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little longer than the calyx : upper lip bifid : lower lip 3 times 

 as long as the upper lip. O- ? H. Native of Quito, between 

 Cachapamba and Chillo. Leaves 10-11 lines long, and 7 lines 

 broad, paler beneath. Corolla pale violet. Allied to S. 

 arvensis. 



Weak Hedge Nettle. PL ? 



68 S. ELLI'PTICA (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 308.) erect, hairy; 

 leaves petiolate, elliptic, rounded at apex, cordate at the base, 

 crenated ; whorls 6-flowered ; calyx turbinately campanulate, 

 with ovate acuniinately mucronate unequal teeth ; corolla twice 

 as long as the calyx: upper lip entire, rather concave. O-? 

 H. Native of Quito, near Tumbamba and Chillo. Leaves J 

 an inch long, and 4 lines broad. Whorls approximate. Corolla 

 rose-coloured, downy outside, middle segment of lower lip 

 marked by two purple spots at the base. 



Elliptic-leaded Hedge Nettle. PL 1 foot. 



SECT. V. OLIVIA (meaning unknown to us.) Benth. lab. p. 

 553. Olisia species, Dumort, florul. belg. Tetrahitum and 

 Stachys species, Hoffm. et Link, fl. port. Herbs, annual or 

 perennial, glabrous, pubescent, or pilose, but never woolly. 

 Leaves ovate. Whorls about 6-flowered. Bracteas minute. 

 Calyxes usually spinescent, sometimes bilabiate. Corollas cream- 

 coloured. 



69 S. HI'RTA (Lin. spec. p. 813.) erect or ascending, branch- 

 ed, pilosely hairy ; leaves petiolate, ovate, crenated, truncately 

 cordate at the base ; floral leaves sessile, roundly cuneated at 

 the base : upper ones ovate, acute, quite entire ; whorls 6-flow- 

 ered, distant, or the upper ones are approximate ; calyx campa- 

 nulate, pilose, with lanceolate-subulate very acute spinescent 

 teeth : corolla pubescent outside, scarcely a half again as long 

 as the calyx, with an inclosed tube, and an emarginately bifid 

 upper lip. O- H. Native of the South-west of Europe, and 

 the North of Africa, in dry stony places near the sea ; as of 

 Spain, Portugal, Italy, Tunis ; as well as of the Canary Islands. 

 All. ped. 1. p. 31. t. 2. f. 3. bad. Sideritis ocymastrum, Gouan, 

 hort. monsp. p. 278. Galeopsis hirsuta, Lin. spec. ed. 1st. p. 

 580. Tetrahitum hirtum, Hoffm. et Link, fl. port. Stachys 

 divaricata, Viv. fl. cors. append. 2. Stachys inscripta, Rchb. 

 icon. bot. exot. 1. p. 28. t. 40. Lob. icon. 519.? Galeopsis 

 Hispanica, Mill, ex Steud. nom. p. 351. Leaves | to 1 inch 

 long. Plant pale green. Corollas cream-coloured. 



Hairy Hedge Nettle. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1725. PL A to 

 ^ foot. 



70 S. A'NSTCA (Lin. spec. p. 813.) annual, erect, nearly gla- 

 brous, or pubescent at top ; leaves petiolate, ovate, bluntish, 

 crenated, rounded at the base, or cuneated ; floral leaves lanceo- 

 late, longer than the calyxes, acute, almost quite entire ; whorls 

 about 6 -flowered, distinct : upper -whorls approximate ; calyx 

 tubularly campanulate, villous, a little incurved, with lanceolate 

 very acute rather spinose teeth ; corollas pubescent, about twice 

 as long as the calyx. Q. H. Native of Europe, in corn-fields, 

 and by way sides ; as of France, Germany, Italy, Caucasus, &c. 

 Jacq. fl. austr. 4. p. 31. t. 360. Betonica annua, Lin. spec. ed. 

 1st. p. 573. Mcench, meth. p. 396. Stachys nervosa, Gat. fl. 

 mom. p. 107. Stachys Betonica, Crantz, stirp. austr. p. 265. 

 Riv. mon. irr. t. 69. Plant branched. Cauline leaves glabrous, 

 Is inch long, and 8-10 lines broad ; upper floral leaves smaller, 

 pubescent. Corollas yellow, or cream-coloured. 



Annual Hedge Nettle. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1713. PL to 

 1 foot. 



71 S. PUBE'SCENS (Tenor, fl. nap. prod. p. 34.) perennial, as- 

 cending, almost glabrous, but pubescent above ; leaves petiolate, 

 ovate, obtuse, crenated, cuneated at the base ; floral leaves 

 ovate, longer than the calyxes, acutish, nearly entire ; whorls 



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

 a little incurved, with lanceolate very acute rather spinose 

 teeth ; corolla pubescent, about twice as long as the calyx. H . 

 H. Native of Europe, in the region of the Mediterranean, in 

 dry fields ; as of Spain, Lucania, Dalmatia. S. decumbens, 

 Willd. 'enum. suppl. p. 41. ? S. Balbisii, Link, enum. 2. p. 110. 

 S. fragilis, Vis. pi. rar. dalm. ex Rchb. fl. germ. p. 319. ? Ca- 

 lycine teeth equalling the tube of the corolla. Corolla yellowish, 

 or cream-coloured, sometimes spotted with red in the throat. 



Pubescent Hedge Nettle. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1816. PL A 

 to 1 foot. 



72 S. MABI'TIMA (Lin. mant. p. 82.) perennial, tomentosely 

 hairy, ascending; leaves on short petioles, oblong-lanceolate, 

 obtuse, narrowed at the base, rather wrinkled ; floral leaves ses- 

 sile, ovate, obtuse : upper ones rather shorter than the calyxes ; 

 whorls about 6-flowered : lower ones distant : superior ones ap- 

 proximating into a spike ; calyx tubularly campanulate, villous, 

 with lanceolate acute mutic teeth ; corolla pubescent, about a 

 half again as long as the calyx. 11 . H. Native in the region 

 of the Mediterranean, in sandy places by the sea side ; as near 

 Valentia, Montpelier, Nice, &c. Jacq. hort. vind. 1. p. 29. 

 t. 70. Rchb. icon. bot. eur. 5. p. 51. t. 484. S. betonicaefolia, 

 Pers. ench. 2. p. 124. ? but not of Desf. Dill. elth. 50. t. 42. 

 f. 50. Bocc. mus. 2. p. 164. t. 127. Stems numerous. Leaves 

 about an inch long, wrinkled and tomentose. Corolla pale yel- 

 low or cream-coloured, the lower lip spotted with purple at the 

 base. 



Sea-side Hedge Nettle. Fl. July. Clt. 1714. PL i to H 

 foot. 



73 S. SPINULOSA (Sibth. et Smith, fl. graec. prod. 1. p. 410.) 

 annual ? ; angles of branches hispid ; leaves petiolate, broad- 

 ovate ; lower leaves cordate at the base ; floral leaves sessile, 

 ovate-lanceolate; whorls 6-10-flowered, distinct; bracteas mi- 

 nute ; calyx ample, campanulate, with broad acute rather spi- 

 nose equal teeth, which are about equal in length to the corolla ; 

 upper lip of corolla very large. 0. ? H. Native of Dalmatia, 

 Istria, Candia, Corfu, about Constantinople, &c. Galeopsis 

 orientalis, Mill. Plant erect or ascending. Angles of stems 

 ciliated with obverse hairs. Leaves crenated, 1-2 inches long, 

 green, pilose. Corollas pale yellow, like those of S. menthce- 

 fblia, but a little longer. 



Spinuhse Hedge Nettle. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. ? PL 1 to 

 1 foot. 



74? S. MENTH^FOLIA (Vis. pi. rar. dalm. in bot. zeit. 1829. 

 erglb. p. 14. Benth. lab. p. 555.) plant ascending or erect, 

 hairy ; leaves on short petioles, oblong-ovate, serrated, rounded 

 at the base, or subcordate ; floral leaves sessile, acute, hardly 

 exceeding the calyxes ; whorls 6-10-flowered : superior ones 

 approximate ; calyx amply campanulate, bilabiate, with broad, 

 very acute, submutic teeth ; lower lip of corolla very large. 

 TJ. . ? H. Native of Dalmatia. S. grandiflora, Host, fl. austr. 

 2. p. 169. Leaves 2 to 3 inches long, hispid. Lower whorls 

 distant. Corolla cream-coloured. This differs from the other 

 species of this section in the bilabiate calyx. 



Mint-kaced Hedge Nettle. PL ? 



SECT. VI. CHAJLESIDERI'TIS (from x a P ai > cAamai, on the 

 ground ; and Sidjjptne, Sideritis ; in reference to the smallness 

 of the species.) Rchb. fl. germ. exc. p. 318. Benth. lab. p. 

 556. Perennial, glabrous, or pilose herbs, never woolly. 

 Leaves oblong, lanceolate, or linear. W T horls 2-6-flowered. 

 Bracteas minute, subspinescent. Corolla cream-coloured or 

 purple. 



75 S. SUBCRENA'TA (Vis. pi. rar. dalm. in bot. zeit. 1829. 



