LABIAT.E. LXXXI. STACHYS. 



45 S. XEFET.EFOLIA (Desf. cat. hort. par. p. 58. Benth. lab. 

 p. 546.) ascending, canescent ; leaves petiolate, ovate, obtuse, 

 crenated, cordate at the base, wrinkled ; whorls distant, 6-flow- 

 ered ; calyx tubular, canescent, with lanceolate acute rather spi- 

 nose teeth" ; corollas pubescent, half again as long as the calyxes. 

 I/ . ? H. Native of Spain, Pavon. Plant canescent from short 

 totnentum. Leaves from | to 1 inch long, almost like those of 

 yepeta Mussini. Corolla purple ; tube equalling the calyx. 

 Habit different from other species of the genus. 



Catmint-leaved Hedge Nettle. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1805. 

 PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



46 S. ARA'BICA (Horn. hort. hafn. p. 554.) erect, divaricately 

 branched ; branches glabrous or beset with spreading hairs ; 

 leaves petiolate, ovate-lanceolate, acutish, serrately crenated, 

 rounded at the base or cuneated, glabrous or pubescent : floral 

 leaves sessile, ovate, acute, cordate at the base ; whorls 6-flow- 

 ered, remote ; calyx large, campanulate, pilose, with ovate 

 acute rather spinose teeth ; corolla pubescent, one half longer 

 than the calyx. Q. ? H. Native of Arabia. This species is 

 distinguished from all others in the large calyx, which is 6-8 

 lines Ion?. Corolla violaceous ; tube shorter than the calyx. 



Arabian Hedge Nettle. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1819. PI. 1 

 foot. 



v BCLLA TA (Benth. lab. p. 547.) erect, villous ; leaves 

 on short petioles, broad-ovate, coarsely crenated, bullately 

 wrinkled, rather canescent beneath, hispidly villous on both sur- 

 faces ; floral leaves shorter than the calyxes ; whorls 6-flowered ; 

 calyx turbinately campanulate, hispid, with ovate acute rather 

 pungent teeth ; corolla about twice as long as the calyx. %. ? 

 H. Native of California, Beechey. S. coccinea, Hook, et Arn. 

 in Beech, voy. pt. bot. p. 156. but not of Jacq. Leaves 1^ to 2 

 inches long ; floral leaves sessile. Whorls approximate. Co- 

 rolla pubescent : tube equalling the calyx, furnished with a ring 

 of hairs inside. 



2?/wtererf-leaved Hedge Nettle. PL ? 



48 S. BRACHIA'TA (Bojer, mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 547.) pro- 

 cumbent ? clothed with fine tomentose pubescence ; leaves ses- 

 sile, oblong-lanceolate, bluntisb, toothed, roundish at the base, 

 wrinkled ; whorls about 6-flowered, remote ; calyx ovate-cam- 

 pauulate, pubescent, with ovate very acute rather spinose teeth ; 

 corollas small, downy outside, about twice as long as the calyx. 

 11- S. Native of Madagascar, Lyall. Stems rather woody. 

 Leaves 1 to H inches long. Corolla almost like that of S. 

 Grahamii, scarcely 3 lines long. 



Armed Hedge Nettle. PI. procumbent. 



49 ? S. CA'KDIDA (Benth. lab. p. 547.) procumbent? clothed 

 with white wool ; leaves nearly sessile, oblong-lanceolate, 

 coarsely toothed, or crenated, narrowed at the base ; floral 

 leaves rather shorter than the calyxes ; whorls 6-flowered, re- 

 mote ; calyx ovate, campanulate, woolly, with lanceolate very 

 acute rather spinose teeth ; corolla woolly outside, one half 

 longer than the calyx. ^.? F. Native of the Levant, ex 

 Hort. par. ; Macedonia, ex Herb. Lamb. The whole plant 

 clothed with dirty white wool. Leaves half, or hardly an inch 

 long. 



White Hedge Nettle. PI. procumbent. 



50 S. HCMIFU'SA (Burch. cat. geogr. no. 3794.) procumbent, 

 glabrous ; leaves nearly sessile, oblong-lanceolate, cordate at the 

 base ; whorls about 6-flowered ; calyxes glabrous, with rather 

 spinose teeth ; corollas twice as long as the calyx. I/ . ? G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Habit of S. sEthiopica, 

 but larger. Leaves about an inch long, with crenulated edges. 



Trailing Hedge Nettle. PI. trailing. 



3. OLIGA'STH.E (from oXiyoc, oligos, few ; and 

 anllios, a flower; in reference to the few-flowered whorls.) 



Benth. lab. p. 548. Annual, rarely perennial, ireak herbs, 

 rthich are procumbent at the base. Jt'korls 2-4, rarely 6-Jlon-- 

 ered. 



51 S. -lExmopiCA (Lin. mant. p. 82.) villous, procumbent; 

 leaves petiolate, rigid, ovate-deltoid, crenated, deeply and 

 broadly cordate at the base ; floral leaves narrowed at the base, 

 rather shorter than the calyxes ; whorls 2-4 flowered, racemose ; 

 calyx campanulate, hispid, with equal, acute, rather spinose 

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

 the Cape of Good Hope. Jacq. obs. 4. p. 2. t. 77. Lher. 

 stirp. nov. 2. t. 27. Lower leaves \ an inch long : superior 

 ones smaller : floral ones quite entire. Corolla purple. ? This 

 species varies much in hairiness and size of flowers. 



^Ethiopian Hedge Nettle. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1770. PI. 

 procumbent. 



52 S. SCBSE'SSILIS (Burch. cat. geogr. no. 4326.) decumbent ; 

 stems nearly glabrous ; leaves nearly sessile, ovate, almost quite 

 entire, deeply cordate, pilosely hispid on the margins and 

 nerves ; floral leaves nearly glabrous, shorter than the calyxes ; 

 whorls 2-flowered, racemose ; calyx campanulate, hispid, with 

 equal lanceolate very acute subspinose teeth ; corolla nearly 

 glabrous, with the tube rather exserted. 1| . ? G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope, and Algoa Bay. Leaves scarcely 2 

 lines long. Corolla twice as long as the calyx. 



Altnoft-tetfile-\ea.ved Hedge Nettle. PI. procumbent. 



53 S. LTA'LLII (Benth. lab. p. 548.) annual, diffuse, hispid ; 

 leaves petiolate, small, orbicular, rounded at the base, or cor- 

 date, wrinkled ; floral leaves similar to the rest ; whorls 2-flow- 

 ered ; calyx campanulate, with an oblique mouth, and lanceo- 

 late, acute teeth, the upper teeth the longest ; corolla one half 

 longer than the calyx. 0. S. Native of Madagascar. A 

 small plant, with the habit of Veronica agrestis. Calyxes secund, 

 subreflexed. Corollas rosy-white, form of those of S. Cortica, 

 but much smaller. 



LyalTs Hedge Nettle. PI. diffuse. 



54 S. aoxcNDiFOLiA (Moc. et Sesse, mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 

 548.) annual, ascending ; leaves petiolate, ovate-rounded, cre- 

 nated, cordate at the base : floral ones similar to the rest ; 

 whorls axillary, 2-flowered ; calyx campanulate, very pilose, 

 with nearly equal lanceolate acute scarcely spinescent teeth ; 

 corolla 3 times as long as the calyx ; tube shortly exserted : 

 lower lip large. Q. S. Native of New Spain. Allied to S. 

 Corsica. Stems nearly simple, villous. Flowers nearly sessile. 

 Corollas almost like those of S. Corsica, but larger. 



Round-leated Hedge Nettle. PI. | foot. 



55 S. CORSICA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 36.) procumbent, pilose ; 

 leaves petiolate, ovate, very blunt, broadly crenated, rounded at 

 the base, or subcordate ; floral leaves smaller : upper ones 

 shorter than the calyxes ; whorls 2-4-flowered, remote ; calyx 

 campanulate, hispid, with nearly equal lanceolate acute rather 

 spinescent teeth ; corolla more than twice as long as the calyx : 

 tube a little exserted : lower lip large. If. . ? H. Native of 

 Corsica and Sardinia, in corn-fields. Rchb. icon. bot. eur. 7. 

 p. 24. t. 646. Glecboma grandiflora, D. C. fl. fr. 3. p. 538. 

 Herb diffuse. Corolla downy outside, 7-8 lines long, rosy-white 

 or pink, large for the size of the plant. 



Corsican Hedge Nettle. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1823. PI. i 

 to | foot. 



56 S. SERRULA'TA (Burcb. cat. geogr. no. 5155.) annual, de- 

 cumbent, pilose ; leaves petiolate, broad-ovate, acutish, broadly 

 cordate at the base ; upper floral leaves sessile, shorter than the 

 calyxes ; whorls about 4-flowered ; calyx tubularly campanu- 

 late, hispid, with nearly equal lanceolate acute rather spinose 

 teeth; corolla twice as long as the calyx. Q. H. Native of 



