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LABIATE. LXXXI. STACHYS. 



times longer than the calyx. %. H. Native of North America, 

 in humid meadows near Saint Louis, Drummond ; Carolina, 

 Walter. S. tenuifolia, Willd. spec. p. 100.? S. palustris, Walt, 

 fl. car. p. 162, but not of Lin. Stems procumbent at the base ; 

 branches ascending. Leaves 1-2 inches long, quite glabrous. 

 Corolla violaceous ; tube shortly exserted, with a pilose ring 

 inside. 



Hyssop-leaved Hedge Nettle. PI. 1 to 1 \ foot. 



35 S. CHINE'NSIS (Bunge, pi. chin. bor. in mem. soc. peterb. vol. 

 2. p. 241.) tall, erect, nearly glabrous ; angles of stem obversely 

 pilose ; leaves nearly sessile, oblong-lanceolate, subserrated, his- 

 pid above and glabrous beneath ; whorls few, 6-flowered ; brae- 

 teas minute ; calyx elongated, campanulate, pilose, with lanceo- 

 late very acute rather spinose teetli ; corolla hardly twice as 

 long as the calyx. Tf.. H. Native of the North of China, 

 Bunge. Allied to S. palustris, S. dspera, S. hyssopifblla. Leaves 

 3-4 inches long. Corolla red, pilose outside, with a pilose ring 

 inside. 



China Hedge Nettle. PI. 2 to 3 feet. ? 



2. RUDERA'LES (from ruderalis, of or belonging to rubbish ; 

 the species are generally found in waste places.) Benth. lab. p. 

 544. Herbs usually perennial, erect, or ascending, rarely pro- 

 cumbent, hispid, villous or woolly, rarely glabrous. Whorls 6, 

 rarely with so many as 10 flowers. Corolla rather large, with 

 the loner lip half an inch long ; having the tube always inclosed. 



36 S. ALBICAU'LIS (Lindl. in hot. reg. t. 1558.) erect, clothed 

 with white wool at the base and viscid pubescence above ; lower 

 leaves petiolate : upper ones sessile, all lanceolate and coarsely 

 toothed, roundly cuneated at the base or narrowed : floral leaves 

 shorter than the calyxes ; whorls 6-flowered, remote ; calyx 

 ovate-campanulate, clothed with viscid pubescence : teeth broad- 

 lanceolate, acute, rather spinose ; corolla glabrous, twice as long 

 as the calyx. I/ . G. Native of the Andes of Chili, Macrae ; 

 in the Pampas about Buenos Ayres, Gillies. Leaves remote, 

 1-3 inches long. Corolla red, glabrous; tube a little exserted, 

 furnished with a pilose ring inside. 



White-stemmed Hedge Nettle. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1827. 

 PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



37 S. OBLONGIFOLIA (Benth. in Wall. pi. rar. asiat. 1. p. 64. 

 lab. p. 545.) erect or ascending, pubescent or villous; leaves on 

 short petioles, oblong-lanceolate, acutish, serrated, subcordate at 

 the base, villous : floral leaves longer than the calyxes ; whorls 

 about 6-flowered, distant ; calyx tubularly campanulate, pubes- 

 cent, with lanceolate very acute scarcely spinulose teeth ; corolla 

 one half longer than the calyx. If.. G. Native of the moun- 

 tains of Silhet. Leaves 1-2 inches long, densely villous or woolly 

 beneath. Corolla violaceous, pubescent outside. 



Oblong-leaved Hedge Nettle. PI. ? 



38 S. AJUGOI'DES (Benth. in Linnaea. 6. p. 80. lab. 545.) 

 erect, very hairy ; leaves petiolate, oblong, obtuse, crenated, 

 rounded at the base or cuneated, wrinkled : floral leaves con- 

 forming to the others ; whorls few, 6-flowered, remote; calyx 

 ovate-campanulate, hispid, with ovate acute rather spinose teeth ; 

 corolla glabrous, twice as long as the calyx. 1. H. Native of 

 California, Chamisso. Herb almost simple, and sometimes 

 branched at the base. Leaves 1-2 inches long. Corollas like 

 those of S. Macrafi. 



Ajuga-like Hedge Nettle. PI. 5 to f foot. 



39 S. SIDERITOI'DES (Gill. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 740.) peren- 

 nial, ascending, clothed with silky pili ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 serrated, narrowed a long way at the base, wrinkled, clothed 

 with soft silky villi : floral leaves ovate-lanceolate : upper ones 

 shorter than the calyxes ; whorls 6-flowered, remote ; calyx 

 campanulate, hispid, with lanceolate-acute rather spinose teeth ; 



corolla rather pilose, scarcely twice as long as the calyx. If.. G. 

 Native of Chili, on the Andes about Mendoza, Gillies. Habit of 

 S. arenaria, but the tube of the corolla is exannulate inside. 

 Perhaps only a villous variety of S. grandidentdta. 

 Sideritis-like Hedge Nettle. PI. ? 



40 S. GRAN DIDENTA'TA (Lindl. in bot. reg. t. 1080.) peren- 

 nial, erect, pilosely pubescent, hispid above ; leaves petiolate, 

 oblong-lanceolate, coarsely toothed, all roundly cuneated at the 

 base or narrowed : upper floral leaves shorter than the calyxes ; 

 whorls 6-flowered, remote ; calyx ovate-campanulate, hispid, 

 with lanceolate-acute rather spinose teeth ; corolla glabrous, 

 twice as long as the calyx. %. G. Native of Chili, at Valpa- 

 raiso, Macrae. Form of leaves and inflorescence that of S. albi- 

 caulis. Corollas red or purple. 



Large-toothed-leaved Hedge Nettle. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 

 1827, PI. 1 to 3 feet. 



41 S. MACIUE'I (Benth. lab. 6. p. 78. lab. p. 545.) erect or 

 ascending, pilosely hispid ; leaves petiolate, ovate or ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, obtuse, crenated : lower ones cordate at the base : 

 upper ones roundly cuneated at the base : upper floral leaves 

 sessile, shorter than the calyxes ; whorls 6-flowered, remote ; 

 calyx ovate-campanulate, hispid, with lanceolate-acute rather 

 spinose teeth ; corolla glabrous, twice as long as the calyx. 7. ? 

 G. Native of Chili, at Valparaiso, and of California. Hook, et 

 Am. in Beech, voy. pt. bot. p. 155, but not of Benth. Very 

 nearly allied to the preceding. Corolla violaceous. 



Macrae's Hedge Nettle. PI. \ to 1 foot. ? 



42 S. BRIDGE'SII (Benth. lab. p. 546.) erect, clothed with soft 

 white villi or wool ; leaves petiolate, ovate, obtuse, crenated, 

 subcordate at the base, wrinkled : floral leaves sessile : upper 

 ones rather shorter than the calyxes ; whorls 6-flowered, remote : 

 calyx ovate-campanulate, clothed with very soft villi, with rnutic 

 teeth ; corolla twice as long as the calyx. Tf. .? G. Native of 

 the South of Chili, Bridges. Allied to the preceding, but the 

 leaves are smaller, thicker, and the whole plant is canescent from 

 soft wool, not villous from stiff hairs. 



Bridges's Hedge Nettle. PL ? 



43 S. GILLIE'SII (Benth. lab. p. 740.) ascending, villous ; 

 leaves petiolate, obtuse, crenated, cordate at the base : lower 

 ones rounded, nearly glabrous : superior ones ovate, pubescent ; 

 floral leaves ovate, quite entire, shorter than the calyxes, villous ; 

 racemes hispid from stiff villi ; whorls 6-flowered, distant ; calyx 

 ovate-campanulate, hispid, with ovate -lanceolate acute rather 

 spinose teeth ; corolla glabrous, thrice as long as the calyx, with 

 an exserted tube. 1. ? G. Native of the Andes of Chili, near 

 Mendoza. Intermediate between S. Macrce'i and S. circinnata ; 

 differing from the first in the short stiff stems, broad leaves, and 

 larger corollas ; and from the last in the stems and leaves being 

 less hispid, leaves less crenated, and in the tube of the corolla 

 being exserted. 



Gillies' s Hedge Nettle. PI. ? 



44 S. CIRCINNA'TA (Lher. stirp. 1. p. 51. t. 26.) procumbent, 

 hispid ; floriferous branches erect ; leaves petiolate, roundish, 

 obtuse, crenated, broadly cordate at the base : floral leaves 

 smaller : upper ones ovate, quite entire, rather shorter than the 

 calyxes ; whorls 6-flowered, distinct: lower ones remote; calyx 

 campanulate, hispid, with ovate acute rather spinose teeth ; co- 

 rolla pubescent, scarcely twice as long as the calyx. TJ. . H. 

 Native of the South of Spain and North of Africa ; Gibraltar; 

 on the lead-hills of Tunis, Vahl. ; Mount Atlas, in the fissures 

 of rocks, Desf. S. velutina, Willd. enum. suppl. p. 41. S. 

 latifolia, Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 303. Sterile branches procumbent, 

 creeping a little. Corolla 7-8 lines long, pale or dark purple or 

 white. 



Circinnate-leaveA Hedge Nettle. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1777. 

 PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



