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LABIATE. LXXXI. STACHYS. 



the Cape of Good Hope. Nearly allied to S. arvensis ; but the 

 corollas are twice the size ; the leaves broader and more acute, 

 and the flowers fewer. 



Serrulated-leaved Hedge Nettle. PI. decumbent. 



57 S. MARRUBIIFOLIA (Viv. fl. cors. app. 2. ex Benth. lab. p. 

 740.) annual, erectish, pilose ; leaves petiolate, broad-ovate, ob- 

 tuse, crenated, broadly cordate at the base ; upper floral leaves 

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

 tubularly campanulate, pilose, with lanceolate acute teeth, the 

 upper teeth the largest ; corolla twice as long as the calyx : tube 

 inclosed, equalling the calyx: lips nearly equal. O- H. Na- 

 tive of Barbary, Corsica, Naples. S. arvensis purpurea, Poir. 

 diet. 7. p. 373. S. Poiretii, Tenore, syll. fl. nap. app. p. 538. 

 Habit of S. arvensis ; but the calyxes are broadly campanulate, 

 oblique, and the corollas are much larger. Leaves very like 

 those of a species of Marrubium. 



Horehound-leaved Hedge Nettle. PI. J foot. ? 



| 4. AGRE'STES (from agrestis, wild.) Weak annual herbs. 

 Whorls 6, rarely \Q-\5-jlorvered. 



58 S. ERIA'NTHA (Benth. lab. p. 549.) annual, prostrate, 

 rather creeping ; leaves petiolate, ovate-oblong, obtuse, cre- 

 nated, truncate at the base, or rounded, rather villous ; upper 

 floral leaves sessile, scarcely longer than the calyxes ; whorls 6- 

 flowered ; calyx campanulate, clothed with soft rufous villi, 

 with short acutish mutic teeth ; corolla exceeding the calyx a 

 little. 0. H. Native of Mexico, Mo9ino et Sesse. Allied to 

 S. arvensis, and the leaves very like those of S. Grahami, but 

 differs from both in habit and calyxes. Leaves 6-9 lines long, 

 rather rufescent beneath. Corollas like those of S. arvensis. 



Woolly-flowered Hedge Nettle. PI. prostrate. 



59 S. ARVE'NSJS (Lin. spec. p. 814.) annual, decumbent, 

 pilose; leaves petiolate, ovate, obtuse, crenated, cordate at the 

 base ; floral leaves narrower : upper ones cuneated at the base, 

 sessile, rather shorter than the calyxes ; whorls 4-6-flowered, 

 distant ; calyx tubularly campanulate, hispid, with nearly equal 

 lanceolate acute scarcely spinose teeth ; corolla scarcely ex- 

 ceeding the calyx, with an inclosed tube and short lips. Q- H. 

 Native throughout Europe, North of Africa, and Middle Asia, 

 in corn-fields ; also of South America, but probably imported 

 from Europe ; plentiful in some parts of Britain, in corn-fields, 

 in gravelly or calcareous soil. Smith, engl. hot. t. 1154. Hook, 

 fl. lond. vol. 2. icone. Oed. fl. dan. t. 587. Rchb. icon. hot. 

 eur. 10. p. 24. t. 967. Curt. fl. lond. 4. t. 41. Sabb. hort. 

 rom. 3. t. 51. Glechoma marrubiastrum, Vill. dauph. 2. p. 371. 

 Cardiaca arvensis, Lam. fl. fr. 2. p. 383. Trixago arvensis, 

 HofFm. et Link, fl. port. Trixago cordifolia, Moench, meth. p. 

 398. Trixago colorata, Presl, fl. sic. p. 37. Stachys Brasili- 

 ensis, Hortul. Riv. mon. t. 27. f. 2. Glechoma arvensis, Lin. 

 spec. ed. 1st. p. 578. Plant erectish or decumbent. Leaves 

 ^ to 1 inch long. Corolla pilose outside, pale purple : tube 

 shorter than the calyx, with a ring of hairs inside near the 

 base. 



Cora-field Hedge Nettle. Fl. July, Aug. Britain. PI. f 

 to J foot. 



60 S. AGRA V RIA (Schiede et Deppe, in Linnaea, 5. p. 100.) 

 annual, erectish, pilose ; leaves petiolate, oval, obtuse, crenated, 

 cordate at the base ; floral leaves narrower, all longer than the 

 calyxes ; whorls about 6-flowered, distant ; calyx campanulate, 

 pubescent, with nearly equal very acute rather spinose teeth ; 

 corolla hardly exceeding the calyx. Q. H. Native of Mexico, 

 near Jalapa ; and Texas, at Rio Brazos. Flowers smaller than 

 those of S. arvensis. Corolla pale violet. 



Field Hedge Nettle. PI. ! foot. ? 



61 S. TRUNCA'TA (Kunze, in pi. Poppig, mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 



550.) annual, erect, pubescent ; leaves petiolate, ovate, obtuse, 

 crenated, rounded at the base ; floral leaves acute, cuneated at 

 the base, longer than the whorls ; whorls 4-6-flowered, distant ; 

 calyx broad- campanulate, with equal broad- ovate very acute 

 rather spinose teeth, which are much shorter than the tube ; co- 

 rolla scarcely exceeding the calyx, with an inclosed tube, and 

 very short lips. Q. H. Native of Chili, near Valparaiso. 

 Habit of S. arvensis, but more erect and less pilose. Corollas 

 red, glabrous. 



7VMneaZe-flowered Hedge Nettle. PI. | foot. ? 



62 S. PERUVIA'NA (Domb. in herb. Smith, ex Benth. lab. 

 p. 551.) annual, decumbent ; branches pilose; leaves petiolate, 

 ovate-rounded, obtuse, crenated, cordate at the base, glabrous 

 or pilose ; floral leaves sessile, exceeding the calyxes ; whorls 

 about 6-flowered, distant ; calyx broadly campanulate, hispid : 

 teeth shorter than the tube, broad, acute, rather spinose ; corolla 

 scarcely exceeding the calyx, having the upper lip very short, 

 and the lower lip 3 times as long as the upper. Q. H. Na- 

 tive of Peru, in boggy places near Lima. Larger than S. 

 arvensis. Leaves broader, and more glabrous. Calyx larger. 

 Corolla twice as long, with an inclosed tube. 



Peruvian Hedge Nettle. PI. decumbent. 



63 S. KEE'RLII (Benth. lab. p. 551.) annual? erect, villous; 

 leaves petiolate, ovate, crenated, cordate at the base, pilose : 

 superior ones oblong ; floral leaves cuneated, narrow, reflexed, 

 hardly longer than the calyxes; racemes elongated ; whorls 6- 

 flowered ; fructiferous calyx campanulate, spreading : teeth 

 acute, spinescent, rather shorter than the tube ; corollas twice 

 as long as the calyx : upper lip short : lower lip 3 times as long 

 as the upper lip. Q. H. Native of Mexico, near Tlalpuxa- 

 hua, Keerl. Habit of S. Grahamii, but more pilose, &c. 



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



64 S. GRAHA'MII (Benth. lab. p. 551.) herbaceous, procum- 

 bent ? pilosely pubescent ; leaves petiolate, ovate-oblong, ob- 

 tuse, crenated, subcordate at the base, rather hispid, or at length 

 glabrous; whorls 10-15-flowered, remote; calyx globosely cam- 

 panulate, nearly glabrous : teeth ovate, acute, rather spinose ; 

 corolla small, glabrous, about twice as long as the calyx. . 

 H. Native of Mexico, near Tlalpuxahua, G. J. Graham. 

 Corollas 3 lines long, almost like those of S. arvensis. 



Graham's Hedge Nettle. PI. procumbent. 



65 S. DRUMMONDI (Benth. lab. p. 551.) annual, erect, 

 pilosely hispid ; leaves petiolate, oval, obtuse, broadly cordate 

 at the base, or rounded ; floral leaves lanceolate : upper ones 

 rather shorter than the calyxes ; whorls 6-flowered ; calyx cam- 

 panulate : teeth linear, or lanceolate-subulate, equalling the 

 tube ; corolla twice as long as the calyx : upper lip short : 

 lower one 3 times as long as the upper. Q. H. Native of 

 Texas, at Rio Brazos, Drummend. Habit of S. agraria. 



Drummond's Hedge Nettle. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



66 S. BOGOTE'NSIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 

 309.) erect, pilose ; leaves petiolate, ovate, rounded at apex, ob- 

 soletely cordate at the base, crenated, rather canescent beneath ; 

 whorls 4-6-flowered ; calyx turbinately campanulate, 5-cleft, 

 with ovate-oblong mucronate nearly equal teeth ; corolla ex- 

 ceeding the calyx : upper lip entire, shorter than the lower one. 

 Q. H. Native near Santa Fe de Bogota. Leaves an inch 

 long, and 9 lines broad. Corolla violaceous. This appears 

 only to differ from S. Drummondi, in the form of the calyx, and 

 more villous leaves, which are canescent beneath. 



Bogota Hedge Nettle. PL 1 foot. ? 



67 S. DE'BILIS (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) erect, puberulous ; 

 leaves petiolate, ovate, obtuse, deeply cordate, crenated, nearly 

 glabrous, with the veins and margins hairy ; whorls about 10- 

 flowered ; calyx turbinately campanulate, with lanceolate aris- 

 tately subulate nearly equal teeth ; corolla with the tube a 



