S T A C H Y S 
S Y L V A TIC A. H EDGE Nettle.' 
bTACHYS Lm. Gen. PI. Didynamia Gymkospermia. 

Ka „ ^' n . Gen . Sefeeuctices et hereac yeeticillata! 
^yfl- ^^^-P-447. pi 8... 
CARDIACA foliis cordatis ferratis, verticillis nudis, fpicatis. Halkr. hijl. n. 216. 
STACHYS fyhatka. Scopeli FI. Camkl. n. 706. ' " 
LAMIUM maximum fylvaticum fcetidum. Bmh. pk. 23,. 
GALEOPSIS vera, Ger. emac. 709. 
GALEOPSIS legitima Diofcoridis. 608. TUii Syn . ed. p. Hedge-Nettle. 
GALEOPSIS five urtica iners magna fcetidiffima. J. B. III. 853. 
Hudfon FI. Angi. ed. 2. p. 259. Ughtfooi FI. Scot. p. 312, 
RADIX perennis, repens. 
CAULIS ereftus, pedalis ad tripedalem, quadrangula- 
ris, hirfutus, ramofus. 
RAMI oppofiti, fubereai, cauli fimiles. 
FOLIA petiolata, cordata, acuta, ferrata, venofa, utrin- 
que hirfuta. 
PETIOLI hirfuti, longitudine foliorum. 
flores fatiiracc at vivide purpurei, verticillati, laxe 
fpicati, verticillis fexfloris, brevibus pedicel- 
lis infidentibus ; ad fingulum geniculum fetae 
duodecim, utrinque fex, floribus fubjeftae. 
CALYX: Perianthium monophyllum, campamila- 
tum, hirlutum, vifcidum, puncHs prominulis 
^ fcabrum, purpuralcens, quinquedentatum, 
dentibus acutis, patentibus, fupremo paulo 
longiore./^, i. 
COROLLA monopetala, ringens, purpurea, tubus bre- 
viflimus, albus, fauce tenuior, apice ftrangu- 
latus, et interne villofus; Fmix nitida, lub- 
cylindracea, paululum incurvata, fijperne vil- 
lis minimis adlperla ; Labium fuperius ovatum, 
obtufum, integerrimum, inferne concavum, 
fuperne convexum, vifcidulum, Labium in- 
feiius majus, trifidum ; albo pulchre varie- 
gatum, lactnula intermedia iubemarginata, 
replicata. Jig. 2. 3. 4. 
STAMINA : Filamenta quatuor, quorum duo paulo 
longiora, purpurea, nitida, medio paululum 
incraflata, et pilofa; Anther.® primum ob- 
fcure violaceae, demum nigricantes ; Pollen 
album. Jig. 3. 
PISTILLUM: Germen quadripartitum ; Stylus fili- 
formis ; fitu et longitudine ftaminum ; Stig- 
ma bifidum, acutum, jig. 6. 7. 8. 
NECTARIUM : Glandula, majufcula, totam bafin ger- 
minis cingens, fig. 9. 
PERICARPIUM nullum ; Calyx contiriens 
SEMINA quatuor, ovata, angulata, fig. 10. 
I ROOT perennial, and creeping. 
I stalk upright, from one to three feet high, fquare, 
I hirfute and branched. 
! oppofite, nearly like the ftalk. 
I LEAVES Handing on footfialks, heart-fhaped, pointed, 
T T hirfute on both fidcs. 
I hirfute, the length of the leaves, 
y LOWERS of a deep but bright colour, growing 
f in whirls and forming a loofe fpike, about fix 
I flowers m each whirl, fitting on Ihort flower- 
j ftalks, at each joint, twelve feta: or fine polnt- 
t ed leaves, fix on each fide, placed under the 
I flowers. 
I CALYX: a Peri ANTH iuM of one leaf, bell-fhaped, 
I hirfute, vifcid, rough with little prominent 
^ points, of a purplifh colour, having five point- 
I ed fpreading teeth, of which the uppermoft 
I IS fomewhat the longeft- fig. i. 
I COROLLA monopetalous, ringent, purple, the tube 
I very Ihort, white, flenderer than the faux, 
^ Krangled at top where it is villous on the in- 
I u^^i- ^iidng, fomewhat cylindrical, 
^ bending a little down, on the upper part co- 
I vered with numerous Ihort hairs ; the upper 
I Lip ovate, obtufe, entire, below concave, 
I above convex, and fomewhat vifcid, the lower 
I Lip^ large, trifid, beautifully variegated with 
^ white, the middle legment fiightly notched. 
If and having its fides folded back. 2. 2. 4. 
I STAMINA : four Filaments, two of which are a 
I little longer than the others, purple, Iblniug, 
I thickened a little in the middle and hairy; 
^ Anther® at firfl: of a dull violet colour, fi- 
^ nally blackifli ; Pollen white. _;%■ 5. 
i PISTILLUM ; Germen divided into four parts; Style 
^ thread-Ihaped, fituated with and of the fame 
I length as the ftamina; Stigma bifid, and 
I pointed, fig. 6. 7. 8. 
j NECTARY : a largilli Gland furrounding the whole 
? bafe of the germen, fisx, 0. 
SEED-VESSEL none, the Calyx containing. 
f SEEDS ; four ovate and angular, fig. 10. 
form rfifs'kavl tterliu 
1 about London and elfewhere, and flowers in June and luly its blofloms 
Irave iufficientbeauty to recommend them, and they might perhaps be more an objeS of -admirition’ did no the 
plan on be.ng n, tire leall bm.fed, fmell dlfagreeablyf if not bruifed, its feent Lather o" t£ agme birLni 
The bnatl, excepted few aiumals, appear to relifh it. «greeeure lemu. 
