Si2 DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. 



uppermoll are oval and feffile : the flowers grow 

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

 ftalk : the BraEle^ are of an oval-lanceolate 

 form, and fhorter than the flowers : the Calyx 

 flands rather eredl, divided into two lips, and 

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

 red, Handing 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. 

 var 0. '^^^^^^ ^^ ^ fmall mountainous variety of this not 

 unfrequent, with a fpike nearly globular. (viL 

 Moris, hift. f. 11. /. 5. /. 4. ordinis fuperioris) 

 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 pL 719. 

 CorolU labium fuperius fornicatum -, labium infe- 

 rius lateribus reflexum ; intermedia majore emar- 

 ginata. Stamina dcflorata veri'us latera reflexa, 

 Mvatica i ^'T-^CHYS verticillis fexfloris, foliis cordatis peti- 

 olatis. Sp, pL 8iJ. {Ger. em. 704. /. 5,. Rivin. t. 

 26. Blackwellt. 84. bona* Moris, hijf. f. n. t.ii, 

 /. 10. Petiv. herb. t. ^2. f, j.) 

 • Hedge Nettle. Anglis. 



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



VIIL 

 The whole plant is hairy, eredl:, a yard high, and 

 branched : the hairs are jointed : the flowers are 

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



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