248 DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. [JCL. XIV. 



base, dilated at the throat, which has two prominences, hollow 

 beneath, in front ; upper lips vaulted, roundish, serrate at the 

 end ; lower lip deeply three-lobed, the lateral lobes roundish, the 

 middle one larger, cleft and crenate. Filaments awl-shaped, 

 covered by the upper lip ; anthers roundish, cleft. Germen su- 

 perior, four-lobed. Style thread-shaped, as long as the stamens; 

 stigma divided into two acute, spreading segments. Seeds four, 

 triangular, convex at the top, in the bottom of the stiff, thorny, 

 open calyx. Name, from gale, a weasel, and opsis, appear- 

 ance. 287. 



1. G. Laddnum. Red Hemp-nettle. Stem not swelled below the joints ; 

 leaves lance-shaped, somewhat serrate, hairy ; upper lip of the corolla 



slightly crenate. Stem about a foot high, erect, with opposite 



branches : flowers in dense whorls : corolla rose-coloured, spotted with 

 crimson and white. Annual : flowers in August and September : grows 

 among rubbish and in gravelly fields : frequent in England : rare in Scot- 

 land. Eng. Bot. vol. xiii. pi. 884. Eng. Ft. vol. iii. p. 93. 869. 



2. G. villdsa. Downy Hemp-nettle. Stem not swelled below the 

 joints ; leaves narrowly egg-shaped, serrate, very soft and downy ; upper 



lip of the corolla deeply crenate. Stem erect, branched, woolly : 



leaves stalked, the lower egg-shaped, the upper lance-shaped, taper- 

 pointed : calyx deeply shaggy : corolla large, pale-yellow, with a large 

 cleft upper lip. Annual : flowers in July and August : grows in sandy 

 corn-fields in England : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. xxxiii. pi. 2353. Eng. Fl. 

 vol. iii. p. 94. 870. 



3. G. Tttrahit. Common Hemp-nettle. Stem bristly, swelled below 

 the joints ; corolla twice as long as the calyx, its upper lip nearly straight. 



Stem from one to two feet high, rough with deflected, very sharp, 



prickly bristles : leaves egg-shaped, acute, serrate, hairy on both sides : 

 flowers in numerous dense whorls: corolla with a purple upper lip, and 

 a nearly equally three-lobed lower one, variegated with white and purple. 

 Annual : flowers in June and July : grows in cultivated grounds, hedges, 

 and waste places : common. Eng. Bot. vol. iii. pi. 207. Eng. Ft. vol. iii. 

 p. 94. 871. 



4. G. rersicolor. Large-lowered Hemp-nettle. Stem bristly, swelled 

 below the joints j corolla thrice as long as the calyx, its upper lip vaulted. 



Stem from one to two feet high, with deflected bristles: corolla 



large, yellow, the middle segments of the lower lip inversely heart- 

 shaped, purple. Annual: flowers in July: grows among corn: not 

 common, except in Scotland. Eng. Eat. vol. x. pi. 667. Eng. FL vol. iii. 

 p. 95. 872. 



9. GALEO'BDOLON. WFASEL-SNOUT. 



Calyx of one leaf, tubular, bell -shaped, with five unequal, 

 spreading, thorn-tipped teeth, shorter than the tube, the upper 

 tooth erect, at some distance from the other. Corolla gaping; 

 tube cylindrical, as long as the calyx; upper lip oval, vaulted, 

 hairy, entire, fringed; lower lip shorter, divided into three oblong, 

 acute, undivided segments, the middle one longest. Filaments 

 awl-shaped, covered by the upper lip ; anthers roundish, two- 

 lobed. Germen four-lobed. Style thread-shaped, as long as the 



