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to. Stachys salvioides Small. Sage-like 
Hedge Nettle. Fig. 3624. 
Stachys salvioides Small; Fl. SE. U.S. 1032. 1903. 
Perennial, rather finely and often closely puberu- 
lent or puberulent-pubescent; stem erect, 1°-3° tall, 
commonly branched, rough along the angles. Leaves 
firm, oblong to oblong-ovate or rarely ovate, 23’-5’ 
long, or shorter on the lower part of the stem, 
pubescent on both sides, acute or acutish, crenate, 
truncate or cordate at the base, slender-petioled; 
clusters several; calyx sessile or nearly so, becom- 
ing 23” long, finely pubescent, the tube campanulate- 
turbinate, the teeth triangular at mutarity; corolla 
nearly 5” long, pale purple. 
In stony soil, Virginia and West Virginia to Tennes- 
see. June-Aug. 
11. Stachys cordata Riddell. Light-green 
Hedge Nettle. Fig. 3625. 
Stachys cordata Riddell, Suppl. Cat. Ohio Pl. 15. 1836. 
see sy palustris var. cordata A. Gray, Man. Ed. 2, 317. 
56. 
Perennial, hirsute, pale green; stem slender, weak, 
mostly simple, ascending or reclining, 2°-3° long. 
Leaves membranous, flaccid, ovate, oblong or ovate- 
lanceolate, acuminate, acute or the lowest obtuse 
at the apex, nearly all of them cordate at the base, 
dentate or crenate all around, long-petioled, 3’-6’ 
long, 1’-3’ wide, the lowest petioles nearly as long 
as the blades; spike interrupted; calyx-teeth subu- 
late-lanceolate, about half the length of the tube; 
corolla purplish, pubescent or puberulent, about 5” 
long. 
In woods and thickets, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois to 
North Carolina and Tennessee. Ascends to 2100 ft. in 
Virginia. July-Aug. 
12. Stachys arvénsis L. Corn or Field Woundwort. Fig. 3626. 
Stachys arvensis L. Sp. Pl. Ed. 2, 814. 1763. \ 4 
Annual, hirsute ; stem very slender, diffusely branch- 
ed, decumbent or ascending, 32° long. Leaves 
ovate or ovate-oblong, thin, long-petioled, obtuse at 
the apex, crenate all around, cordate or the upper 
rounded at the base, about 1’ long; lower petioles 
commonly as long as the blades; clusters 4-6-flow- 
ered, borne in the upper axils and in short terminal 
spikes; calyx about 3” long, its teeth lanceolate, 
acuminate, nearly as long as the tube; corolla pur- 
plish, 3-5” long. 
In waste places, Maine and Massachusetts to Ne- 
braska, in ballast about the eastern seaports, and in the 
West Indies, Mexico and South America. Naturalized 
from Europe. July—Oct. 
Stachys A4nnua L., another European annual species, 
the stems erect, glabrous or nearly so, the yellow corolla 
much longer than the calyx, has been found in ballast 
and waste grounds about the seaports. 
