906 REPORT OF STATE GEOLOGIST. 



L. purpubeum L. Red Dead Nettle. 

 In waste and cultivated soils. 

 Flowers from April until October. 

 Steuben (Bradner). 



STACHYS L. 



S. hyssopifolia Michx. Hyssop Hedge Nettle. 



In moist, shaded locations in the northern counties of the 

 State. 



Flowering season, July and August. 

 Laporte (Barnes); Lake (Hill); Marion. 



S. tenuifolia Willd. Smooth Hedge Nettle. 

 (8. aspera glabra Gray.) 

 In damp fields and thickets, chiefly in the southern counties. 

 Not abundant. 



Flowers in June and July. 



Gibson and Posey (Schneck); Clark (Baird and Taylor); Jay, 

 Delaware, Randolph, and Wayne (Phinney); Jefferson (J. M. 

 Coulter); Yigo (Blatchley). 



8. palustris L. Common Hedge Nettle. 



Widely distributed and abundant, occurring in moist soils. 

 Locally known as Rough-weed. 



Flowering from June until September. 



Tippecanoe (Cunningham); Franklin (Meyncke); Clark (Baird 

 and Taylor); Gibson and Posey (Schneck); Jay, Delaware, Ran- 

 dolph, and Wayne (Phinney); Noble (Van Gorder); Kosciusko 

 (Chipman); Knox (Spillman); Fayette (Hessler); Putnam (Mac- 

 Dougal); Hamilton and Marion (Wilson). 



S. aspera Michx. Rough Hedge Nettle. 



In moist soil, very frequent along streams and canals and on the 

 borders of lakes. Of general distribution in the State. 



Flowers from June through August. 



Tippecanoe (Cunningham); Jefferson (Barnes); Jay, Dela- 

 ware, Randolph, and Wayne (Phinney); Gibson and Posey 

 (Schneck); Clark (Baird and Taylor); Franklin (Meyncke); Vigo 

 (Blatchley); Hamilton and Marion (Wilson); Steuben (Bradner). 



