CL. XIV.] DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. 247 



variously used as a medicine. Perennial : flowers in April and May : 

 grows by old wall?, hedge?, and road-sides : common. Eng. Bot. vol. xii. 

 pi. 853. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 88. 864. 



7. LA'MIUM. DEAD-NETTLE. 



Calyx of one leaf, tubular, becoming wider towards the mouth, 

 with five nearly equal, awn-tipped teeth. Corolla gaping ; tube 

 cylindrical, very short ; limb open ; throat inflated, compressed, 

 bulging, bordered at each side with one or more little reflected 

 teeth ; upper lip vaulted, roundish, obtuse ; lower lip shorter, in- 

 versely heart-shaped, notched. Filaments awl-shaped, covered by 

 the upper lip; anthers oblong, hairy. Germen four-cleft. Style 

 thread-shaped, of the length of the stamens ; stigma divided into 

 two acute, spreading segments. Seeds four, short, three-cornered, 

 convex on one side, at the bottom of the calyx. Name from 

 Lamia, a celebrated marine monster. 286. 



1. L. album. White Dead-nettle. White Archangel. Leaves heart- 

 shaped, pointed, deeply serrate, hairy ; flowers about twenty in a whorl. 



Root creeping : stems decumbent at the base, erect, about a foot 



high : covered with short deflected hairs : leaves veiny, hairy : flowers 

 large, white, hairy. Perennial : flowers in May and June, but individuals 

 may be got in flower at all seasons : grows among rubbish, and by hedges, 

 wall?, and road-sides: common. Eng. But. vol. xi. pi. 768. Eng. Fl. 

 vol. iii. p. 89. A variety with purple flowers and spotted leaves is the 

 L. Muculdtitm, Spelled Dead-nettle. Eng. Bot. vol. xxxvi. pi. 2550. 

 Eng.Fl. vol. iii. p. 90. 865. 



2. L. p'irpureum. Red Dead-nettle, or Archangel. Leaves heart- 

 shaped, bluntish, unequally crenate, stalked, the upper ones crowded ; 



tube of the corolla closed near the bottom with hairs. Root fibrous : 



stem curved at the base and branched, then erect, densely leafy at the 

 top : flowers purplish-red. Annual : flowers all the year round : grows 

 in loose soil every where. Eng. Bot. vol. xi. pi. 769. Eng. FL vol. iii. 

 p. 91 . 866. 



3. L. incisttm. Cut-leaved Dead-nettle. Leaves broadly heart- 

 shaped, obtuse, stalked, irregularly cut, the upper ones crowded ; tube 



of the corolla internally naked. Resembling the last, but differing 



essentially in the characters given. The leaves are less rugged and 

 thinner. Annual : flowers all the year round : grows in loose soil : com- 

 mon. Eng. Bot. vol.xxvii. pi. 1933. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 91. 867. 



4. L. amplexicaule. Hen-bit Dead-nettle. Leaves broadly heart- 

 shaped, obtuse, deeply crenate, the upper ones embracing the stem. 



Lower leaves stalked, upper sessile, all hairy : corolla with the upper 

 lip crimson and downy, the lower pale and spotted. It frequently occurs 

 with a small externally hairy corolla, which never expands. Annual : 

 flowers in the summer months : grows in loose soil : common. Eng. Boi. 

 vol. xi. pi. 770. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 92. 868. 



8. GALEO'PSIS. HEMP-NETTLE. 



Calyx of one leaf, tubular, with five spreading, thorn-tipped 

 teeth, as long as the tube. Corolla gaping ; tube slender at the 



