816 . GALEOPSIS. [CLASS IV. ORDER I. 



lower of three unequal lobes, having two teeth on the upper side, 

 the middle lobe obtuse, or emarginate. Anthers opening with 

 valves. Name from yaXfn, a weasel ; and o^*?, aspect or appear- 

 ance ; from the supposed resemblance in the corolla to the snout 

 of an animal. 



* Stem not swollen below the joint. 



1. G. La'danum, Linn. (Fig. 939.) Red Hemp-nettle. Stem with 

 close pressed hairs, not swollen below the joints; leaves lanceolate, or 

 oblong lanceolate, serrated, or nearly entire ; upper lip of the corolla 

 slightly crenated. 



Enp>ish Botany, t. 884. English Flora, vol. in. p. 94. Hooker, 

 Bri'lsh Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 230. Lindley, Synopsis, p. 202. 



Hoot zig-zag, with numerous branched fibres. Stem erect, from 

 one to two feet high, much branched, obtusely angular, rough, with 

 close pressed hairs, mostly of a deep red colour, and not swollen be- 

 neath the joints. Leaves lanceolate, oblong lanceolate, narrow, and 

 sometimes almost linear, the margin more or less toothed, sometimes 

 entire, petioles slender, dark green, and nearly smooth above, paler, 

 with a prominent mid-rib and lateral veins, and rough, with close 

 pressed hairs on the under side. Inflorescence dense terminal and 

 axillary whorls of numerous flowers. Calyx bell-shaped, hairy, ribbed, 

 the teeth nearly equal, awl-shaped, bristle pointed. Bracteas linear, 

 hairy, and as well as the calyx sometimes viscid. Corolla with a 

 slender hairy pale coloured tube, the lips deep pink, variegated with 

 crimson and white spots, the throat dilated, the upper lip narrow, 

 arched, concave, slightly crenated or notched at the end, the lower of 

 three deep lobes, the lateral ones roundish, and smaller than the 

 middle heart-shaped one. Stamens curved beneath the upper lip. 

 Anthers roundish, two valved. Seeds triangular, oblong, dark, brown, 

 smooth. 



Habitat. Dry sandy and rubbishy places ; not unfrequent in 

 England and Ireland ; rare in Scotland. 



Annual ; flowering from August to October. 



This is readily distinguished from our other species by its narrow 

 spreading variable leaves, wiry, much branched and spreading stem, 

 and scarcely notched upper lip of the corolla. 



2. G. vil'losa, Huds. (Fig. 940.) Downy Hemp-nettle. Stem with 

 close pressed hairs, not swollen below the joints; leaves ovate lanceo- 

 late, serrated ; upper lip of the corolla deeply notched. 



English Botany, t. 2353. English Flora, vol. iii. p. 95. Hooker, 

 British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 230. Lindley, Synopsis, p. 203. G. 

 grandiflora, Roth. G. ochroleuca, Lam. 



Root zig-zag, with numerous branched fibres. Stem erect, from one 

 to two feet high, branched, obtusely angular, and clothed with recurved 

 close pressed hairs. Leaves of the stem ovate, those of the branches 



