GALEOPSIS.] LABIATE. 327 



5-nerved ; teeth 5, spinescent. Corolla-tithe straight, naked inside, throat 

 dilated ; upper lip ovate, arched ; lower 3-fid, rnid-lobe obcordate or 2-fid ; 

 palate with erect teeth at the union of the lobes. Stamens 4, exserted ; 

 anther-cells transversely 2-valved, inner valve rounded ciliate, outer 

 larger naked. Nutlets rounded, compressed, obscurely reticulate. 

 DISTRIB. Temp. Europe, W. Asia ; species 3. ETYM. yaXer) and oij/ts, 

 from the resemblance of the corolla to a weasel's head. 



1. G. Ziad'anum, L. ; softly pubescent, nodes not thickened, calyx- 

 teeth not exceeding the tube, corolla red. 



Cornfields and waste places, from Elgin south d. ; ascends to 1,050 ft. in 

 Derby ; rare in Scotland ; E. Ireland, local ; (a colonist, Wats.) ; fl. July- 

 Oct. Stem 6-18 in. ; branches many, ascending. Leaves petioled, 1-2 in., 

 ovate-oblong or linear-lanceolate, acute, serrate. Whorls few- or many- 

 fld. ; bracts sessile ; bracteoles linear, spinescent ; pedicels very short. 

 Calyx-teeth subulate-lanceolate. Corolla -1 in., hairy, rosy, lower lip 

 mottled. DISTRIB. Europe, N. and W. Asia; iutrod. in N. America. 



G. LAD'ANUM proper (L. Herb.) ; leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate serrate 

 throughout, whorls all separate, tube of corolla equalling the calyx. O. 

 intermedia, Vill. Denbigh, Moray. 



Sub-sp. G. ANGUSTIFO'LIA, Ehrh. ; leaves narrower connate at the base inter- 

 ruptedly serrate or subentire, upper whorls approximate, tube of corolla 

 much longer than the calyx. G. canes' cens, Schultz. 



2. G. du bia, Leers ; glandular-pubescent, nodes not thickened, calyx- 

 teeth not exceeding the tube, corolla often yellow. G-. villo'xa, Huds. ; 

 ft. ockroleu'ca, Lamk. 



Sandy cornfields, rare, Durham, York, Lincoln, Carnarvon, Notts, Essex ; (a 

 colonist, Wats.} ; fl. July-Aug. Habit of G. Lad'anum, but glandular, 

 leaves broader, more deeply serrate ; whorls dense, almost silky ; bracteoles 

 much smaller ; calyx-teeth less spinescent ; corolla 1-1J in., pale yellow, 

 rarely white or purple. DISTRIB. From Denmark southd. 



3. G, Tet'rahit, L. ; hispid, nodes thickened, calyx-teeth as long as or 

 longer than the tube, corolla yellow and purple or white. 



Cornfields and waste places, N. to Sutherland; ascends to 1,300 ft. in 

 Northumbd. ; Ireland; Channel Islands; (colonist? Wats.)-, fl. July- 

 Sept. Usually much larger and stouter than the two preceding, with 

 spreading and deflexed hairs. Stem |-3 ft., succulent, nodes very hispid. 

 Leaves 1-4 in., rather long-petioled, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute or 

 acuminate, very coarsely serrate. Whorls dense-fld. ; bracts leafy ; brac- 

 teoles shorter than the calyx. Calyx |-| in. ; teeth very long, straight, 

 subulate. Corolla |-1J in. DISTRIB. Europe (Arctic), N". and W. Asia, 

 N.W. India ; introd. in N. America. 



G. TET'RAHIT proper ; corolla in., rosy or white, upper lip flattish longer 

 than broad, lower flat, nutlets slightly convex above ventrally. G. bif'ida, 

 Boenn., is a slender var. with the mid-lobe of the lower lip notched, margins 

 at length reflexed. 



Sub-sp. G. SPECIO'SA, Miller; corolla larger broader 1-1 1 in. yellow and 

 purple, tube much exceeding the calyx, upper lip arched as broad as long, 

 nutlets very convex above ventrally. G. tersic'olor, Curt. 



