58 POPULAR FIELD BOTANY. 
amongst plants. Calyx of three leaves. Leaves alternate, 
stalked, heart-shaped, angular and smooth, and spotted with 
whitish green ; footstalks longer than the leaves. Linnzeus 
says it is injurious to other plants growing near, and that 
farmers should endeavour to root it out from their lands ; if 
they leave it in our lanes to look gay in the spring, we will 
not mind. It closes its flowers before rain and at night. 
RaNUNCULUS HEDERACEUS. Ivy Crowfoot. Stem creeping, 
leaves roundish, kidney-shaped, with three or five lobes, 
dark green. Petals white, and very small, scarcely larger 
than the calyx. Found on wet banks, or in ditches, shallow 
pools, and where water has stood; very common. It isa 
small plant. 
DipYNAMIA. GYMNOSPERMIA. 
CoRALLIFLORZ. LAMIACE. 
LAMIUM. (Dean Nerttz.) 
Generic Character. Calyx of one leaf, becoming wider at the 
mouth, and divided into five. Corolla gaping, tube very short. 
Upper lip vaulted and covering the stamens, lower lip inversely 
heart-shaped and notched. Seeds four at the bottom of the 
calyx. 
The plants of this genus are found in flower almost all 
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