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LABIATE. LXXXI. STACHYS. 



83. Phlomis parvifolia, Burch. cat. geogr. no. 1232. trav. p. 

 225. Sideritis, Thunb. protl. p. 9.5. Leaves J an inch long, 

 beset with rather stellate wool while young, but the adult ones 

 are nearly glabrous ; floral leaves longer, and more densely to- 

 mentose. Corolla pubescent. 



Entire-leaved Hedge Nettle. Shrub. 



SECT. VIII. ZIETE^NIA (probably so named after some obscure 

 botanist.) Benth. lab. p. 562. Zietenia and Stachys species 

 of authors. Under-shrubs, woolly from white soft hairs, rarely 

 glabrous. Bracteas small or few. Whorls 2-6-flowered. Ca- 

 lyxes woolly or glabrous, with subulate usually spinose teeth. 



97 S. LAVANDUL*FOLIA (Vahl, symb. 1. p. 42.) suffruticose, 

 pilose ; cauline leaves petiolate, oblong-lanceolate, quite entire, 

 narrowed at both ends ; floral leaves sessile, ovate-lanceolate ; 

 whorls 2-6-flowered: teeth of calyx linear, mutic, longer than 

 the tube, exceeding the corolla, b H. Native of Caucasus, 

 in dry stony places. Zietenia orientalis, Gled. act. berol. 1766. 

 p. 3. Sideritis calycantha, Bieb. fl. cauc. 3. p. 393. Rchb. 

 icon. bot. eur. 1. p. 17. t. 15. A humble, spreading, procum- 

 bent, canescent shrub. Sterile branches erect, leafy. Leaves 

 bluntish. Corolla purple, shorter than the calycine teeth. 



Lavender-leaved Hedge Nettle. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. 

 Shrub procumbent. 



98 S. MUCRONA'TA (Sieb. pi. cret. exs. ex Benth. lab. p. 563.) 

 suffruticose, much branched, woolly from long loose hairs ; 

 leaves petiolate, oblong, crenated, wrinkled ; whorls 2-4-flow- 

 ered ; calyx campanulate, with long, rather spinose teeth, which 

 exceed the corolla. fy . H. Native of Candia. Leaves 1 inch 

 long : floral ones sessile. Whorls distinct. Limb of corolla 

 very villous. 



Mucronate Hedge Nettle. Shrub ^ foot. 



99 S. SPINOSA (Lin. syst. 8. p. 58.) suffruticose, hoary from 

 silky adpressed hairs, much branched : branches spinescent at 

 apex ; leaves sessile, linear, quite entire ; whorls 2-flowered ; 

 calyx campanulate, with lanceolate spinose teeth, which are 

 equal in length to the corolla. fy . H. Native of Candia. 

 This differs from S. glutinbsa, in the leaves, branches, and 

 calyxes being clothed with silky wool ; in the branches being 

 spinescent, and in the larger corollas. Park, theatr. 476. t. 48. 

 f. 6. Mor. hist. 3. p. 382. sect. 11. t. 10. f. 9. 



Spnose-branched Hedge Nettle. Fl. July. Clt. 1640. 

 Shrub 1 foot. ? 



100 S. GLUTINOSA (Lin. spec. p. 813.) suffruticose, glabrous, 

 much branched ; leaves oblong-linear, acute, almost quite entire, 

 narrowed at the base ; whorls about 2-flowered ; calyx campa- 

 nulate, glabrous, with equal ovate very acute rather spinose 

 teeth ; corolla clothed with silky pubescence outside : tube 

 about equal in length to the calycine teeth. Tj . H. Native of 

 Corsica, on hills; and of Candia, &c. Mor. hist. 3. p. 389. 

 sect. 11. t. 4. f. 17. ? Leaves of the spinescent branches an 

 inch long, on short petioles, furnished with a few scattered 

 hairs, the rest glabrous : superior ones sessile. Flowers on 

 short pedicels. Corolla almost white. 



Clammy Hedge Nettle. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1729. Shrub 

 1 foot. 



101 S. FRUTICULOSA (Bieb. fl. cauc. 2. p. 51.) suffruticose, 

 divaricately branched at the base ; branches rather pilose ; 

 leaves sessile, oblong-lanceolate, or linear, subdenticulated, 

 green on both surfaces, glabrous : floral ones conforming to the 

 others; whorls 2- flowered ; calycine teeth lanceolate, very 

 acute, somewhat spinose, rather shorter than the tube ; corolla 

 about twice as long as the calyx. Jj . H. Native of Eastern 

 Caucasus and Iberia, in stony places of mountains. Leaves \ 

 to 1 inch long, with remote short toothlets. Corolla pale 

 purple. 



Fruticulose Hedge Nettle. 

 Shrub 1 foot. ? 



Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1818. 



f Species not sufficiently known. 



102 S. BETONICJEFOLIA (Desf. cor. in ann. mus. 10. p. 304. t. 

 25.) villous; leaves cordate, crenated ; whorls about 6-flowered ; 

 calyxes mutic. Q. H. Native of Candia, Tournefort. Stem 

 erect, branched. Leaves petiolate, wrinkled, obtuse, crenated, 

 very like those of Betonica officinalis. Whorls distinct, 2-6- 

 flowered ; floral leaves ovate, a little longer than the calyxes. 

 Corolla large, white. Perhaps the same as S. spinulosa. 



Betony-leaved Hedge Nettle. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1812. 

 PI. 2 feet. 



103 S. SCORDIOI'DES (Poir. diet. 7. p. 373.) suffruticose; 

 leaves lanceolate-linear, almost entire : floral ones spiny-tooth- 

 ed ; calycine teeth straight, subulate, spinose. ^ F- Native 

 of the North of Africa. Branches numerous, divaricate, stiff, 

 villous. Floral leaves sessile, half stem-clasping, all glabrous. 

 Whorls interrupted, terminal, 6-9-flowered. Corolla yellowish, 

 a little longer than the calyx : upper lip flattish, emarginate ; 

 lobes of lower lip roundish, unequal, subcrenulated. Perhaps a 

 species of Sideritis. 



Scordium-like Hedge Nettle. Shrub humble. 



104 S. OLY'MPICA (Poir. suppl. 5. p. 226.) villous ; stem 

 simple, straight, stoloniferous ; leaves elliptic, sharply serrated, 

 ciliated with wool ; cauline leaves distant, spreading at the top 

 of straight petioles ; spike dense, woolly. lf..?H. Native of 

 Mount Olympus, Toscan. Allied to S. nivea. Stem woolly. 

 Leaves an inch long, obtuse at both ends, whitish-green above, 

 and woolly beneath. Whorls dense. Teeth of calyx spinose. 

 Corolla pale yellow, villous outside. 



Olympic Hedge Nettle. PI. 1 foot. 



105 S. TOURNEFORTII (Poir. suppl. 5. p. 227.) leaves cor- 

 date-ovate, subcrenated, obtuse ; petioles connate at the base ; 

 whorls many-flowered ; corolla large, villous outside : tube 

 length of calyx ; stem tomentose. OM H. Native of Candia, 

 near Canea, Tournefort. S. Cretica latifolia, Tourn. inst. p. 

 186. itin. 1. p. 33. t. 1. This is a beautiful species, with large 

 rose-coloured flowers. Leaves wrinkled, whitish-green, finely 

 crenulated, 2-3 inches long, and an inch broad. Corolla with a 

 whitish tube and a rose-coloured lip. 



Tourneforl's Hedge Nettle. PI. 2 feet. 



106 S. PILOSA (Nutt. journ. acad. nat. sc. phil. 7. p. 48.) 

 hairy from pili ; leaves nearly sessile, oblong-ovate, acute, ser- 

 rated ; calyx very pilose, with elongated teeth ; whorls about 

 6-flowered. I/.? H. Native of North America, in the val- 

 leys of the Rocky Mountains. Plant humble, robust. Leaves 

 soft beneath. Flowers rather large, purplish. 



Pilose Hedge Nettle. PI. humble. 



j- f Doubtful species. 



107 S. DECU'MBENS (Pers. ench. 2. p. 123.) whorls many- 

 flowered, approximate ; bracteas filiform ; leaves cordate, tooth- 

 ed ; stem decumbent, villous. I/ . ? H. Native country un- 

 known. Habit of S. circinnata. Corolla yellowish. Stem 

 branched. 



Decumbent Hedge Nettle. PI. decumbent. 



108 S. VENOSA (Pers. 1. c.) lower leaves spatulate, obtuse, 

 crenated, petiolate, veined with red ; cauline leaves sub-rhom- 

 boid ; stem very villous; calyx smooth, "U., 1 . H. Native 

 country unknown. 



Kj/-leaved Hedge Nettle. PI. 



109 S. BET^FOLIA (Pers. 1. c. p. 124.) leaves petiolate, cor- 



