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1261. G. tetrahit, L. 7 9, A. Woods and chalky fields ; common. 



a. First record, 1597: "About Gravesende and South- 

 fleete." 



(341) LAMIUM, L. (DEAD NETTLE). Bee fls., often found 

 near stinging nettle communities, where it is protected 

 against browsing animals. 



1263. L. amplexicaule, L. (HENBIT), 5 8, A. Cultivated and waste 

 ground ; frequent but not abundant ; cleistogamic buds in 

 spring and autumn. 



1. Garden borders, Borough Green Rly. Stn. '03. W.H.G. 



2. Roads near Bellingham and Ravensbourne Rly. 



Stations, '05. W.H.G. 



3. Cultivated fields, W. Wickham, '97. Sc. 



1265. L. hybridum, Vill. (under PURPUREUM, B. & H.), 46, A. 



Waste or cultivated ground, hedgebanks ; locally abundant. 



1. About Lee, Burnt Ash, and Eltham, plentiful. Dod. 



2. A pretty little form with very small fls. and dark 



purplish-green leaves, near Lee. Dod. 



1266. L. purpureum, L. (RED DEAD NETTLE), 4 8, A. Waste 



and cultivated ground ; very abundant. White fls. here 

 and there. 



var. b). decipiens, Sond., with more deeply cut leaves. 

 1. By railway between Higham and the Marshes. Dod. 



1267. L. album, L. (WHITE DEAD NETTLE), 5 6, P. Roadsides, 



hedges, waste places ; usually in stinging nettle com- 

 munities, a case of protective mimicry. Humble bee fls ; 

 very common. 



1267. L. maculatum, L. Alien ; escapes. 



1. Roadside bank of a cottage garden, near former 

 residence of Dr. Darwin at Down, '03. W.H.G. 



1269. L. galeobdolon, Crantz. 5 6, P. Hedges and woods ; common 



on the chalk. 



a. First record, 1597 : Lord Cobham's Woods in Kent. 



1270. BALLOTA nigra, L. (BLACK HOREHOUND), 78, P. Hedges, 



waste places ; most abundant. White flowered form, 

 Eltham, in an old orchard, '07. J.F.B. 



