128 55. LABIATE. 



10. LAMIUM. Dead-Nettie. 



1. L. XLBUM, L. White Dead- Nettle. Stems decumbent or 

 ascending, branched, flowering stems 8 12 in. high. Le. stalked, 

 ovate, cordate at the base, acuminate, coarsely crenate. Fl. in 

 close axillary whorls. Cal. teeth long, spreading. Cor. white, 

 with a ring of hairs inside, upper lip long, arched. 



Frequent. Waste places and hedges. (B) P. 59. Near Partick Mills, on the 

 banks of the Kelvin; hedges opposite and above Clyde Iron-works; banks of the 

 Cart near Langside ; Busby, Dr. Ross. 



A variety is found below Partick, in an old quarry, with white fl., and leaves 

 with white blotches^ 



Var. maculatum, with purple fl., small le., and white blotches, 

 is found near Barncluith, Hamilton; often the outcast of 

 gardens. 



2. L. PCTRPUREUM, L. Red Dead-Nettie. Stem spreading, 

 branched, 6 10 in. high, lower le. small, orbicular, on long 

 stalks; upper ones shortly stalked, ovate, heart-shaped, crenate, 

 with a silky hairiness, and purplish tint. Fl. in axillary whorls. 

 Cal. teeth as long as the tube, spreading. Cor. with the lateral 

 lobes of the lower lip, having 2 fine teeth, tube slightly curved 

 below, with a ring of hairs within; colour purplish red. 



Very common. In cultivated and waste ground. (B) A. 2 11. 



3. L. INCISUM, Willd. Cut-Leaved Dead-Nettle. Stem 

 branched, 6 12 in. high. Le. all stalked, cordate, inciso- 

 dentate; upper or floral ones deeply cut, wedge-shaped at the 

 base. Cal. teeth spreading, as long as the tube. Cor. reddish 

 purple, with a straight tube, naked within. 



Frequent. In cultivated ground. (B) A. 4 6. Cathcart; Rutherglen, &c. 



4. L. INTERMEDIUM, Fries. Intermediate Dead- Nettle. Lower 

 le. stalked, obtuse, inciso- crenate ; upper or floral ones reniform- 

 cordate, obtuse, sessile. Cal. teeth spreading, longer than the 

 tube. Cor. reddish-purple, with a straight tube, and a slight ring 

 of hairs within. 



Not so common as the preceding. Cultivated fields. (S) A. 6 9. Cathcart; 

 Cambuslang; Gourock; Cumbrae and Arran frequent. 



5. L. AMPLEXICAULE, L. Henbit Dead-Nettie. Le. roundish 

 cordate, wrinkled, bluntly inciso-crenate, floral ones sessile, 

 clasping the stem. Cal. teeth slightly longer than the tube, 

 closing when in fruit. Cor. remarkable for its fine deep rose- 

 colour, tube long and slender, naked within, seldom expanding, 

 with no teeth on the lateral lobes of the lower lip. 



Frequent as a weed in gardens around Glasgow: Cathcavt; Rutherglen; 

 Cambuslang; Gourock; Cumbrae <fcc. (B)A.4 8. 



