556 Oedeb 89.— labiate 



chiefly remarkable for its ample, bell-shaped calyx, in the bottom of which is 

 seated the yellowish-green flower, f Syria. 



37. GALEOP'SIS, L. Hemp Nettle. (Gr. yaX-rj, a weasel, o^jf, 

 appearance ; its grotesque flowers are likened to that animal.) Calyx 

 5-cleft, spinesoent ; upper lip of the corolla vaulted, subcrenate, lower lip 

 with 3 unequal lobes, having 2 teeth on its upper side, middle lobe lar- 

 gest, cleft and crenatc ; stamens cxsertcd beyond the tube ; anther cells 

 opposite, transvcree. — Verticils distant, many-flowered. 



1 G. tetrdhit L. i^i. hispid, the internodes thickened npwarda ; Ivs. ovate, hispid, 

 serrate ; cor. twice as long as the calyx, the upper lip nearly straight, concave. — - 

 A common weed, in waste and cultivated grounds, N. States. St. 1 to 2 to 3f 

 high, obtusely 4-angled, remarkably tumid below the joint, and covered with 

 prickly, deflexed bristles. Leaves hairy on both sides, ovate, acute, serrate. Fls. 

 in dense verticils. Calyx with 5 acute, bristly teeth. Corolla variegated with 

 white and purple, upper lip concave, purple, longer than the lower. June, Julv. 

 § Eur. 



2 Gr. lidanum L. St. glabrous or pubescent, intQioodea cqnal ; Ivs. lanceolate, sub- 

 serrate, pubescent; upper lip of the cor. slightly crenate. — A smaller species, 

 growing among rubbish in gravelly soils, &c., N. Eng., rare. Stem about a foot 

 high, not swoUen below the joints, with opposite branches. Flowers in dense, 

 remote whorls. Corollas usually rose-colored, often white or variegated, spotted 

 with crimson. Aug., Sept. § Eur. 



38. STAXHYS, L. Hedge Nettle. (Gr. oro^i^f, a spike ; from 

 (he inflorescence.) Calj^x tube angular, campanulato, 5 or 10-ribbod, 

 5-toothed, upper teeth often larger ; corolla bilabiate, upper lip erect, 

 spreading or somewhat vaulted, lower lip spreading, 3-lobed, middle 

 lobe largest; stamens ascending, lower ones longer; anthers approxi- 

 mate in pairs. — Verticils 2 to 10-flowered, approximate in terminal 

 racjcmes. 



'' Plants glabrous, or neaTly bo. Calyx teeth divaricately spreading Kos. 1, 3 



' Plants Hispid. Calyx toeth si^berect. — Leaves siibsessilo, petioles to 8" lonf; Nos. 3, 4 



—Leaves all petiolate, petioles G to 12''long;.Nos. 5, 6 



X S. hyssopifolia Mx. St. ascending or erect, glabrous or sparsely hairy ; hs. 

 sesiile, lance-linear, finely serrulate, acute, small, margin and base hispid ; verticils 

 4-flowered, distant ; cal. and very short bracts ciliate, teeth subulate, spreading, 

 twice shorter than the corolla. — 11 Wet soils, in barrens, Mass. to Mo. and S. 

 States. Plant slender, 6 to 12' high. Lvs. 1' in length, rarely longer, 2 to 4'' 

 wide. Fls. sessile, 7" long. Teeth of calyx shorter than its tube, ji 



2 S. glabra Riddel!. St. glaljrous or slightly hispid downward, erect, often 

 branched ; lvs. glabrous, oblong-ovate, rounded or truncate at base, all petiolate, 

 acute or subaouminate, serrate; cal. glabrous, teeth lance-subulate, spinulous, 

 divaricate, as long as the tube of the corolla, — U Woods, streams, N. Y. to Mich, 

 and S. States. Plant slender or rather stout, 15' to 3f high. Lvs. 2 to 4' long, 

 the petioles 6 to 12" Spikes at length 3 to 7' long. pis. slender, pale red and 

 purple. Jl., Aug. 



/3. DEBILIS. "W"cak, much branched, from a decumbent base. — Ga., La. 



3 S. palustris L. St. stout, erect, hispid, witli rctrorso bristles ; lvs. many, his- 

 pid, hoary beneath, on short petioles, oblong-lanceolate, subaeuminate, narrowed 

 towards tlie obtuse base, crenate-serrate ; cal. hispid, teetli acuminate-spinulous, 

 erect-spreading ; cor. twice longer than the calyx. — y By streams and in moist 

 shades. Can. and "Wis. to Car. Herb rough and coarse, 1 to 4f high. Lvs. 3 to 

 6' long, petioles a few lines. Bracts longer than the calyx. Pis. widely gaping, 

 7 to 8" long, pale red spotted with purple. Jn. — Aug. (S. hispida Ph.) 



4 S. aspera Mx. St. slender, erect or flexuou?, retrorsely hispid; lvs. sparsely 

 hispid, subsessile, ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, shaiply serrate, obtuse at 

 base ; cal. glabrous, but ciliate on the angles, and the lanceolate, spinulous, sub- 

 erect teeth. — H Can. and U. S., iu damp places, common. Plant much more 



