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Calix: five-cleft. Corolla: ringent; upper lip bifid; lower 

 three-parted. Stamina: within the tube of the corolla; the 

 shorter stigma involving the other. Most of the plants of 

 this genus are hardy enough to thrive in the open air in 

 England ; and are propagated by seeds, which may be sown 

 in shallow drills upon a dry spot of ground; and in the 

 spring, when the plants come up, they must be freed from 

 weeds, and drawn out when fit to be removed, and trans- 

 planted into a bed at about nine or ten inches' distance, 

 which will give those that are left in the seed-bed room to 

 grow. The plants removed should be shaded and watered 

 until they have taken new root, after which they will require 

 no other care but to keep them clean from weeds till the fol- 

 lowing autumn, and then to transplant them where they are 

 to remain. None of the species should be planted in a rich 

 ground, for that will cause them to grow so luxuriantly in 

 summer, that the frost or much wet will destroy them in 

 winter. The species are, 



1. Sideritis Canariensis ; Canary Ironwort. Shrubby, vil- 

 lose : leaves cordate, oblong, acute, petioled ; spikes whorled, 

 before flowering nodding; branches divaricate, covered with 

 a soft down. Stem five or six feet high ; leaves green above, 

 elegantly edged with white, finely crenate, rather shaggy, 

 more thickly clothed beneath. The flowers, which grow in 

 thick whorled spikes at the end of the branches, are of a 

 dirty white, and appear early in June ; it also frequently 

 flowers in autumn. Native of the Canaries, and of Madeira. 

 This species is generally kept in green-houses, but will live 

 abroad in moderate winteis, if screened from hard frost upon 

 a warm dry border under a common frame. It is propagated 

 by seeds, which should be sown in autumn, for those which 

 are sown in the spring seldom succeed, or, if they do, seldom 

 come up in the first year. 



2. Sideritis Candicans ; Mullein-leaved Ironwoft. Shrubby, 

 tomentose : leaves ovate-lanceolate, cordate, attenuated at 

 top, snow-white beneath; whorls about eight-flowered, remote. 

 It flowers from April to July. Native of Madeira. 



3. Sideritis Cretica; Cretan Ironwort. Shrubby, tomen- 

 tose ; leaves cordate-oblong, obtuse, petioled ; branches diva- 

 ricating ; spikes whorled. Native of Crete. 



4. Sideritis Montana; Mountain Ironwort. Herbaceous, 

 without bractes: calices larger than the corolla, spiny; upper 

 lip trifid. In rocky situations it is upright, in meadows de- 

 cumbent. Native of Italy, Austria, and Silesia, flowering in 

 July and August. This and the next species being annuals, 

 ought not to be removed, but thinned and weeded, and left 

 in the place where they were sown. 



5. Sideritis Elegans ; Dark-flowered Ironwort. Herbace- 

 ous, without bractes, villose ; stem diffused ; segments of 

 the calices almost equal, spinulose. It flowers in July. 

 Native place unknown. See the preceding species. 



6. Sideritis Romana; Roman Ironwort. Herbaceous, 

 decumbent., hairy, without bractes : calices spiny ; upper lip 

 ovate. Tube and upper lip of the corolla pale red ; lower lip 

 white, dilated. The roots seldom continue above two years 

 in England. -Native of the south of Europe, and of Barbary. 

 This and the next species, though properly green-house 

 plants, will often live through the winter in the open ai-r, 

 especially if their seeds are sown upon dry rubbish ; for when 

 they happen to grow in the joints of old walls they will endure 

 the greatest cold of this climate. 



7. Sideritis Syriaca ; Sage-leaved Ironwort. Suffruticose, 

 tomentose, woolly : leaves lanceolate, almost quite entire ; 

 flowers whorled, spiked, acute, tomentose. Stem erect, 

 mostly simple, a foot high. Perennial. Native of Italy. This 

 does not produce good seeds in England ; and is therefore 





propagated by slipping off the heads and planting them in a 

 shady border during the spring or summer months. They 

 will readily take root, and should be screened in winter. 



8. Sideritis Taurica; Tartarian Ironwort. Suffruticose, 

 tomentose : leaves lanceolate, crenate; flowers whorl-spiked; 

 whorls approximating ; bractes cordate, acuminate, netted, 

 nerved. Native of the Chersonese Taurica. 



9. Sideritis Distans ; Distant-whorled Ironwort. Suffru- 

 ticose, hoary: leaves lanceolate, quite entire, acute; flowers 

 whorl-spiked ; whorls distant ; bractes cordate, acuminate, 

 mucronate, netted, nerved. Native of the Levant. 



10. Sideritis Perfoliata ; Perfoliate Ironwort. Herbace- 

 ous, hispid, hairy : upper leaves lanceolate, embracing, tooth- 

 letted ; bractes cordate, acuminate, netted, nerved, hairy at 

 the edge ; stem upright. Native of the Levant. 



1 1 . Sideritis Ciliata ; Ciliated Ironwort. Herbaceous : 

 leaves petioled, ovate, serrate ; bractes nerved, ciliate. Stem 

 four-cornered, erect, branched. Native of Japan. 



12. Sideritis Incana ; Lavender-leaved Ironwort. Suffru- 

 ticose, tomentose : leaves lanceolate-linear, quite entire ; 

 bractes toothed ; lateral lobes of the upper lip of the corolla 

 acute. The habit of this plant is much like Lavender. Whorls 

 distant, four or five- in a spike; calix clothed with white cot- 

 tony down ; corolla twice as long as the calix, yellow, white, 

 or pale blue. It varies with the lower leaves linear-spatulate, 

 and the upper linear ; also with the lower linear, and the 

 upper oblong or spatulate ; lastly, with the leaves quite entire 

 and subcordate. Native of Spain. 



13. Sideritis Virgata; Rod-like Ironwort. Suffruticose, 

 tomentose : leaves linear, quite entire ; bractes toothed ; 

 lateral lobes of the upper lip of the corolla obtuse. Native 

 of Barbary, on the sandy hills near Mascar. 



14. Sideritis Glauca ; Glaucous Ironwort. Herbaceous, 

 perennial, pubescent, hoary : leaves linear-spatulate, quite 

 entire ; bractes toothed ; lateral lobes of the lower lip of the 

 corolla acute. Native of Valencia in Spain. 



15. Sideritis Hyssopifolia ; Hyssop-leaved Ironwort. Leaves 

 lanceolate, smooth, quite entire; bractes coidate, tooth- 

 spiny; calices equal. Stem short, woody, with branches a 

 foot and half long. Native of Switzerland, Italy, and the 

 Pyrenees. 



16. Sideritis Scordioides ; Crenated Ironwort. Leaves 

 lanceolate, somewhat toothed, smooth above ; bractes ovate, 

 tooth-spiny; calices equal. Root perennial; stems afoot 

 long. It flowers from August to November. Native of the 

 south of France. 



17. Sideritis Spinosa ; Thorny Ironwort. Hirsute: leaves 

 lanceolate, pointed with strong spinous teeth; as well as the 

 reticulated heart-shaped bractes. Native of Spain, in Castile 

 and Arragon. 



18. Sideritis Hirsuta; Hairy Ironwort. Leaves oblong, 

 obtuse, toothed, hairy ; bractes tooth-spiny ; stems hirsute, 

 decumbent. Native of the south of Europe. 



19. Sideritis Ovata; Ovate-leaved Ironwort. Herbaceous, 

 pubescent: leaves petioled, elliptic obtuse, crenate; spike 

 four-cornered ; bractes ovate, tooth-spiny. Perennial. 

 Native of Peru. 



20. Sideritis Lanata ; Woolly Ironwort. Herbaceous, dif- 

 fuse, hairy : leaves cordate, obtuse, villose ; calices awnless, 

 woolly ; spike long ; stem erect ; root annual. Native of 

 Palestine and Egypt. 



Siderodendrum ; a genus of the class Tetrandria, order 

 Monogynia. GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix: perianth one- 

 leafed, very small, four-toothed, acute, placed on the ger- 

 men. Corolla : one-petalled ; tube cylindrical, curved in, 

 Long; horde* four-cleft; segments oblong, obtuse, flat, 



