100 The Flora of Wiltshire. 



Local'dt/. Borders of fields, roadsides, and waste places abundant. 

 P. Fl. May, June, Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 



Common in all the Districts. Flowers large, white, or cream- 

 coloured, sometimes tinged with bluish. Anthers black. A beau- 

 tiful plant, which, were it less frequent would be highly prized, 

 though in its abundance regarded only as a troublesome weed. 



5. L. Galeob'dolon, (Crantz) Yellow Archangel Weasel-snout. 

 From (gale), a weasel and (hdolos), a fetid smell ; in allusion to 

 the fetid smell of G. lutewm ; hence, too, the name Weasel-snout. 

 Engl. Bat. t. 787. G. luteum, Sm. G. montanum, Reich. 



Locality. In moist woods, thickets, and shady lanes. P. Fl, 

 May, June. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 



General in all the Districts. Flowers whorled, large and hand- 

 some. Corolla yellow, the lower lip variegated with deep orange 

 and crimson specks ; the upper lip downy on the outside. 



Galeopsis, (Linn.) Hemp Nettle. 

 Linn. CI. xiv. Ord, i. 



Name. From (gale), a weasel, and fopsisj, appearance; in 

 allusion to the mouth of the corolla gaping like that of an animal. 



1. G. Ladanum, (Linn.) red Hemp Nettle. Ladanum is a word 

 used by Pliny, and applied to this species with reference to its 

 supposed resemblance to a shrub Ledon or Ladon, from which a 

 gum is obtained called Ladanum. Engl. Bot. t. 884. 



Locality. Fields, chiefly on chalk and clay. A. Fl. August, 

 September. Area, I. 2. 3. 4. 5. 



In all the Districts. Leaves shortly stalked, narrow-ovate or 

 lanceolate, coarsely toothed. Flowers purple, in dense whorls in 

 the upper axils, the upper ones forming a terminal head. Calyx 

 teeth usually very pointed, the tube of the corolla considerably 

 longer than the calyx. It varies much in the breadth of the leaf 

 from ovate to nearly linear, in the degree of hairiness, and in the 

 size of the flower. 



2. G. Tetrahit, (Linn.) common Hemp Nettle. From the Greek 

 (tetra), four ; with reference to the quadrangular stem. Engl. Bot, 

 t. 207. St. 62, 6. 



