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STACHYS sibirica.
Siberian Hedge-nettle.
N a t u r a i Order. L a b i a t a . Brown prodr. 499.
Sect. III. Stamina 4 fertilia. Corolla bilabiata. Lalyx
5-fidus. Juss. gen. 112. .
S T A C H Y S . Calyx angulatus 5-dentatus acuminatus.
Corolla labium superius fornicatum ; labium inferius lateribus
reflexum; intermedia majore emarginata. Stamina deflorata.
versus latera reflexa.—Flores axillares aut verticillato-spicati
verticillis hracteatis, proximis aut distantibus.
S. sibirica, verticillis multifloris, calycibus subpungentibus,
foliis ovato-oblongis acuminatis serratis supra hirtis subtus
mollissime tomentosis, caule erecto lanato.
Stachys sibirica. Link enum. 2. p . 109.
Perennial. Stems erect, from 1 to 2 feet high,
bluntly 4-sided, channelled, thickly clothed with long
villous down. Leaves opposite, oblong, or ovate,
tapering to a point, sharply serrate, very hairy on the
upper side, and densely clothed with soft wool on the
lower; lower ones cordate at the base. Petioles short,
much flattened and farrowed on the upper side, and
keeled on the lower, widened at the base and clasping
the stem, densely villous. Flowers in whorls round
the stem, of a bright \i\ac: whorls many-flowered.
Bractes numerous, unequal, linear, taper-pomted, villous.
Pedicles short. Calyx ringent, angular, ventricose,
5-toothed, villous, teeth taper-pomted, fringed.
Corolla bilabiate, hairy outside; upper lip entire,
ovate, arched ; lower one large, 3-lobed, rugose, sides