LABIATE. LXXVI. LAMIUM. 



817 



p. 539. L. melisssefolium, Mill. diet. no. 5. Mor. hist. sect. 

 11. t. 11. f. 7. Till. pis. 92. t. 34. f. 1. Clus. hist. 2. p. 35. t. 

 36. Park. par. p. 387. f. 7. Stem red, hispid, or nearly gla- 

 brous. Whorls about 10-flowered. Calyx coloured, nearly 

 glabrous. Corollas red or purple, nearly 1 inch long. Galea 

 downy outside, with ciliated edges. 



far. j3, leaves deeply toothed, y.. H. Orvala Garganica. 

 Lin. spec. p. 807. Papia Garganica, Micheli, gen. 20. t. 17. 



Orvala, or Balm-leaved Archangel. Fl. May, July. Clt. 

 1596. PI. 1 to 3 feet. 



SECT. II. LAMIOPSIS (so named by Dumort, who considers it 

 a distinct genus, from its resemblance to the true species of 

 Lamium.) Benth. lab. p. 509. Lamiopsis, Dumort, florul. belg. 

 p. 45. Tube of corolla straight, naked inside, or furnished with 

 a transverse ring of hairs ; throat very wide. Anthers hairy, 

 outside. 



2 L. MULTI'FIDUM (Lin. spec. p. 809.) superior leaves deeply 

 lobed, glabrous on both surfaces ; tube of corolla straight, ex- 

 serted, annulate inside 1 : galea oblong: throat very wide : lateral 

 lobes very short, mutic. 11 . H. Native of the Levant. L. 

 orientale foliis eleganter laciniatis, Tourn. cor. 11. Commel. rar. 

 t. 26. Stems erect, pubescent. Lower leaves oval, very blunt, 

 quite entire at top ; middle leaves crenated, cuneated at the 

 base: superior ones lg inch long, obtuse, deeply and bluntly 

 lobed ; floral leaves more acute, narrower : all cut and rather 

 shorter than the flowers. Whorls many-flowered, distant. Calyxes 

 villous. Corolla an inch long ; galea narrowed at the base, 

 woolly outside. Anthers villous on the back. 



Multijid-leaved Archangel. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1782. PI. 

 to 1 foot. 



3 L. RHOMBOI'DEUM (Benth. lab. p. 509.) humble, simple ; 

 leaves rhomboid, wrinkled, clothed with velvety wool on both 

 surfaces, as well as die calyxes ; corolla ample, 3 times as long 

 as the calyx : tube straight, naked inside : throat wide : galea 

 broad: lateral lobes ovate, entire. If.? H. Native of the 

 East Indies, in the province of Kamaon, Royle. Erianthera 

 rhomboidea, Benth. in Hook. hot. misc. 3. p. 880. Plant to- 

 mentosely villous. Leaves small ; lower floral ones nearly en- 

 tire ; upper ones deeply crenated ; all obtuse. Whorls about 

 2-fiowered. Corollas nearly 1^ inch long, downy cutside. Very 

 nearly allied to L. Gargdnicum. 



fihomboid-]ea\ed Archangel. PL J foot. 



4 L. GARGA'XICUM (Lin. spec. p. 808.) leaves cordate, wrin- 

 kled, clothed with soft villi on both surfaces; calyx villous ; co- 

 rolla 4 times as long as the calyx, with an erect tube, which is 

 naked inside, a wide throat, a broad helmet, and the lateral lobes 

 angular or furnished with a very short tooth, 'y.. H. Native 

 of Piedmont, on Mount Gargano ; Greece, on Mount Hametto ; 

 Mountains of Laconia and Candia. Smith, exot. hot. 1. t. 48. L. 

 Michelianum, Tausch, in bot. zeit. 1831. 1. p. 215. Till. pis. 

 93. t. 34. f. 2. act. par. 1717. p. 272. t. 9. Plant canescent or 

 hoary. Leaves form of those of L. rulgnlum. Floral leaves for 

 the most part shorter than the flowers. W'horls 10-20-flowered. 

 Corolla 15 lines long, villous outside, red. 



Gargano Archangel. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1729. PL ascend- 

 ing, 1 foot. 



5 L. LOXGIFLORUM (Tenore, fl. nap. prod. p. 34. syll. 285.) 

 stems nearly glabrous ; leaves cordate, wrinkled a little, glabrous, 

 or somewhat villous ; whorls many-flowered ; calyxes glabrous ; 

 corolla about 4 times longer than the calyx : tube straight, 

 naked inside : throat very wide : galea broad : lateral lobes 

 angular, or furnished with a short tooth, y.. H. Native of 



VOL. iv. 



the South of Europe, on the mountains ; as of the Pyrenees, 

 Provence on Mount Ventoso, Piedmont, Apennines, Naples, 

 Sicily, Greece. L. laevigatum, D. C. fl. fr. 3. p. 541. and 

 many other authors, but not of Lin. L. Pedemontanum, Rchb. 

 fl. germ. exc. p. 322. ? Hardly to be distinguished from L. 

 Gargdnicum, unless in being glabrous, or nearly so. 

 Long-flowered Archangel. PL ascending. 



6 L. GLECHOMOI'DES (Smith, in Rees' cycl. vol. 20. Benth. 

 lab. p. 738.) plant nearly glabrous ; leaves small, on long peti- 

 oles, cordate, crenated, or the superior ones are a little cut ; 

 whorls 6-10-flowered ; calyx nearly glabrous, with short acute 

 teeth ; corolla about 4 times longer than the calyx : tube 

 straight, naked inside : throat very wide : galea oblong : lateral 

 lobes angular, appendiculate by a short tooth. I/. ? H. Na- 

 tive of the Levant, Tournefort. This differs from L. longi- 



Jldrum, in the small leaves and short calycine teeth, which are 

 broad, not elongated and subulate. 

 Ground-Ivy-Uke. PL ascending. 



7 L. VEROKICJEFOLIUM (Benth. lab. p. 510.) glabrous; leaves 

 small, on long petioles, reniform, deeply crenated, broadly sub- 

 cordate at the base ; upper leaves approximate, exceeding the 

 flowers, or hardly shorter ; corolla 3 times as long as the calyx, 

 which is glabrous : tube straight, slender : throat dilated : galea 

 very long, bifid at apex : lateral lobes angular, furnished with a 

 short obtuse tooth. !(.. H. Native of Greece. A very dis- 

 tinct species, having the lower leaves like those of L. amplexi- 

 caule, and the corolla like that of L. longifibrum. Leaves almost 

 like those of Veronica hederacea. Corolla | an inch long, red 

 or purple. ? 



Speedwell-Utte Archangel. PL ascending. 



8 L. STRIA TUM (Sibth. et Smith, fl. graec. 6. p. 46. t. 557.) 

 leaves ovate, deeply crenated, broadly subcordate at the base : 

 upper ones approximate, exceeding the flowers, or scarcely 

 shorter ; corolla 3 times as long as the calyx, which is glabrous : 

 tube straight, slender : throat dilated : galea very long, bifid at 

 apex : lateral lobes angular, appendiculate, by a short blunt 

 tooth. 11 . H. Native of Greece, in waste places plentiful. 

 Habit of L. rulgatum ; but the leaves are thinner, smaller, and 

 less cordate at the base ; petioles of the floral leaves shorter 

 than the calyxes. Corollas l inch long. 



Striated Archangel. PI. ascending. 



9 L. BI'FIDUM (Cyr. pi. rar. fasc. 1. p. 22. t. 7.) leaves ovate: 

 superior ones acuminated, all deeply lobed, crenately toothed : 

 upper ones approximate, exceeding the flowers, or hardly shorter; 

 tube of corolla straight, naked inside : throat dilated : galea 

 elongated, and divaricately bifid at apex : lateral lobes appendi- 

 culate by a short linear tooth. Q.I H. Native of the re- 

 gion of the Mediterranean ; as in Corsica, Sicily, Naples. Te- 

 nore, fl. nap. t. 153. f. 2. Habit of L. purpureum. Leaves 

 green on both surfaces, or more or less lined with white, and 

 more or less villous. Upper whorls subcapitate : lower ones 

 remote. Corolla white, a little longer than those of L. pur- 

 pureum. 



Var. j3, clandestinum (Benth. lab. p. 511.) corollas minute 

 from abortion. Q. H. L. cryptanthum, Guss. prod. fl. sic. 2. 

 p. 97. Rchb. icon. bot. eur. 8. p. 3. t. 707. 



Z?|/W-helmeted Archangel. Fl. June, July. Clt.? PI. | 

 foot. 



10 L. AMPLEXICAU'LE (Lin. spec. 809.) leaves orbicular: can- 

 line ones petiolate ; floral leaves stem-clasping, all deeply cre- 

 nated ; tube of corolla straight, slender, naked inside : throat 

 dilated: galea oblong, entire: lateral lobes mutic. O- H. 

 Native of Europe, North of Africa, and Middle Asia, in culti- 

 vated fields and waste grounds ; plentiful in Britain. Smith, 

 engl. bot. t. 770. Hook. fl. lond. vol. 2. icone. Rchb. icon. 



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