216 LABIATE. [Lamiion. 



Woods and dry bushy places. Mucruss and Ross woods, and in se- 

 veral islands in the lower lake of Killarney, in a limestone soil. Shane's 

 Castle woods; Mr. Tempteton. FA July, Aug. %. — Stem 1 — 2 feet 

 high, with few leaves, the lowermost ones on long footstalks ; upper 

 ones oblong, sessile. 



12. Galeobdolon. Huds. Weasel-snout. 



Calyx campanulate, 5-ribbed, nearly equal, 5-toothed. Upper 

 lip of the corolla incurved, arched, entire ; lower one smaller, 

 in three nearly equal, acute lobes. — Name, */a\ev. a weasel, 

 and ficoXos, a fetid scent, and formerly considered synony- 

 mous with Galeopsis, from which genus it is now removed. 



Didynamia. Gymnospermia. 



I. G. lutewn, Huds. Yellow Weasel-snout or Archangel. 

 Br. Fl. 1. p. 275. E. Fl. v. iii. p. 96. E. Bot. t. 787. 



Woods and shady places. Woodlands and many other places in the 

 county of Dublin ; Dargle-woods, &c. county of Wicklow. Near Com- 

 ber and other places inthe northern counties ; Mr. Templeton.^ Fl. 

 May, June. %. One foot or more high. Leaves ovato-acuminate, 

 deeply serrated. Flowers whorled, yellow ; lower lip orange and 

 spotted, 



13. Lamium. Linn. Dead-nettle. 



Calyx tubular, dilated upwards, 5-toothed, nearly equal. Corolla 

 with the throat inflated ; upper lip erect, entire, arched; lower 

 one patent, 2-lobed, with one or two teeth on each side at the 

 base. — Name from Xaipos, the throat, on account of the shape 

 of the flower. Didynamia. Gymnospermia. 



1. L. album, Linn. White Dead-nettle. Leaves cordate, 

 acuminate, deeply serrated, stalked, whorls of about twenty 

 (white) flowers. Br. Fl. 1. p. 276. E. FL v. iii. p. 90. E. 

 Bot. t. 768. 



Borders of fields and waste places, abundant. Fl. June, July. 11. — 

 Flowers large, white, rarely tinged with blush. 



2. L. purpureum, Linn. Red Dead-nettle. Leaves cordate, 

 obtuse, crenato-serrate, stalked, the uppermost crowded toge- 

 ther; corolla with the tube bearded within. Br. Fl. 1. p. 276. 

 E. Fl. v. iii. p. 91. E. Bot. t. 1933. 



Borders of fields and cultivated grounds, abundant. Fl. May, June, 

 %. Leaves, especially the upper ones, with a silky hairiness, and a 

 purple tinge on the floral ones. 



3. L. incisum, Willd. Cut-leaved Dead-nettle. Leaves 

 broadly cordate, deeply inciso-crenate, stalked, the uppermost 

 crowded ; " corolla with the tube naked within." Br. Fl. 1 . p. 

 276. E. Fl. v. iii. p. 91. E. Bot. t. 1953. 



Cultivated and waste ground. Fl. May, June, ^.—Nearly allied 

 to the last. 



