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5. Stachys aspera Michx. Rough Hedge 

 Nettle or Woundwort. (Fig. 3120.) 



Stachys aspera Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 5. 1803. 



Stachys hispida Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 407. 1814. 



.S. patustrisvar. aspera A. Gray, Man. Ed. 2, 317. 1856. 



Perennial, rough hairy; stem erect or ascending, 

 simple or branched, 2-4 high, commonly retrorse- 

 hispid on the angles. Leaves firm, oblong, oblong- 

 lanceolate, or ovate-oblong.crenate-dentate, acute or 

 acuminate at the apex, truncate, rounded or cor- 

 date at the base, 2 / -6 / long, Yz'-^yi' wide, the lower 

 slender-petioled, the upper short-petioled; spike 

 terminal, mostly interrupted; clusters sometimes 

 also in the upper axils; calyx about 3" long, hirsute 

 or glabrate, its teeth triangular-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate, about one-half as long as the tube; corolla 

 red-purple, about % f long, its upper lip pubescent. 



In moist soil, Ontario to Florida, Minnesota and 

 Louisiana. Ascends to 5300 ft. in Virginia. June-Sept. 



6. Stachys cordata Riddell. Light-green Hedge Nettle. (Fig. 3121.) 



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

 Stachys Nuttallii Shuttw.; Benth. in DC. Prodr. 12: 



469. 1848. 

 Stachys paluslris var. cordata A. Gray, Man. Fd. 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-peti- 



oled, 3' -6' long, if-tf wide, the lowest petioles 



nearly as long as the blades; spike interrupted; 



calyx-teeth subulate-lanceolate, about half the 



length of the tube; corolla purplish, pubescent or 



puberulent, about 5" long. 



In woods and thickets, Ohio to North Carolina and 

 Tennessee. Ascends to 2100 ft. in Virginia. July-Aug. 



7. Stachys arvensis L,. Corn or Field 

 Woundwort. (Fig. 3122.) 

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



Annual, hirsute; stem very slender, diffusely 

 branched, decumbent or ascending, 3 / -2 long. 

 Leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, thin, long-petioled, 

 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-flowered, borne in the upper axils and in short 

 terminal spikes; calyx about 3" long, its teeth lan- 

 ceolate, acuminate, nearly as long as the tube; 

 corolla purplish, 3 // -5 // long. 



In waste places, Maine, Massachusetts, and in bal- 

 last about the eastern seaports. Naturalized from 

 Europe. July-Oct. 



21. BETONICA L. Sp. PI. 582. 1753. 

 Annual or perennial herbs, similar to Stachys. Lower leaves very long-petioled. Verti- 

 cils many-flowered, in terminal spikes. Calyx nearly equally 5-toothed, 5-10-nerved. 

 Corolla purple, the tube exceeding the calyx, the limb strongly 2-lipped; upper lip concave; 



