126 LABIATAE. Vor. III. 
7. Stachys Nuttllii Shuttlw. Nuttall’s Hedge 
Nettle. Fig. 3621. 
Stachys Nuttallii Shuttlw.; DC. Prodr. 12: 469. 1848. 
Perennial, conspicuously hirsute, bright green; stem 
stiff, erect, 13°-33° tall, simple. Leaves thinnish, ob- 
long, oblong-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 
serrate-dentate, rounded or truncate at the base, short- 
petioled, 2-4’ long; spike interrupted; bracts surpass- 
ing the calyx, the upper ones with 3 tooth-like lobes; 
calyx-teeth triangular-lanceolate, acuminate, about 4 
as long as the tube; corolla purple, about 5” long, pu- 
bescent; nutlets about 1” long. 
In woods and on mountain slopes, Maryland and Vir- 
ginia to Tennessee. June—Aug. 
8. Stachys tenuifolia Willd. Smooth 
Hedge Nettle. Fig. 3622. 
Stachys tenuifolia Willd. Sp. Pl.3: 100. 1801. 
S. glabra Ridd. Suppl. Cat. Ohio Pl. 16. 1836. 
S. cincinnatensis Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 531. 
1891. : 
Perennial; stem quite smooth, or slightly 
scabrous on the angles, slender, erect or 
ascending, usually branched, 1°-23° high. 
Leaves lanceolate, oblong, or ovate-lanceo- 
late, slender-petioled, thin, acuminate at the 
apex, obtuse or subcordate at the base, 
sharply dentate or denticulate, dark green, 
2’-5’ long, +’-2’ wide; clusters several or 
numerous in terminal spikes, or also in the 
upper axils; calyx glabrous, or sparingly 
hirsute, 2” long, its teeth lanceolate, acute, 
one-half as long as the tube or more; co- 
rolla about 6-8” long, pale red and purple. 
In moist fields and thickets, New York to Illinois, Kansas, North Carolina and Louisiana. 
Ascends to 4ooo ft. in North Carolina. June-Aug. 
g. Stachys A4spera Michx. Rough Hedge 
Nettle or Woundwort. Fig. 3623. 
Stachys aspera Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 5. 1803. 
Stachys hispida Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 407. 1814. 
S. palustris var. aspera A. Gray, Man. Ed. 2, 317. 1856. 
Perennial, rough hairy; stem erect or ascending, 
simple or branched, 2°-4° high, commonly retrorse- 
hispid on the angles. Leaves firm, oblong, oblong- 
lanceolate, or ovate-oblong, crenate-dentate, acute or 
acuminate at the apex, truncate, rounded or cordate 
at the base, 2’-6’ long, 3’-23’ wide, the lower slender- 
petioled, the upper short-petioled; spike terminal, 
mostly interrupted; clusters sometimes also in the 
upper axils; calyx about 3” long, hirsute or glabrate, 
its teeth triangular-lanceolate, acuminate, about one- 
half as long as the tube; corolla red-purple, about 3’ 
long, its upper lip pubescent. 
In moist soil, Ontario to Massachusetts, Florida, Min- 
nesota and Louisiana. Ascends to 5300 ft. in Virginia. 
June-Sept. Base hoarhound. 
