the base, glabrous or rather hispid from a few hairs 

 above ; whorls 6-flowered, upper ones approximate ; bracteas 

 almost absent ; corolla almost glabrous, 3 or 4 times longer than 

 the calyx. If. H. Native of North-west America, along the 

 banks of the Columbia, Douglas and Scouler. Leaves 2-3 

 inches long ; petioles ciliated. Corolla smoothish, purple, nearly 

 an inch long. 



Ciliated-stemmed Hedge Nettle. PI. 3 to 4 feet. 



24 S. THUNBE'RGII (Benth. lab. p. 540.) herbaceous, erect ? ; 

 angles of stem beset with obverse prickles ; leaves petiolate, 

 ovate, acuminated, crenated, cordate at the base, coriaceous, 

 prickly on the nerves beneath, glabrous on both surfaces or his- 

 pid from long hairs ; whorls 6-flowered, distant ; bracteas almost 

 wanting ; corolla more than twice as long as the calyx, which is 

 quite glabrous. If. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Galeopsis hispida, Thunb. prod. fl. cap. p. 96. Habit of S. 

 boraginoides. Stems procumbent or erect. Corolla glabrous, red, 

 similar to those of S. ciliata. 



Thunberg's Hedge Nettle. PI. procumbent. ? 



25 S. BORAGINOIDES (Schiede et Deppe, in Linnaea, 5. p. 100.) 

 herbaceous, erect ; angles of stem beset with obverse prickles ; 

 leaves petiolate, ovate, acute, crenated, cordate at the base, green 

 on both surfaces, hairy and prickly on the nerves beneath ; 

 whorls 6-flowered, distant ; bracteas almost wanting ; calyx pi- 

 losely pubescent ; corolla 4 times as long as the tube. % . 1 G. 

 Native of Mexico, in shady places ; on Mount Macultepec, and 

 towards San Andres. Habit of S. ciliata. Leaves 1-2 inches 

 long. Corollas and calyxes form and size of those of S. coccinea. 



Borago-like Hedge Nettle. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



26 S. CHAMISSONIS (Benth. in Linnaea, 6. p. 80.) herbaceous, 

 erect ; angles of stem obversely ciliated ; leaves petiolate, ovate, 

 obtuse, crenated, cordate at the base, clothed with velvety wool 

 on both surfaces ; whorls 6-flowered, distant ; bracteas almost 

 wanting ; corolla villous outside, 3 times as long as the calyx. 

 If.. ? H. Native of California, Chamisso. Allied to S. ciliata, 

 but differs from it in the leaves, and very villous corollas, and 

 in the calyxes being longer and hispidly pilose. 



Chamisso's Hedge Nettle. PL 2 to 3 feet. ? 



27 S. RIEDE'RI (Cham, irf Linnaea. 6. p. 570.) erect, simple; 

 angles of stem obversely ciliated ; leaves on short petioles, ovate- 

 oblong : floral leaves ovate, subcordate, nearly sessile, all acute, 

 serrately crenated, with scabrous margins ; whorls 6-flowered : 

 flowers sessile ; calyx hispid, with the nerves prickly ; corolla 

 3 times longer than the calyx. 7f . ? H. Native of Kamtschatka, 

 Rieder. Lower leaves 2 to 2| inches long : middle cauline 

 leaves 4-5 inches long. Corollas red. Habit and hispidity of S. 

 boraginoides. 



Rieder's Hedge Nettle. PI. 2| feet. 



28 S. HIRSU'TA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. p. 541.) 

 stems ascending, hispid ; leaves petiolate, ovate-oblong, acute, 

 cordate, hairy on both surfaces, crenated ; whorls about 6-flow- 



