GENUS 21. 



MINT FAMILY. 



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10. Stachys salvioides Small. Sage-like 

 Hedge Nettle. Fig. 3624. 



Siachys salvioides Small; Fl. SE. U. S. 1032. 1903. 



Perennial, rather finely and often closely puberu- 

 lent or puberulent-pubescent ; stem erect, l-3 tall, 

 commonly branched, rough along the angles. Leaves 

 firm, oblong to oblong-ovate or rarely ovate, 2$'-s' 

 long, or shorter on the lower part of the stem, 

 pubescent on both sides, acute or acutish, crenate, 

 truncate or cordate at the base, slender-petioled ; 

 clusters several ; calyx sessile or nearly so, becom- 

 ing 2i" long, finely pubescent, the tube campanulate- 

 turbinate, the teeth triangular at mutarity; corolla 

 nearly 5" long, pale purple. 



In stony soil, Virginia and West Virginia to Tennes- 

 see. June-Aug. 



ii. Stachys cordata Riddell. Light-green 

 Hedge Nettle. Fig. 3625. 



Stachys cordata Riddell, Suppl. Cat. Ohio PI. 15. 1836. 

 Stachys palustris var. cordata A. Gray, Man. Ed. 2, 317. 

 1856. 



Perennial, hirsute, pale green ; stem slender, weak, 

 mostly simple, ascending or reclining, 2~3 long. 

 Leaves membranous, flaccid, ovate, oblong or ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, acute or the lowest obtuse 

 at the apex, nearly all of them cordate at the base, 

 dentate or crenate all around, long-petioled, 3'-6' 

 long, I '-3' wide, the lowest petioles nearly as long 

 as the blades ; spike interrupted ; calyx-teeth subu- 

 late-lanceolate, about half the length of the tube; 

 corolla purplish, pubescent or puberulent, about 5" 

 long. 



In woods and thickets, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois to 

 North Carolina and Tennessee. Ascends to 2100 ft. in 

 Virginia. July-Aug. 



12. Stachys arvensis L. Corn or Field Wound wort. Fig. 3626. 



Stachys arvensis L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 814. 1763. 



Annual, hirsute ; stem very slender, diffusely branch- 

 ed, decumbent or ascending, 3'-2 long. Leaves 

 ovate or ovate-oblong, thin, long-petiolcd, obtuse at 

 the apex, crenate all around, cordate or the upper 

 rounded at the base, about i' long; lower petioles 

 commonly as long as the blades ; clusters 4-6-flow- 

 ered, borne in the upper axils and in short terminal 

 spikes; calyx about 3" long, its teeth lanceolate, 

 acuminate, nearly as long as the tube; corolla pur- 

 plish, 3"-5" long. 



In waste places, Maine and Massachusetts to Ne- 

 braska, in ballast about the eastern seaports, and in the 

 West Indies, Mexico and South America. Naturalized 

 from Europe. July-Oct. 



Stachys annua L., another European annual species, 

 the stems erect, glabrous or nearly so, the yellow corolla 

 much longer than the calyx, has been found in ballast 

 and waste grounds about the seaports. 



