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purple with a white margin or variegated in different ways, 

 large. St. 12 ft. high. M. grandlflora (Sm. E. B. 636) is 

 only a slight variety. Woods in the South. P. V. VI. E. 



11. LA'MIUM Linn. Dead-Nettie. 



* Lower lip of cor. loith one large obcordate lobe with 1 2 teeth 

 on each side of its base. 



1. L. amplexicaule (L.) ; 1. roundish-cordate bluntly incise- 

 crenate, lower 1. stalked, upper sessile clasping, cal.-teeth longer 

 than the tube (green) at length connivent, cor.-tube straight 

 naked within. E. B. 770. Lower fl.-whorls usually distant. 

 Fl. purple-red. Nutlets small, smooth, three times as long as 

 broad, with a small triangular oblique terminal space. Cor.-tube 

 much exceeding the calyx, slender. The cor. does not alwavs 

 expand, but the anth. are fertile and the fr. is produced. Sandy 

 and chalky fields. A. V. VIII. Henbit. E. S. I. 



2. L. intermedium (Fries) ; 1. incise-crenate, lower 1. stalked, 

 upper reniform-cordate sessile, cal.-teeth longer than the tube 

 hispid always spreading, straight cor.-tube with a faint hairy 

 ring within. E. B. S. 2914. Lower fl.-whorls usually distant. 

 N utlets large thrice as long as broad, with a large triangular ter- 

 minal rather oblique space. Tube of the cor. equal, cylindrical. 

 Cal.-teeth usually purple, rigid. Common in S. rare in E. and 

 L A. VI. IX. E.S.L. 



3. L. hy'bridum (Vill.) j I. cordate incise-denta,te all stalked, 

 upper broadly ovate crowded, cal.-teeth as long as or longer 

 than the tube always spreading, tube of the cor. straight naked 

 within. E. B. 1933. L. incisum (Willd.) ed. viii. Uppermost 

 1. wedgeshaped below. Fl.-whorls usually all contiguous. Fl. 

 reddish. Cor.-tube equal, cylindrical, sometimes with a faint 

 ring of hairs within. Nutlets smooth. Cultivated and waste 

 ground. A. IV. VI. E.S.I. 



4. L. purpureum (L.) ; 1. cordate crenate serrate all stalked, 

 upper cordate or cordate-ovate crowded, cal.-teeth as long as the 

 tube always spreading, cor.-tube a little curved below with a 

 ring of hairs within. E. B. 769. Fl.-whorls contiguous. Cor. 

 pale purple, lip spotted with red ; tube narrow r ed below. Nut- 

 lets about twice as long as broad, smooth. A form with more 

 deeply-cut leaves, /3. decipiens (Sond.), is often taken for Sp. 3. 

 Waste and cultivated ground. A. IV. VIII. Red Dead- 

 Nettle. E. S. I. 



