<4 ENGLISH BOTANY. 



curved upwards, not saccate above the base on the under side, abruptly 

 enlarged at the apex; upper lip greatly vaulted, obtuse, sparingly 

 hairy; lower lip with the lateral lobes subulate, the middle lobe obcor- 

 date. Nucules more than twice as long as broad, destitute of white 

 scales. ( ?) 



In waste places, by roadsides, and in open woods. Not native, 

 though found in many jilaces, both in Scotland and England. I have 

 it from Redland Court, near Bristol ; Gloucestershire ; Allersley, 

 Warwickshire; Maybole, Ayi'shire; Dalkeith Park, Edinburgh; 

 Torrie and Carnock, Fife; Clova, Forfarshire; and Partick, near 

 Glasgow. 



[England, Scotland.] Perennial. Summer, Autumn. 



Stem much branched at the base, extensively creeping, producing 

 numerous barren shoots in autumn, which grow into flowering stems 

 in the succeeding year. Leaves long-stalked, 1 to 2 inches long, 

 rugose, deep green, frequently with a white stripe on the midrib, espe- 

 cially towards the apex. Verticillasters 4 to 10-flowered. Flowers 

 1 inch long, bright purplish-rose or white. Bracteoles extremely 

 jninute or none. Calyx widened upwards, slightly curved, the upper 

 margin longer than the lower ; teeth spreading, generally considerably 

 shorter than the tube. Corolla bent into an S curve; the tube 

 inclining upwards, and the upper lip forming the downward part of 

 the curve ; upper lip fonning nearly a semicircle \ inch long, longer 

 than the under lip, the middle lobe of which is reflexed. Nucules 

 fuscous-olive, destitute of patches of Avhite scales in the specimens 

 which I have examined. Plant sparingly hairy, the stem with straight 

 deflcxcd hairs or subglabrous. 



Spotted Dead Nettle. 



French, Lamicr tache. Gorman, Gpflcclcic Tauhnessel. 



SPECIES VI.— LAMIUM ALBUM. Linn. 

 Plate MLXXXVI. 



Rekh, Ic. Fl. Germ, ct liolv. Vol. XVIII. Tab. MCCV. Fig. 1. 

 Billot, Fl. GaU. et Germ. Exsicc. No. 2515. 



Perennial. Rootstock much branched, creeping. Bai-ren shoots 

 short, erect. Stems ei'ect, a small portion decumbent and rooting at the 

 base, the flowering portion erect. Leaves stalked, ovate or triangular- 

 ovate, cordate, acuminate, acute, deepl}- serrate or crenate-serrate, 

 rarely irregularly inciso-serrate. Verticillasters (or at least the lowest 

 ones) remote from each other. Bracts all quite similar to the leaves, 

 but the upper ones subsessile, smaller and narrower, and more acumi- 

 nate. Calyx sp.arlngly hairy or subglabrous ; teeth triangular-subulate. 



