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LABIATE. 



2. G. Lddanum (Bed Hemp-nettle). Stem and leaves 

 downy with soft hair ; stem not swollen below the 

 joints. Gravelly and sandy fields ; not unfrequent. Ee- 

 sembling the last, but smaller. The flowers are pur- 

 ple, mottled with crimson. Fl. August September. 

 Annual. 



* G. versicolor (Large-flowered Hemp-nettle) is a plant 

 of local occurrence, abundant in the Highlands, resem- 

 bling G. Tetrdhit in character ; the flowers are large, 

 yellow, with usually a broad purple spot upon the lower 

 lip ; G. villosa (Downy Hemp-nettle) is more like 

 G. Lddanum, the leaves being soft and downy, and the 

 stem not swollen ; the flowers are large, pale yellow. 



LAMIUM PURPUREUM (Purple Dead-nettle). 



12. LAMIUM (Dead-nettle). 



1. L. album (White Dead-nettle). Leaves heart- 

 shaped, tapering to a point, serrated, stalked. Hedges 

 and waste ground, abundant. A common, but not in- 



