labiatjE. G3 



Var. ^, canescens. 



Beich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XVIII. Tab. MCCXXVni. Fig. 2. 



Billot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. Nos. 1300 & 2341. 



G. canescens, Schultz. Beich. fil. 1. c. p. 17. Borcau, Fl. du centr. de la Fr. ed. iii. 



Vol. II. p. 79. 

 G. arvatica, Jord. Billot, Annot. p. 130. 



Calyx pubescent with long white hairs; teeth equalling the tube. 

 Plant copiously pubescent, greyish-green. 



In corn-fields, waste places, and on shingle, particularly in chalky soils. 

 Rather common, and generally distributed in England . Rare in Scotland, 

 where I have seen it in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh only, viz., in 

 Haddingtonshire and near Dalhousie, but it has been found in other 

 localities to the south of the Forth and Clyde. The var. 3 appears to 

 be the more frequent form in Kent and the other southern counties. 



England, Scotland, Ireland? Annual. Late Summer, Autumn. 



Stem usually red, 3 to 18 inches high, erect throughout or decumbent 

 at the base, generally with numerous branches, becoming quite like a 

 little bush when it grows after having been cut with the corn. Leaves 

 1 to 2 inches long, shortly stalked, gradually attenuated into the 

 petiole, at length deflexed, nearly entire or with a few irregular 

 teeth, about the middle. Verticillasters many-flowered. Bracteoles 

 strapshaped-lanceolate, slightly recurved, spinous-pointed, entire, the 

 lower ones generally longer than the calyx. Calyx ^ to f inch long ; 

 teeth deltoid or triangular ; in the former case suddenly, in the latter 

 gradually, attenuated into spinous points, which are frequently of 

 unequal length. Corolla f to 1 mch long, bright rose (magenta), 

 usually with four white blotches on the base of the lower lip, rarely 

 wholly white, hairy externally. Nucules olive-brown, obovate-oblong, 

 rounded at the apex, compressed, shagreened, variegated with pale 

 scaly patches. Pubescence variable in quantity ; calyx sometimes with 

 gland-tipped hairs. 



I am unable to draw any line between G. canescens of Schultz and 

 the ordmary form ; still less between G. canescens, Sch. and G. arvatica, 

 Jordin. 



Narrow-leaved Hemp Nettle. 



Frencli, Galeope cles chmnps. German, Aclierdaun. 



Sdb-Species n.— G. intermedia. Vill. 



Plate MLXXV. 



Beich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XVIH. Tab. MCCXXVUI. Fig. 3. (?) 

 Billot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 1299. 



G. Ladanum, Guss. PI. rares. p. 236. Linn. Herb. (!) Fries, Herb. Norm. (!) Billot. 

 Exsicc. 1. c. (1) 



