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is distinguished by having 5 petals instead of 4. G. Pneumon- 

 anthe is a much more beautiful English plant, with large deep- 

 blue flowers. 



134. Capitate Mint, Meniha aquatica, Dead-nettle family. 

 The stem is about 1 to 2 ft. high, and bears pairs of hairy, 

 ovate, serrate leaves on short stalks : in the axils of the upper- 

 most leaves are large, dense, globular clusters of small, pale 

 purple flowers, and the tip of the stem is occupied by a similar 

 cluster : the plant is common in damp situations, flowering in 

 late summer : M. arvensis, the Corn Mint, is a smaller plant, 



132. Scottish Heather, Ling. 



133. Field Gentian. 



common in corn-fields, with the apical cluster wanting. M. 

 Pulegium, the Pennyroyal, is a prostrate, much branched plant, 

 with small leaves, and many clusters of flowers. The mints are 

 all fragrant. 



135. Hemp-Nettle, Galeopsis Tetrahit, Dead-nettle family. 

 A tall (1 to 2 ft.) coarse weed of cultivated land : the branched 

 stem is square, and bears pairs of ovate, serrate leaves with long 

 points : the flowers are small, with a 2-lipped, pale purple 

 corolla, and occur in little clusters in the axils of the upper 

 leaves, in late summer and autumn. 



136. Red Dead-Nettie, Lamium purpureum, Dead-nettle 

 family. One of the commonest weeds of gardens and cultivated 

 land : the stem is branched, spreading, and more or less prostrate : 



