FLOWERING PLANTS. 149 
Nepeta Glechoma, Benth. Ground Ivy. 
Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Generally distributed, but not common, and more frequently 
found in the southern half of the island than in the north. On the 
cliffs it occurs abundantly in some places. 
Formerly called Hedera terrestris, whence comes the common 
name Ground Ivy. Until superseded by hops about the reign of 
Henry VIII. this plant was used for clarifying ale and giving it a 
flavour. It is still often employed as a pectoral medicine. 
Lamium amplexicaule, L. FHlenbit Dead-nettle. 
Colonist. First found: Gosselin, 1788. 
Frequent in all parts of the island in arable land and waste 
ground; also on roadsides occasionally. More common in the 
low-lying districts than in the south. 
Lamium incisum, Willd. Cut-leaved Dead-nettle. 
Colonist. First found: Gosselin, 1788. 
Rather common throughout the island, growing in the same 
situations as the last species. 
Lamium purpureum, L. Red Dead-nettle. 
Native or Colonist. First found: Gosselin, 1788. 
Frequent in cultivated ground and on roadsides, and often 
associated with the two preceding species. In Gosselin’s herbarium 
the three species of Lamium are represented, but the localities in 
which they were found are not noted. 
Leonurus Cardiaca, L. Motherwort. 
Alien. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Rare. More frequent at the Vale than elsewhere in the island, 
but noted in many parishes, though often only a plant or two in each 
place. Sometimes very fine on rubbish heaps. 
The common French name of the Motherwort is Agripaume, but 
in the Guernsey patois it is known as Picot: ‘& cause des épines, 
piquots ou piquets de son calice,’ says Métivier, though this seems a 
very improbable derivation. The plant is said to have been originally 
brought from Asia. 
Galeopsis Tetrahit, L. Hemp-netile. 
Native. First found: Gosselin, 1788. 
Very rare, and long supposed to be extinct until it was redis- 
covered by Mr. G. Derrick in 1897 in a field behind Les Caches 
(vil.). A specimen in Gosselin’s herbarium is labelled ‘Orchard 
behind the house of Mont Plaisir, and near the pond at the Rohais.’ 
No locality is specified in FZ. Sarn. 
