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Plate 54] STACHYS 131<br />
Stachys floccosa, Benth. Woolly Woundwort.<br />
(Floccosa means covered with wool-like<br />
tufts.)<br />
Stems 2-4 ft. high, stout, erect, simple, obtusely 4-angled,<br />
densely covered with soft white wool. Leaves 3-4 by 1-2 in.,<br />
stalked, egg- or egg-lance-shaped, heart-shaped, sharp-pointed,<br />
crenate, thick, velvety above ;<br />
stalk i-1 in. long, very stout.<br />
Whorls dense, many-flowered, axillary and in a terminal spike,<br />
hairy, depressed. Bracts nearly as long as the calyx. Flowers<br />
stalkless. Calyx i in. long, when fruiting i in., hairy, teeth<br />
triangular, with a spinous point, coloured. Corolla-tube<br />
Nutlets inversely pear-shaped, smooth.<br />
shortly protruding.<br />
Locality. Temperate region, 5,000-6,000 ft.<br />
Distribution. Kashmir, Afghanistan .<br />
Stachys sericea, Wall. Silky Woundwort.<br />
An erect herb, covered with long, silky hairs.<br />
Stems 2-4 ft.<br />
high, usually unbranched. Leaves stalked, egg-shaped or<br />
oblong, heart-shaped, 2^-4 by li-2i in., crenate or toothed.<br />
Flowers i-f in. long, pink, spotted with purple, crowded in<br />
axillary whorls. Spikes long, terminal, more or less interrupted.<br />
Calyx bell-shaped, 10-nerved ;<br />
teeth 5, lance-shaped ;<br />
spinetipped,<br />
often tinged with pink. Corolla hairy ;<br />
tube cylindric,<br />
scarcely longer than the calyx limb<br />
; 2-lipped, upper lip erect,<br />
hood-like, entire, lower spreading, 3-lobed, mid-lobe broad,<br />
notched, much longer than the lateral. Stamens 4, in unequal<br />
pairs, ascending under the upper lip.<br />
Locality. Temperate region.<br />
Distribution. From Kashmir to Nepal, 6,000-9,000 ft,,<br />
Afghanistan, Central Asia.<br />
Stachys palustris,<br />
Linn. Marsh Woundwort.<br />
An erecb, perennial herb, 1-3 ft.<br />
high. Stem 4-angled,<br />
hollow, stout, with fine, turned-back hairs. Stem-leaves<br />
3-4 by |-1 in., short-stalked or stalkless, egg-shaped, oblong<br />
to lance-shaped, narrow, linear, more or less heart-shaped<br />
below, scalloped or coarsely toothed. Flowers dull purple, in<br />
whorls of 8-10. Bracts very small. Calyx J in. long, hairy ;<br />
teeth lance-shaped, spine-tipped, as long as the tube. Corollatube<br />
included in the calyx. Nutlets broadly and inversely<br />
egg-shaped, shining, with small dots.<br />
Locality. At elevations of 5,000-6,000 ft.<br />
Distribution. Kashmir, N. and W. Asia, Europe, N.America.
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