CLASS IV. ORDER I.] OALEOPSIS. 817 



ovate lanceolate, pale green, mostly equally serrated, petiolated, clothed 

 with soft close pressed pubescence, especially beneath. Inflorescence 

 terminal and axillary whorls of numerous crowded flowers. Calyx 

 bell-shaped, very downy, almost shaggy, the teeth lanceolate, bristle 

 pointed. Bracteas narrow, awl-shaped, bristle pointed, downy, re- 

 flexed. Corolla large, pale sulphur colour, the tube long, narrow 

 below, dilated upwards, downy, upper lip short, concave, deeply notched 

 or crenated on the margin, the lower lip large, spreading, three lobed, 

 crenated, the palate yellow, and sometimes the upper lip is of a 

 blueish colour. Stamens curved beneath the upper lip. Anthers two 

 valved, and slightly bearded. Seeds rather large, triangular, ovate, a 

 dull paleish brown, smooth. 



Habitat. Sandy fields and waste places, rare ; Yorkshire, Notting- 

 hamshire, Lancashire, and Bangor, in Wales. 



Annual ; flowering in July and August. 



** Stem swollen below the joint. 



3. G. Tetra'hit, Linn. (Fig. 941.) Common Hemp-neltle. Stem 

 bristly, swollen below the joints; leaves ovate, acuminate, serrated; 

 corolla with the upper lip ovate, nearly straight, notched, or entire. 



English Botany, t. 207. English Flora, vol. iii. p. 95. Hooker, 

 British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 231. Lindley, Synopsis, p. 203. 



Root with spreading branched fibres. Stem erect, branched, ob- 

 tusely angular, swollen below the joints, rough, with bristles pointed 

 downwards, especially beneath the joints. Leaves ovate, mostly with a 

 long acuminated point, strongly serrated, more or less rough, with 

 close pressed stout bristly hairs, paler beneath, with prominent mid- 

 rib and lateral veins. Inflorescence terminal and axillary whorls of 

 numerous flowers. Calyx bell-shaped, ribbed, bristly, the teeth equal, 

 long, sharp, bristly. Bracteas awl-shaped, ciliated bristles. Corolla 

 about twice as long as the calyx tube, downy, pale purple, the throat 

 somewhat inflated, upper lip slightly curved, concave, entire or notched, 

 or waved on the margin, the lower lip three lobed, the lateral ones 

 ovate, acute, the middle one obtuse, or angular, flat, mostly crenated 

 on the margin. Calyx swollen when in seed, the throat contracted. 

 Seeds roundish ovate, beautifully speckled with dark and pale brown, 

 quite smooth, shining. 



Habitat. Waste and cultivated grounds ; frequent. 



Annual ; flowering in July and August. 



4. G. versi'color, Curt. (Fig. 942.) Large-lowered Hemp-nettle. 

 Stem bristly, swollen below the joints; leaves oblong, ovate, acumi- 

 nate, serrated; corolla with the upper lip inflated, the margin crenated. 



English Botany, t. 067. English Flora, vol. iii. p. 96. Hooker, 

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

 Tetrahit, &. Linn. 



Root of numerous branched spreading fibres. Stem erect, branched, 

 rough, with deflexed bristly hairs, obtusely angular, somewhat swollen 



