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about equal in length to the calyxes ; calyx campanulate, with 

 lanceolate subulate acute mutic teeth ; corolla about twice as 

 long as the calyx. ^ . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Jacq. icon. rar. 3. p. 7. t. 493. Corollas pale yellow. ? 



Wrinkled-leaved Hedge Nettle. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1774. 

 Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



85 S. DENTICULA'TA (Burch. cat. geogr. no. 1369. ex Benth. 

 lab p. 5GO.) suffruticose ; branches clothed with hoary tomen- 

 tum ; leaves petiolate, obovate or oblong, obtuse, crenated, un- 

 dulately curled, much wrinkled, clothed with sub-floccose tomen- 

 tum beneath ; whorls 2-flowered ; bracteas small, subulate ; 

 calyx tubularly campanulate, loosely tomentose, with ovate-lan- 

 ceolate acute mutic teeth ; corolla scarcely twice as long as the 

 calyx. *2 G. Native of South Africa. Branches and leaves 

 almost like those of Marrubium vulgare. Leaves j to f of an 

 inch long : floral leaves about twice as long as the calyx. Co- 

 rolla silky outside. 



Denticulated-leaved Hedge Nettle. Shrub. 



86 S. CUNEA'TA (Banks, herb. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 560.) 

 suffruticose, clothed with tomentose wool ; leaves petiolate, obo- 

 vate-cuneated, roundish, obtuse, crenated, undulately curled, 

 much wrinkled, clothed with sub-floccose tomentum on both sur- 

 faces ; whorls 2-flowered ; bracteas small, subulate ; calyx cam- 

 panulate, densely tomentose, with ovate-lanceolate acutish mutic 

 teeth ; corolla exceeding the calyx a little. Jj . G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope, Masson. Branches and leaves 

 like those of Marrubium Alyssum. Leaves hardly J an inch 

 lon<j : floral ones exceeding the calyxes. Whorls approximate 

 at the tops of the branches. Corolla small, silky outside. 



ft edge-\ea\ed Hedge Nettle. Shrub. 



87 S. PAUCIFLORA (Benth. lab. p. 560.) suffruticose, clothed 

 with floccose wool ; leaves nearly sessile, oblong-lanceolate, ob- 

 tuse, quite entire, narrowed at the base, wrinkled ; whorls 2- 

 flowered, rarely 4-flowered, distant ; calyx tubularly campanu- 

 late, with lanceolate acute mutic teeth ; corolla exceeding the 

 calyx a little, fj . G. Native of Egypt, near Mount Sinai, 

 N. Bove. S. orientalis, Forsk. fl. segypt. p. 68. but not of 

 Lin. S. Palaestina, Vahl, symb. 2. p. 64. but not of Lin. S. 

 affinis, Fres. mus. senkenb. p. 91. Stems shrubby at the base, 

 branched. Lower leaves 1 to H inch long ; floral leaves 

 usually shorter than the calyxes. Corollas small, silky outside. 

 Tomentum white or yellowish. 



Fen-flonered Hedge Nettle. Fl. ? Clt. 1834. ? Shrub 1 to 

 li foot. 



88 S. NI'VEA (Labill. pi. syr. dec. 3. p. 5. t. 3.) suffruticose, 

 clothed with tomentose wool ; leaves nearly sessile, oblong, ob- 

 tuse, quite entire, narrowed at the base, thick ; whorls 2-4- 

 flowered, few, distant ; calyx tubularly campanulate, white, with 

 ovate obtuse mutic teeth ; corolla a half again as long as the 

 calyx, pubescent outside. Fj . G. Native of Syria, near Da- 

 mascus. Tomentum white, floccose. Leaves \\ inch long. 

 Calycine teeth equalling the tube of the corolla. 



Snotvy Hedge Nettle. Shrub 5 to 1 foot. 



89 S. BURCHE'LLII (Benth. lab. p. 561.) suffruticose, clothed 

 with floccose tomentum ; leaves nearly sessile, oblong or oblong- 

 lanceolate, serrately crenated, narrowed at the base, wrinkled ; 

 whorls 6- 10- flowered, distinct; bracteas very minute; calyx 

 tubularly campanulate, with lanceolate obtuse mutic spreading 

 teeth : upper teeth the largest. fj . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Phlomis micrantha, Burch. cat. geogr. no. 1672. 

 trav. 310. Sideritis rugosa, Thunb. prod. p. 95. Habit of 

 Man-Mum peregrlnum. Lower leaves 2-3 inches long ; floral 

 leaves whiter. Corolla small. 



Burchell's Hedge Nettle. Shrub. 



90 S. ^EGYPTI'ACA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 124.) hoary; flowers 

 spicaie ; leaves ovate, wrinkled ; bracteas broadly ovate, acumi- 



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nated ; calyx campanulate, smooth. Jj . G. Native of Egypt. 

 This differs from S. Palcestlna in the calyx and dense spike. 

 Egyptian Hedge Nettle. Shrub. 



91 S. PAL.ssTrNA (Lin. spec. p. 1674.) suffruticose, canes- 

 cent, tomentose ; leaves sessile, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, or 

 aristately mucronate, quite entire, narrowed a little at the base, 

 stem-clasping, wrinkled ; whorls about 6-flowered, at length re- 

 mote, or the upper ones are approximate ; calyx tubularly cam- 

 panulate, clothed with hoary tomentum : teeth obtuse, mutic ; 

 corolla scarcely twice as long as the calyx. ^ . G. Native of 

 Palestine, on the mountains between Gaza and Jerusalem. S. 

 lanata, Moench, p. 397. but not of Jacq. Barr. icon. t. 279.? 

 Bocc. mus. 2. t. 109 112.? Leaves 1-2 inches long, whitest 

 beneath. Corolla white or purple, clothed with silky pubes- 

 cence outside. 



Palestine Hedge Nettle. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. Shrub. 



92 S. NU'TANS (Benth. lab. p. 561.) suffruticose, pubescent ; 

 leaves sessile, ovate, obtuse, crenated, narrowed at the base, 

 wrinkled, villous above, and clothed with white wool beneath ; 

 whorls 2-6-flowered ; flowers pedicellate, densely clothed with 

 white wool, reflexed in the fructiferous state : teeth lanceolate, 

 obtuse, mutic ; corolla exceeding the calyx a little, pubescent 

 outside. 1} . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, Dahl. 

 This differs from S. Lamdrckii, in the broader leaves, which are 

 green above, and clothed with long white pili beneath, not 

 clothed with white wool, &c. 



Nutant-&ov.ered Hedge Nettle. Shrub. 



93 S. LAMA'RCKII (Benth. lab. p. 562.) suffruticose, clothed 

 with woolly tomentum ; leaves nearly sessile, oblong, obtuse, 

 crenated, narrowly rounded at the base, thick, much wrinkled ; 

 whorls about 6-flowered, few, distant ; calyx tubular, densely 

 clothed with white wool : teeth ovate, obtuse, mutic ; corolla 

 exceeding the calyx a little, clothed with white tomentum out- 

 side. ^ . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. S. rugosa, 

 Lam. ill. t. 509. f. 3. but not of Ait. Sideritis decumbens, 

 Thunb. prod. p. 95. Habit of Marrubium. Branches at length 

 nearly glabrous. Leaves 6-12 lines long. Corollas yellow. ? 



Lamarck's Hedge Nettle. Shrub. 



94 S. JUGA'LIS (Burch. cat. geogr. no. 1233. ex Benth., lab. 

 p. 562.) suffruticose, clothed with rather floccose tomentum ; 

 leaves nearly sessile, oblong-lanceolate, subcrenated at top, 

 wrinkled; whorls 6-10-flowered, distant; calyx woolly, with 

 broad-lanceolate acute mutic teeth ; corolla twice as long as 

 the calyx. ^ . G. Native of South Africa. Leaves 1 to 1 j 

 inch long, the tomentum rather velvety above, and canescent 

 beneath. Corolla clothed with silky villi outside. 



Coupled Hedge Nettle. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



95 S. INFLA'TA (Benth. lab. p. 562.) suffruticose ; branches 

 clothed with white tomentum ; leaves nearly sessile, oblong, 

 obtuse, quite entire, a little wrinkled, clothed with white tomen- 

 tum beneath ; whorls about 6-flowered, distant ; bracteas linear, 

 short ; flowers sessile ; calyx inflately campanulate, with ovate 

 bluntish mutic teeth ; corolla one half longer than the calyx. 

 fy . G. Native of the North of Africa, and probably of Egypt ; 

 in Persia, between Kermancha and Amadan, Olivier. Leaves 

 scarcely an inch long. Corolla silky outside. Tomentum floe- 

 cose. 



Inflated-calyxed Hedge Nettle. Shrub. 



96 S. INTEGRIFOLIA (Vahl, herb, ex Benth. lab. p. 562.) suf- 

 fruticose ; branches tomentosely woolly ; leaves nearly sessile, 

 oblong, bluntish, quite entire, or with a few crenatures at apex, 

 narrowed at the base, green ; whorls 6-10-flowered, distinct; 

 bracteas linear, shorter than the calyxes ; calyx ovate-tubular, 

 sessile, densely clothed with wool, having linear obtuse mutic 

 teeth ; corolla one half longer than the calyx. fj . G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Betonica Heraclea, Lin. mant. p. 



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