CLASS xiv. OEDKR i.] GALEOBDOLON GALEOPSIS. 815 



GENUS IX. GALEOB'DOLON Hues. Weasel-snout. 



Nat. Ord. LABIAT'E.E. Juss. 



GEN. CHAR. Calyx campanulate, five ribbed, nearly equal, five 

 toothed. Corolla with the upper lip incurved, arched, entire, the 

 lower one much smaller, in three acule lobes, the tube with a hairy 

 ring. Name from ya^ffl, a weasel; aud /3^oXoj, a foetid smelly 

 synonymous with Galeopsis, to which genus this was formerly 

 united. 



1. G. lu'teum, Huds. (Fig. 938.) Yellow Weasel-snout, or Arch- 

 angel. 



English Botany, t. 787. English Flora, vol. iii. p. 97. Hooker, 

 British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 230. Lamium Galeobdolon, Crantz. 

 Lindley, Synopsis, p. 204. 



The only known species of the genus. Root with creeping suckers. 

 Stem ascending from one to two feet high, obtusely angular, simple, 

 hairy, especially above. Leaves distant below, more numerous above, 

 on spreading footstalks, variable in form, from roundish ovate to 

 narrow lanceolate, clothed with close soft down, dark green above, 

 paler beneath, the margins coarsely and often unequally serrated. 

 Inflorescence axillary whorls of numerous sessile flowers. Calyx 

 tubular, slightly ribbed, hairy, unequally n've toothed, the lower ones 

 spreading, or somewhat curved downwards, the upper one curved up- 

 wards. Bracteas linear, hairy, shorter than the calyx. Corolla hairy, 

 of a beautiful yellow colour, the t ibe rather longer than the calyx, the 

 upper lip elongated, curved, concave, entire, fringed on the margin 

 with soft silky hairs, the lower lip recurved, of three entire oblong 

 lobes, the middle one the largest and longest, elegantly spotted with 

 scarlet, and the base and middle lobe orange colour. Seeds pear- 

 shaped, somewhat angular, brown. 



Habitat.-^ Woods, groves, and shady places ; frequent in England, 

 South of Scotland, and Ireland. 

 Perennial ; flowering in May and June. 



This is nearly allied to the Lamiums. The flowers are very beauti- 

 ful, the more so when grown in a very shady situation. The whole 

 herbage has a disagreeable smell ; it does not appear to be the favourite 

 food of any animal, and is not applied to any particular use. 



GENUS X. GALEOP'SIS LINN. Hemp-nettle. 

 Nat. Ord. LABIA'TE.*. Joss. 



GBN. CHAR. Calyx campanulate, equal, with fine bristle pointed 

 teeth. Corolla with the throat inflated, the upper lip arched, the 



