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LABIATE. 



here for many years. Near Cadbury Camp. Weston- 

 in-Gordano ; Mr. I). Fry. 



It is said that cats delight in the scent of this plant almost 

 as much as hi that of Valerian root. Whenever 

 they meet with the Nepeta they entirely destroy it by 

 chewing the young branches, and rolling themselves 

 upon the plant as long as any smell is left. 



*' Mr. Miller says that cats will not meddle with it if it be 

 raised from seed ; and in support of this opinion quotes 

 an old saying, ' If you set it, the cats will eat it ; if you 

 sow it, the cats won't know it.' " Withering. 



602. N. Glechoma, Bcnth. Ground-Ivy. 



Native ; on nearly every hedge-bank, very common. 



IV. VI. 

 LAMIUM, L. 



603. L. amplexicaule, L. 



Native ; under walls, and on cultivated land, rare. 



G. In plenty at Crew's Hole, 1880, and 1881. 



S. Burnham. Clevedon. Keyusham. Under walls in 

 several places about Weston-super-Mare. Abundant in 

 potato fields at Worle, 1880. Yattou. 



A large form of this plant with much larger leaves, the upper 

 internodes very short, and approaching in appearance to 

 L. intermedium, occurs on high ground between Weston- 

 super-Mare and Banwell. IV. VII, 



604. L. incisum, wuid. 



Native ; in waste places, rather rare. 



G. Netharn ; Stapleton ; Swete, Fl. 62. Charlton. 

 Frenchay. 



S. It is tolerably abundant about Clevedon, although 

 more unfrequent than L. purpureum, with which it 

 often grows ; Mr. D. Fry. Pill. Portishead. Tickenham, 

 Weston-super-Mare. IV. VI, 



