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LABI AT AS. (MINT FAMILY.) 
1. Iamplexicaule, L. Leaves rounded, deeply crenate- 
toothed or cut, the upper clasping; lower whorls remote, the upper 
crowded; corolla (purple) elongated, the upper lip bearded, the lower 
spotted , lateral lobes truncate. ® — Waste and cultivated grounds, 
common, introduced. May - Oct. 
25. EEONEK17S, L. Motherwort. 
Calyx top-shaped, 5-nerved, with 5 nearly equal teeth which are 
awl-shaped and when old rather spiny at the point and spreading. 
Upper lip of the corolla oblong- and entire, somewhat arched ; the 
lower spreading, 3-lobed ; the middle lobe larger, broad and in¬ 
versely heart-shaped, the lateral oblong. Stamens 4, ascending 
under the upper lip: anthers approximate in pairs, the valves 
naked at the edge. — Upright herbs, with cut-lobed leaves, and 
close whorls of flowers in their axils. (Name from XeW, a Hon, 
and oipd, tail , i. e . Lion's-tail.) 
1- E. Cardiaca, L. (Common Motherwort.) Somewhat 
i _ * eaves Iong-petioled ; the lower rounded, palmately lob- 
„ ’ l fl01 r ^edge-shaped at the base, 3-cleft, the lobes lanceolate; 
nr PP . If ° f tlle P aIe purple corolla bearded. lj. — Waste places, 
around houses, naturalized. July-Sept. 
26. OALLOpsis, L. Hemp-Nettle. 
Calyx tubular-bell-shaped, about 5-nerved, with 5 somewhat 
equal and spiny-tipped teeth. Corolla dilated at the throat; the 
i ° Vate ’ arc hed, entire ; the lower 3-cleft, spreading ; the 
__1 . ° es ovate > the middle one inversely heart-shaped; the 
the un 11 1 • ^ teet ^ at the sinuses. Stamens 4, ascending under 
of i? , ant her-cells transversely 2-valved; the inner valve 
4nmml 6 k- ^^“^nged, the outer one larger and naked. — 
flowerpd ^ 1 ^ nnia ^ 8 ’ witl1 spreading branches, and several-many- 
cZ In the asi]s of floral leaves nearly like the lower 
from on T? 6 COm ^ )OSed °^ya\erj 1 a weasel, and oyjns, resemblance , 
from so-nehkenessof the corolla to the head of a weisel.) 
Maw the . (Cobimob Hemp-Nettle.) Stem swollen 
purplish, or varies^/"’ ltaves 0Tatc , coarsely serrate; corolla 
var. GRiNDIFL6R f , ed ’ a f bout tw ‘ ce ‘he length of the calyx; or, in 
ish with a purple snoTon ,k“. ‘ he length ° f th ® CalyX > ofte " 
rather common northward Aug" “ P ‘ “ WaS ‘ e P ' aCe8 ’ na ‘ 
laidannm, L. (Red Hemp-Nettle.) Stem smooth or 
