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



1. S. palUS'tPiS, L. Stem 2-3 feet high, 4-aiigled, the 

 angles beset with stiff refloxed hairs oi- bristles. Leaves 

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

 late, creuately 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. Caly^x mostly glabrous. 

 Corolla glabrous throughout. — Wet' grounds. 



2S. lEONU'BCS, L. MoTHEKWOKT. 



L. Cardi'aca, L. (Common MoTHEkwoET.) Stem tall. 



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



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



83. IjA'MlVn, L. Dead-Nettle. 



1. L. amplexieau'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. 



8. 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 



84. B4LLO'TA, L. FETID HOKEHOUKD. 

 B. nigra, L. (Black Hokehound.) Leaves ovate, toothed. 

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

 Ontario. 



Order LXIV. BOREAGINA'CE^. (Boeagb Family.) 

 Herbs, with a deeply 4^1obed ovary, forming 4 seed-like 

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

 lobed, with 5 stamens inserted upon its tube, 

 Synopsis of tUe Genera. 

 * Corolla without any scales in the throat. 

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

 0(6 somewhat unequal lobes. Stamens exserted, unequal. Flow- 

 ers briglit blue, witli a purplisli tinge,in racemed clusters. Plant 

 bristly. 



