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Lamium Orvala. Balm-Leaved 



Archangel, or Dead-Nettle. 



Clqfs and Order. 



DlDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMI A. 



Generic Cbaracler. 



Corolla labium fuperius integrum, fornicatum ; lab. infer. 

 2-lobum ; faux utrinque margine dentata. 



Specific Charafter and Synonyms. 



LAMIUM Orvala foliis cordatis inaequaliter arguteque fer- 

 ratis, corollis fauce inflata, caulibus coloratis. 

 Linn. Syjl. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 534. 



LAMIUM maximum fylvaticum alterum. Bauh. Tin. 23i» 



GALEOPSIS maxima pannonica. Cluf. hijl. 2. p. 35. 



Hungary Dead-Nettie, or the Dragon Flower. Park. Farad. 



P- 385- 



Few of the plants of this genus have been thought to pof- 

 fefs fufficient beauty for the flower-garden, the prefent one 

 excepted, the magnificence of whofe bloffoms juftly entitles 

 it to rank with the more curious, if not the moft beautiful 

 of the vegetable tribes. 



Though not common in our gardens, it has long been in- 

 troduced, having been cultivated and accurately defcribcd, 

 though badly figured, by Parkinson in his Parad. terr. 



It grows fpontaneoufly in the woods of Italy and Hungary, 

 and flowers with us about the latter end of April, at which 

 time, if cold winds prevail, it is apt to be injured, unlefe 

 placed in a fheltered part of the garden. 



It may be propagated either by feeds, or by parting * ts 

 roots in autumn, is a hardy plant and grows readily. 



