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LABIATiE. 



of the North Coast Ranges. Rare within our limits: Caux's Knob, 

 west of St. Helena; Russian River Station; Skaggs' Springs. 



6. BR UN ELLA L. Self Heal. 



Low perennials, the nearly simple stems terminated by a short- 

 spicate or subcapitate inflorescence, each whorl composed of six sub- 

 sessile flowers and subtended by broad floral bracts. Calyx reticulate- 

 veiny, membranaceous or chartaceous, bilabiate; upper lip truncate 

 with 3 cusps; lower 2-cleft; lips closed in fruit. Corolla-throat 

 inflated and tube more or less exserted; upper lip erect, galeate, 

 entire; lower lip 3-lobed, the middle lobe hanging downward. 

 Stamens 4, in pairs under the upper lip, each filament or those of the 

 upper with a small tooth below the anthers. Nutlets smooth and 

 glabrous. (Derived from the Old German Breune or Braune, an 

 affection of the throat, which Self Heal was used to cure. ) 



1. B. vulgaris L. Four to 10 in. high, green and nearly gla- 

 brous; leaves oblong to ovate-lanceolate, obscurely serrate, 1 to 8 in. 

 long, petioled; corolla violet, pinkish or rarely white, exceeding the 

 purplish calyx. 



Woods of low hills and valleys near the coast: Marin Co.; 

 Knight's Valley. June. 



7. STACHYS L. Hedge Nettle. 



Ours hispid or soft-pubescent herbs with the flowers few in the 

 axils of the floral leaves, usually forming an interrupted spicate inflo- 

 rescence. Calyx tubular-campanulate or turbinate, 5 to 10-nerved 

 or -ribbed, with 5 nearly erect or spreading pointed equal teeth, 

 sometimes the upper larger and more or less united. Corolla with 

 cylindrical tube, not dilated at the throat; upper lip erect or slightly 

 turned backward, over-arched or concave, entire or notched; lower 

 lip longer, spreading, 3-lobed, the middle lobe larger, the lateral 

 lobes often deflexed. Stamens 4, in pairs, ascending under the upper 

 lip of the corolla, or one or both pairs sometimes deflexed to the sides 

 of the throat and contorted after anthesis. Nutlets obtuse at the apex. 

 (Greek stachus, an ear of corn, hence a spike; given to these plants on 

 account of their spicate inflorescence.) 



Corolla-tube little or not at all exceeding the calyx. 

 Flowers whitish. 



Whorls forming a dense spike; herbage very hirsute . 1. S. pycnantha. 

 Whorls distinct or indistinct, the inflorescence 3 to 9 in. long; herbage 



white-woolly • 2. S. albens. 



Whorls distinct, the inflorescence 2 to 4 in. long; herbage villous or 



silky-hirsute 3. S. ajugoiden. 



Flowers purplish; stems retrorsely hispid or hirsute, especially on the 

 angles. 



Hairy ring at middle of corolla-tube very oblique . . 4. S. bullata. 

 Hairy ring near base of corolla-tube horizontal .... 5. S. Californica. 

 Corolla-tube much longer than the calyx, the corolla red . 6. 8. Vhamusonin. 



1. S. pycnantha Benth. Erect, £ to \\ ft. high; herbage mostly 

 green but hirsute, the surface of the leaves somewhat granulate- 

 glandular; leaves ovate to oblong-ovate, 1 to 4 in. long, obtuse or 



