248 DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPEEMIA. [cL. XIV. 



base, dilated at the throat, which has two prominences, hollow 

 beneath, in front upper lips vaulted, roundish, serrate at the 

 end ; lower lip deeply three-lobed, the lateral lobes roundish, 

 the middle one larger, cleft and crenate. Filaments awl- 

 shaped, covered by the upper lip ; anthers roundish, cleft. 

 Germen superior, four-lobed. Style thread-shaped, as long as 

 the stamens; stigma divided into two acute, spreading seg- 

 ments. Seeds four, triangular, convex at the top, in the 

 bottom of the stiff, thorny, open calyx. Name, from gale, a 

 weasel, and opsis, appearance. 287. 



1. G. Laddmim. Red Hemp-nettle. Stem not swelled below the 

 joints ; leaves lance-shaped, somewhat serrate, hairy ; upper lip 



of the corolla slightly crenate. Stem about a foot" high, erect, 



with opposite branches : flowers in dense whorls : corolla rose- 

 coloured, spotted with crimson and white. Annual : flowers in 

 August and September : grows among rubbish and in gravelly 

 fields : frequent in England : rare in Scotland. Eng. Bot. vol. xiii. 

 pi. 884. Eng. Fl.vol. iii. p. 93. 869. 



2. G. mllosa. Downy Hemp-nettle. Stem not swelled below the 

 joints ; leaves narrowly egg-shaped, serrate, very soft and downy ; 



upper lip of the corolla deeply crenate. Stem erect, branched, 



woolly: leaves stalked, the lower egg-shaped, the upper lance- 

 shaped, taper-pointed : calyx deeply snaggy : corolla large, pale- 

 yellow, with a large cleft upper lip. Annual : flowers in July and 

 August : grows in sandy corn-fields in England : rare. Eng. Bot. 

 vol. xxxiii. pi. 2353. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 94. 870. 



3. G. Tetrahit. Common Hemp-nettle. Stem bristly, swelled below 

 the joints ; corolla twice as long as the calyx, its upper lip nearly 



straight. Stem from one to two feet high, rough, with deflected, 



very sharp, prickly bristles: leaves egg-shaped, acute, serrate, 

 hairy on both sides : flowers in numerous dense whorls : corolla 

 with a purple upper lip, and a nearly equally three-lobed lower 

 one, variegated with white and purple. Annual : flowers in June 

 and July : grows in cultivated grounds, hedges, an$ waste places : 

 common. Eng. Bot. vol. iii. pi. 207. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 94. 871. 



4. G. versicolor. Large-flowered Hemp-nettle. Stem bristly, 

 swelled below the joints ; corolla thrice as long as the calyx, its 

 upper lip vaulted. Stem from one to two feet high, with de- 

 flected bristles : corolla large, yellow, the middle segments of the 

 lower lip inversely heart-shaped, purple. Annual : flowers in 

 July : grows among corn : not common, except in Scotland. Eng. 

 Bot. vol. x. pi. 667. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 95. 872. 



9. GALEO'BDOLON. WEASEL -SNOUT. 



Calyx of one leaf, tubular, bell-shaped, with five unequal, 

 spreading, thorn-tipped teeth, shorter than the tube, the upper 

 tooth erect, at some distance from the other. Corolla gaping ; 

 tube cylindrical, as long as the calyx ; upper lip oval, vaulted, 

 hairy, entire, fringed ; lower lip shorter, divided into three oblong, 

 acute, undivided segments, the middle one longest. Filaments 

 awl-shaped, covered by the upper lip; anthers roundish, two- 

 lobed. Germen four-lobed. Style thread-shaped, as long as the 



