312 DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. 



uppermoft are oval and feffile : the flowers grow 

 in whirls, forming a fhort fpike at the top of the 

 ftalk : the Bra£iea are of an oval-lanceolate 

 form, and fliorter than the flowers : the Calyx 

 Hands rather ere6l, divided into two lips, and 

 having the 2 upper dents recurv'd : the flowers arc 

 red, {landing open and horizontal, and about 14 

 in a whirl : the tube of the flower is twice as 

 long as the Calyx, and the Filaments are hairy. 

 "jar Q There is a fmall mountainous variety of this not 

 unfrequent, with a fpike nearly globular, (vid. 

 Moris, hifi.f. 11. /. 5./. 4. ordinis fwperioris) 

 The roots in a fmall dofe have an emetic quality, 

 and the powder of the dry'd plant is a good Err- 

 hine, and readily promotes fneezing. 



STACHYS. Gen pi. yic). 

 Corolla labium fuperius fornicatum ; labium infe* 



rius lateribus reflexum \ intermedia majore emar- 



ginata. Stamina deflorata verfus latera reflexa. 

 hlvatica i. STACHYS verticillis fexfloris, foliis cordatis peti- 



olatis. S'p.fl. 811. {Ger. em. 704. /. 5. Rivin. t. 



26. Blackwellt. 84. bona. Moris, hifi.f. n. /. n. 



/. io> Petiv. herb. t. '2,1. f. y.) 

 Hedge Nettle. Jnglis. 

 In woods and fiiadv places not uncommon. G. VII. 



VIII. 

 The whole plant is hairy, ereft, a yard high, and 



branched : the hairs are jointed : the flowers are 



of a deep red color, growing fix or eight in a 



whirl. 



