MINT FAMILY 



Gill-over-the-Ground. 

 Clecoma hederdcea 



beer, it is known by such names as 

 Ale-Hoof and Gill- Ale — gill, it is said, 

 being derived from the old French 

 word guiller, to ferment or make 

 merry. Be that as it may, the plant 

 is an old and familar herb, formerly 

 much used as a domestic remedy, 

 and, Hke so many of those old-time 

 remedies, probably worthless. The 

 traihng stem grows sometimes twelve 

 inches or more in length, with as- 

 cending branches, and, like all the 

 mints, it is square ; moreover, it roots 

 at the joints, thus possessing an easy 

 m.eans of forming new plants. The 

 leaves are soft and downy to the 

 touch, of bitterish and aromatic 

 taste, so that cattle avoid them. 

 The plant often forms dense mats 

 and its leaves are green all winter; 

 in the spring it comes into flower 

 pretty punctually in early April. 



DEAD-NETTLE. HENBIT 



Ldmiiim amplexicaiUe 



Ldmium, from laimos, throat; in allusion to the gaping 

 corolla. 



Biennial or winter annual. Naturalized from Europe. 

 Found in cultivated grounds and waste places. Com- 

 mon. May-November. 



Stems.— Weak, slender, slightly hairy, ascending or 

 decumbent, four-angled. 



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