GALEOPSIS 407 



GALEOPSIS, Linn. Gen. n. 637. 



*G. IiADA^TM, Linn. Sp. PI. 579 (1753) and Herb., teste Syme. Bed Hemp XettJe. 



G. intermedia^ Vill. Prosp. 21. 

 Comp. Cyb. Br. 547. Syme, E, B. vii. 63, t. 1075. Xyman. 576, 

 Casual or colonist. Agrestal. Garden ground. Very rare. A. June- Aug. 

 First found by the author at Didcot, in garden ground close by the railway, 

 in 1894. Still there in i8q6. 



It does not appear to have been recorded for any of the bordering counties- 



G. angTistifolia, Ehrh.ex Hofifm. Deutsch. Fl. ed. 2, i. 118 (1800-4 . Bed 



Hemp Nettle. 

 G. Ladanum, Nyman, Consp. 576. 



Top. Bot. 316. Syme, E. B. vii. 62, t. 1074. Nyman, 576. Fl. Oxf. 230. 

 Native. Agrestal. Cornfields and cultivated ground, more frequent 



on calcareous soil. A. June-October. 

 First record. Sonning, Mr. S. Budge, Herb. Brit. Mus. iSoo. Published 

 as G. Ladanum in BusseU's Cat. 1839. 



The aggregate plant occurs in all the districts and is frequent in 

 calcareous soils. It is rather variable. 



Var. CANESCENs (Schult. Obs. Bot. 108, as a species), is the common 

 plant on chalky soils, as at Compton, &c. The calyces are thickly 

 clothed with pubescence, and the narrow leaves are of a greyish green. 



Var. LATiFOLiA (Hoffni. Deutsch. Fl. ii. 8, as a species), has much 

 broader leaves and a more naked cah^x with larger flowers. It has 

 been seen at Cothill, Shippon. Tubney, Marcliam, and otlier places in 

 the Vale. 



G. angustifUia occurs in all the bordering counties. 



G. speciosa, Miller, Gard. Diet. ed. 8, n. 3 (1768). 



G. versicolor, Curtis, Fl. Lond. vi. t. 38 (1794), Index Kewensis, 

 G. Tetrahit, var. &, Linn. Sp. PI. 590 (1753). Cannabis spuria Jlort 

 pcdlido labro purpureo elegante, Merrett, 19. 

 Top. Bot. 316. Syme, E. B. vii. 65, t. 1077. Nyman, 576. Baxt. t. 75. 



Fl. Oxf. 230. 

 Colonist. Agrestal. Cultivated fields. Very local and rare. A. 



July-August. 

 First recorded by the Rev. F. W. Bennett in Fl. Oxf. 230, 1886. 

 2. Ock. Near Wittenham, Bev. F. W. Bennett. 



5. Loddon. Near Park Place, apjiearing among the Clover ci-ops 

 and Vetches, but not common, Stanton. Wellington College Brick- 

 yards, Well. Coll. List, 1894, Fitzgerald. Oat-field, Sonning, Tu/naU. 

 G. speciosa is reported from Oxfordshire, Bucks, and Surrey. 



G. Tetrahit, Linn. Sp. PI. 579, var. a (1753). Hei^ip Nettle. 



Cannabis Spuria, Gerard. 573. Tetrahit, Dill. Gen. 3. 

 Top. Bot. 316. Syme, E. B. vii. 66, t. 1078. Nyman, 576. Fl. Oxf. 230. 



