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21. STACH'YS, Tourn. Hedge-Nettle. 



1. S. palUS'triS, L. Stem 2-3 feet high, 4-angled, the 

 angles beset ivith stiff reflexed hairs or bristles. Leaves 

 sessile, or the lower short-petioled, oblong or ovate-lanceo- 

 late, orenately serrate, downy. Calyx hispid. Upper lip 

 of the corolla pubescent. — Wet grounds. 



2. S. as'pera, Michx. Taller than the last, the leaves 

 nearly all distinctly petioled. Calyx mostly glabrous. 

 Corolla glabrous throughout. — "Wet grounds. 



28. lEONr'RBS, L. MOTHEBWOKT. 



L. Cardi'aea, L. (Common Motherwobt.) Stem tall. 



Leaves long-petioled, the lower palmately lobed, the upper 



3-cleft. Upper lip of the corolla bearded. — Near dwellings. 



23. lA'MirM, L. Deab-Nettle. 



1. L. amplexicau'le, L. Leaves rounded, deeply cren- 

 ate-toothed, the upper ones clasping. In gardens in some 

 places. 



2. L. purpu'reum, L. Leaves rounded or oblong, heart- 

 shaped, crenate-toothed, all petioled. — A garden escape. 



3. L. maeula'tum, L. Taller. Leaves ovate, heart- 

 shaped, often with a white spot above. Flowers rather 

 large, purplish, with hairs at the base inside. — A garden 



escape. 



24. BAJLLO'TA, L. FETm HoKEHOUND. 



B. nigra, L. (Biaok Hobehound.) Leaves ovate, toothed. 



Calyx-teeth longer than the tube of the corolla. — S. W. 



Ontario. 



Obdeb LXrV. BORRAGINA'CRS;. (Bobage Family.) 

 Herbs, with a deeply 4rlobed ovary, forming 4 seed-like 

 nutlets, as in the last Order, hut the corolla is regularly 5- 

 lobed, with S stamens inserted upon its tube. 

 Synopsis of tbe Genera. 

 * Corolla ivithout any scales in the throat. 

 1. E'chlnm. Corolla with a funnel-form tube and a spreading border 

 of 5 somewhat unequallobes. Stamens exserted^ unequal. Flow- 

 era bright blue, with a purplish tinge, in racemed clusters. Plant 

 bristly. 



