546 POPULAR FIELD BOTANY. 
cashire, and Nottingamshire. The flowers are large and 
of a pale yellow, which at once distinguishes it. The stem 
is not swollen below the joints; the leaves are oval, long, 
and narrow, cut at the edges, soft and downy. ‘There is 
another species, 
GALEOPSIs VERSICOLOR, which has yellow flowers also, 
with a broad purple spot on the lower lip, found in corn- 
fields in Norfolk. 
DipYNAMIA. GYMNOSPERMIA. 
COROLLIFLOR2. LAMIACES. 
ACINOS. (Bast Tuyme.) 
Generic Character. Whorls few-flowered. Calyx tubular, 
and swollen at the base, one side projecting more than the 
other. Corolla, lower lip divided into three. 
ACINOS VULGARIS. Common Basil Thyme. A _ little 
plant not above eight inches high, found in corn-fields in 
light soil, and having a fragrant smell. Stem upright, with 
oblong leaves on short stalks, pomted and cut at the edges. 
Flowers bluish purple, about six in a whorl. A pretty 
plant, though insignificant in appearance. 
