DIDYNAMIA— GYMNOSPERMIA. Galeobtlolon. 97 



altered, and very abundantly. Of the varieties I know nothing 

 but from Ray's Synopsis. Doody's account of /3 rather indicates 

 its belonging to this species than to the former. 



291. GALEOI3DOLON. Weasel-snout. 



Huds. 257. Fl. Br. G31. Dill. Gen. 103. ^4. 



Galeopsis. Linn. Gen. 292. Jmss. 1 14. 



Cal. tubular, bell-shaped, permanent, with 5 spreading, un- 

 equal, spinous-tipped teeth, shorter than the tube ; the 

 upper one erect, at some distance from the rest. Cor. 

 ringent; tube cylindrical, the length of the calyx; upper 

 lip oval, vaulted, hairy, entire, fringed ; lower shorter, in 

 3 oblong, acute, rather unequal, undivided segments, the 

 middle one longest. Filam. awl-shaped, covered by the 

 upper lip. Anth. of 2 roundish lobes. Germ, superior, 

 4-lobed. Stijle thread-shaped, the length and situation 

 of the stamens. Stigma in 2 acute spreading segments. 

 Seeds 4, short, triangular, abrupt, in the bottom of the 

 open-mouthed calyx. 



Herbaceous, perennial, resembling a Lamium, with yellow 

 Jloxsoers. 



l.G.luteum. Yellow Weasel-snout. Yellow Arch- 

 angel. 



G. luteum. Huds. 258. Fl. Br. 631 . Engl. Bot. v.W.t. 787. 

 With.b^(\. Hook. Scot. 183. 



G. Galeopsis. Curt. Lond.fasc. 4. t. 40. 



Galeopsis Galeobdolon. Linn. Sp. PI. 810. Dreves Bilderh. t. 20. 

 Ft. Dan. t. 1272. 



Leonurus Galeobdolon. .Scop. Cam. v. 1 . 409. Willd. Sp. PI. v. 3. 

 113. 



Cardiaca n. 275. Hall. Hist. v. I. 120. 



Lamium luteum. Raii Syn. 240. Ger. Em.702.f. Riv. Monop. 

 Irr. t. 20. f 2. 



Yellow Archangel. Pet. H. Brit. t. 33,/. 6. 



In shady rather moist situations, in groves or hedge-bottoms, not 

 uncommon. 



Perennial. May. 



Root somewhat tuberous, moderately creeping. Habit very like 

 Lamium album, and not at all resembling any Leonurus or Ga- 

 leopsis. Stems 18 inches high, simple, leafy, covered with close 

 deflexed hairs. Leaves stalked, ovate, acute, serrated, slightly 

 hairy, bright green, various in breadth. Whorls numerous, each 

 composed of many large, handsome, inodorous, yellow^ott-er*, 

 whose lower lip is spotted with red, the middle segment stained 

 with orange colour. Bracteas linear, shorter, than the calyx, 



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