656 Obder 89.— LABIAT-S:. 



chiefly . remarkable for its ample, bell-shaped calyi, in the bottom of whiph is 

 seated the yellOwish-green flower, f Syria. 



37. GALEOP'SIS, L. Hemp Nettle. (Gr. ycsA^, a weasel, o^ig, 

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

 5-eIeft, spinescent ; upper lip of the corolla vaulted, subcrenate, lower lip 

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

 gest, cleft and crenate ; stamens exserted beyond the tube ; anther cells 

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



X G. tetr^hit L. St. hispid, the intemodes thickened upwards ; 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, serrata 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, July. 

 § Eur. 



2 G. l^danum L. /Si. jto6ro«« or puJesceni, intemodes equal; Ivs. lanceolaie, 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 swollen 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. OTcixvg, a spike; from 

 the inflorescence.) Calyx tube angular, campanulate, 5 or 10-ribbed, 

 6-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 

 racemes. 



* Plants glabrous, or nearly so. Calyx teeth divaricately spreading Nos, 1, 2 



* Plants hispid. Oaty.x teeth suberect. — Leaves subsessile, petioles to S" long. . . ,No3. 8, 4 



— Leaves all petiolate, petioles 6 to 12" long. Nos. 5, 6 



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

 sessile, 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. — If Wet soQs, iu barrens, Mass. to Mo. and S. 

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

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



2 S. glabra Riddell. St. glabrous 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. T. to Midi. 

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

 the petioles 6 to 12". Spikes at length 3 to 1' long. Fls. slender, pale red and 

 purple. Jl., Aug. 



^. DEBiLis. 'Weak, much branched, from a decumbent base. — Ga., La. 



3 S. palilstris L. St. stout, erect, hispid, with retrorse bristles; lvs. many, his- 

 pid, haary beneath, on short petioles, oblong-lanceolate, subaouminate, narrowed 

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

 erect-spreading ; cor. twice longer than the calyx. — If 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. Fls. widely gaping, 

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



4 S. dspera Mx. St. slender, erect or fiexuous, retrorsely hispid; lvs. sparsely 

 hispid, subsessile, ovate-Ianoeolate, acute or acuminate, sharply serrate, obtuse at 

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

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



