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1. M. vunrgare L. Flowers white.—San 
Francisco. Contra Costa. Summer. 
Native of Europe. Perhaps in older times 
used as a medicinal herb. 
16. Stachys. Hevex-Nerrie. 
Limb of the corolla 2-labiate, upper lip 
erect, concave, lower lip spreading, 3-lobed, 
middle lobe longest. Stamens ascending, ap- 
proximate in pairs, parallel, contorted in with- 
ering. 
1. §. asucorpEs Benth. Corolla pale, tube 
about the length of the calyx; leaves oblong 
with rounded base; lower leaves petioled; up- 
per sessile; none of the floral leaves shorter 
than the clusters, which are arranged in an in- 
terrupted spike.—2s. Common. Summer. 
2. S. ALBENS Gray. Corolla pale, tube about 
the lenyth of the calyx; leaves oblong with 
cordate base; lower leaves short-petioled; 
upper nearly sessile; most of the floral leaves 
shorter than tle inflorescences, which are ar- 
ranged in an interrupted spike.—727f. Santa 
Clara County. Summer. 
3. §. pyonantHa Benth. Corolla pale; tube 
about the length of the calyx; floral leaves all 
reduced to small bracts.—2£. Common. Sum- 
mer. 
