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LABIATE. 



2. K Glechoma (Ground Ivy). Stem trailing ; flowers 

 3 or 4 together, axillary. Hedges and waste ground, 

 abundant. A favourite spring flower, with creeping 

 stems, kidney-shaped, crenate, roughish leaves, and bright 

 purple-blue Bowers which grow in threes in the axils of 

 the leaves. * The whole plant has a strong aromatic odour, 

 which, though scarcely fragrant, is far from disagreeable. 

 In rural districts the leaves are often dried and made 

 into tea. Described by some botanists under the name 

 of Glechoma hederdcea. Fl. April June. Perennial. 



VULGAR^ (II hite Horehound). 



16. MARRUBIUM ( White Horehound). 



1. M. vulgdre (White Horehound). The only British 

 species. Waste ground, not common. Well distin- 



