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t^ropagated by cuttings, whkh^ if planted during any 

 of the funimer months, and watered frequently, will 

 take root in about five or fix weeks, and may then 

 be treated as is direfled for the old plants. 

 GALE OP SIS. Lin. Gen. Plant. 6^7. Tourn. Inft. 

 R. H. 185. tab. 86. Stinking Dead Nettle. 



The Characters arc, 

 *The empalemcnt of the flower is tuhulous^ of one leaf, cut 

 intofivefegments, which end in acute points, ' The flower 

 h of the lip kind, having a fljcrt tube ; the chaps are a 

 little broader^ but the length of the empalemcnt ; from the 

 ■ hafe to the under lipy it is on both fides fharply indented-, 

 the tipper lip is concave^ roundifh, and flawed at the top ; 

 the under lip is trifid, the middle flegment being the largeft, 

 'which is crenated. It hath flour fiamina inclofled in the 



m bifid fl 



flhorter than the other^ terminated 

 imits. In the center is fittuated a 



flupporting afiender ftyl 



bifid acute ftigma. 

 naked fleeds 



iflterward become flc 



This genus of plants is ranged in the firft feftion of 

 Linnasus's fourteenth clafs, intitled Didynamia Gym- 

 nofpermia, which includes thofe plants whofe flowers 

 have two long and two fhort ftamina, and the feeds 

 are naked. 



The Species are, 

 i, Galeopsis (Z-i^i^w^/;;?) internodiis caulinis ^qualibus, 



verticillis omnibus remotis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 579. 



Stinking Hedge Nettle, with equal diftances between the 



■ joints^ and whorls growing at a diftance. Sideritis ar- 



venfis anguftifolia rubra. C. B. P. 233. Red narrozv- 



leaved Field Ironwort. 



5. Galeopsis (7>/rt2>6//) internodiis fuperne incrafTatls, 

 verticillis fummis fubcontiguis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 579. 

 Stinking Hedge Nettle, whofle joints are thicker above, and 

 the whorls at the top growing near each other, Lamium 

 cannabino folio vulgare. Raii Syn. Ed. 3. p. 240. 

 Common Dead Nettle with a Hemp leafl.^ 



'3. Galeopsis {Speciofla) corolla flava, labio inferiore 

 rhaculato. Flor Lapp. 193. Stinking Hedge Nettle with 

 H yello'iO flower, whofle under lip is flpotted, Lamium 

 cannabinum aculeatum flore luteo fpeciofo, labiis pur- 

 pureis; Pluk. Aim. 204. Prickly Hemp Dead Nettle, 

 with a leautiflul yellow flower and purple lips, 



'4. Galeopsis {Galeobdolon)vti{\z'X!^\% fexfloris, involucro 

 tetraphyllo. Lin. Sp. Plant. 780. Stinking Hedge Nettle 

 with fix flowers in each whorl, and a flour-leaved invo- 

 lucrum. Galeopfis five urtica iners flore luteo. J. B. 3. 

 323. Stinking or Dead Nettle with a yellozv flower. 



g. Galeopsis (Orientale) verticillis bifloris, foliis ob- 

 longo-cordatis. Stinking Hedge Nettle with twoflozvers 

 in each zvhorl, and oblong heart-flhaped leaves, Galeopfis 



• Orientalis ocimaftri folio, flore majore flavefcente. 

 H. R. Par. Eaftern fiinking Hedge Nettle, with an 



'Zver. 



Ocimaftrum kafl, and a larger yellowiflo flt 



6. Galeopsis {Hiflpdnica) caule pilolb, calycibus labio 



corollse fuperiore longioribus. Lin. Sp. Plant. 580. 



Stinking Hedge Nettle with a hairy ftalk, and the em~ 



falement longer than tlo€ upper lip ofl the petal, Galeopfis 



annua Hifpanica, rotundiore folio. Infl:. R. H. 186. 



Annual Spanifij ftinkifig Hedge Nettle, with a rounder 

 leafl, 



Thefe are all of them annual plants^ except the fourth 

 fort-, the three firfl: grow naturally in England. The 

 firfl; is found upon arable land in many places ; the 

 fecond grows upon dunghills, and by the fide of 

 -' paths, in many parts of England. The third fort 

 ■ ^rows chiefly in the northern counties, but I have 

 found it growing wild in Efl^x, within ten miles of 

 London. Thefe plants are feldom cultivated in 

 - gardens, for if their feeds are permitted to fcatter, the 

 plants will come up as weeds wherever they are al- 

 lowed a place. 



The fourth is a perennial plant \vith a creeping root •, 

 this grows in the woods and under hedges in moft: 

 ' parts of England, The fifth grows in the Levant; 

 this is a biennial plant) which periflies foon after the 

 feeds are ripe. It is preferved in botanic gardens for 

 the fake of variety, but hath no great beauty. 



GALEOPSIS FRUTESCENS. SeePuAsiuM. 



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G A L I U M. Lin. Gen. Plint. j 1 7. Tou^n. j.^^o^ j^ j ', 



1 14. tab. 39. Ladies Bedilrav/, or Cheeie-rcnnet"- " ' 

 French, Caillelait. ' 



The Characters arc, 

 The flower hath a fljnall empalement indented in ^-,ir tm'. 

 fitting upon the germen. It bath one petals divided ? J* 

 flour flegmenis almofl to the bottom j and four a^-jjl-fl-^^^.i 

 ftamijia which are fljorter than the petai^ terminated l 

 fingle flummits. It hath a twin germcn flit uatcd Uuder th 

 fiower, flupporting a fliender half bifid ftyk, crowned h I 

 globular fltigjna. I he germen rflta-ivard become tv:o dn 

 berries, which are joined tcgctkcr, each inclcfling a lane 

 kidney-floaped fleed. 



This eenus of plants is ranged in the firft feftionof 



.is's fourth clafs, intirled Tetrandria Monofn^, 



I^ 



Linn^us 



nog;' 



nia, which includes thole plants whofe flo\yer3 have 

 four fl:aniina and one ftyle. 

 The Species are, 

 r. Galium {Verum) foliis oftonis linearibus fulcatls, ra- 

 mis floriferis brevibus. Hort. Cliff. 34. Ladies Bedflnrjo 

 with eight 7mrra:v flurrcwed lea^jes^ and floort fiowerin? 

 branches. Galium luteum. C. B. P. '^1^^, lyiozv La- 

 dies Bedflraw, 



2. Galium (///"^///(f^) foliis oflonis ovato-linearlbus fub- 

 ferratis patentilTiniis mucronatis, caule flaccido, rarrjis 

 patentibus. Lin. Sp. Plant. 107. Ladies Bedftrai^ijohb 

 eight oval narrow leaves-^ which are flpread cpeny flaz^'f- 

 and pointed, a weak flxalk, andflpreadmg brara:bes. Mol- 



' lugo montana latifolia ramofa. C. B. P. 333. hranchiw 

 broad-leaved Mountain Alollu^o, 



3. Galium (Purpureum) foliis verclciliatlslineari-feraccis, 

 pedunculis folio longioribus. Hort. Cliff. 34. Ladies 

 Bedflraw with narrow briftly leaves growing in zzha-ls^ 

 and floot-ftalks ofl the fliowers longer than the leaves, Ga- 

 lium nigro-purpureum montanum tenuifolium, CoL 

 Ecphr. T. p. 298. C. B. P. 335, Narrozv-leaved Mm%" 

 tain Ladies Bedflraw, with a black purpk flower, 



4. Galium {Glaucum) foliis verticillatis linearibus pe- 

 dunculis dichotomis, fummo caule floriferis. Proi 



Leyd. 2 ^6, Ladies Bedflraw with 7mrrcw leaves grom 



in whorls, floot-ftalks divided by pairs, and flowers gro'xki 

 at the top ofl the flalk, Galium faxatile glauco foiio. 

 Bocc. Muf. 2. p. 172. Rock Ladies Bedflraw "witi a 

 gray leafl. 



5. Galium {Ruhrum) foliis verticillatis linearibus patu- 

 lis, pedunculis brevifiimis. Hort, Cliff. 34, Iji£ts 

 Bedflraw zvith narrow leaves growing iu wbcrls, ad 



flhort floot-flalks. Galium rubrum. C. B, P. 335. Rd 



Ladies Bedflraw, 



6. Galium (Boreale) foliis quaternis lanceolaus trincr- 

 viis glabris, caule erefto, feminibus hifpidis. Flor. 

 Lappon. 60. Ladies Bedflraw with flour fmccth fpcer- 

 floaped leaves having three veins, an upright flalk, f.nl 

 rough fleeds, Rubia pratcnfis kevis acuto folio. C. B. P- 

 333. Smooth Meadow Madder with an acute leaf . 



7. Galium {Album) foliis verticillatis, lineari-ianceolatis, 

 ramis floriferis longioribus. Ladies Bedflraw witb 

 narrow fpear-fljaped leaves grozving in whorls, andlof^^ 

 branches ofl flowers, Galium album vulgare. Tourn. 

 Inft. R. H. 1 1 3. Common white Ladies Bedflraw, 



8. Galium (Liniflolium) foliis lineari-ianceolatis glabns, 

 caule eretftoramofiffimo. Ladies Bedflraw v;itb fezn 

 narrow, flniootk, flpearfloaped leaves, and an up'igt^^ 

 branching flalk. Galium album linifolium. Barrel. 

 Obfer. 99. White Ladies Bedflrazv with a Fh-x leaf 



0. Galium (Paluflre) foliis quaternis obovatis inxqua- 



libus, caulibus diffufis. Flor. Suec. 119. Ladies Bd- 



ftraw with flour unequal oval leaves, and a dtfl'ufed fti^u-^ 



Galium paluflre album. C. B. P. S35- ^^^^'^^^ ^^^^^ 

 Ladies Bedflrazv, 



The firft of thefe plants (which is the fcrt commonly 

 ufedin medicine) is very common in moift meadOAvs, 

 and in pafture grounds, in feveral parts of Engi^na. 

 The other varieties are preferved in curious botanic 

 gardens, but as they are plants of very little beaury, 

 and are fubjeft to fprcad very far, and over-ruii 

 whatever plants grow near them, they are felJoai 

 cultivated in other gardens. 



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Thefe forts 

 their roots 



5 may any of them be propagated hy parting 

 , which fprcad and increafe yftvy fait, either 



