SPECIES AND VARIETIES. 61 



(71) Nepeta. Cat Mint. 

 W. Glechoma : stems creeping and rooting ; leaves orbi- 

 cular crenate ; flowers blue, in axillary whorls of about 6, the 

 corolla-tube twice as long as the calyx. — Ground Ivy or Ale- 

 hoof. — Hedge-banks. Fl. April, May. 



(72) Lammm. Dead Nettle. 

 * Annuals, ivlth small floioers in terminal leafy whorls. 



L. amplexicaule : lower leaves long- stalked orbicular^ upper 

 floral ones closely sessile, deeply crenate ; flowers in 1-2-3 

 whorls, purplish-red, with a slender tube. — Henbit. — Sandy 

 fields. Fl. March to June. 



L. purpureum : lower leaves long-stalked orbicular, upper 

 floral ones crowded, shortly stalked, ovate or triangular, often 

 pointed; flowers dull purplish-red, the corolla-tube broader 

 and more open than in the last. — Red Dead -Nettle. — Waste 

 and cultivated ground, common. Fl. April to October. 



Var. incisum : upper leaves deeply cut. — Waste ground. 

 ** Perennials, loitJi large flowers in axillary wliorls. 



L. album : leaves heart-shaped, strongly serrated, hairy ; 

 flowers numerous, elongated, white. — White Dead-Nettie.— 

 Waste ground. Fl. May, June. 



Ii. Galeobdolon : leaves stalked, ovate, toothed ; flowers 

 yellow. — Archangel. — Groves and hedges. Fl. May. 



(73) Ajuga, Bugle. 

 * Flowers axillary, growing in pseudo-wTiorls. 

 A. reptans : glabrous or slightly hairy ; stem forming creep- 

 ing runners ; leaves obovate, entire or coarsely toothed ; flow- 

 ers blue, the upper whorls crowded, forming a cylindrical leafy 

 spike. — Woods and moist pastures. Fl. May. 



