258 58. LABIATE. 



cross. /3. hirsuta; cal. -teeth elongate linear-lanceolate. Hedges 

 and thickets. /3. Scotland. P. IV. VI. Ground-ivy. 



Tribe VII. Stachydea. 



1 1 . MELITTIS Linn. Bastard Balm. 



1. M. Melissophyllum (L.).E.B. 577 and 636. L. oblong- 

 ovate or slightly cordate. Upper lip of the cal. with 2 or 3 teeth. 

 Fl. purple with a white margin or variegated in different ways, 

 large. St. 1 2 feet high. M. grandiftora (Sm.) is only a slight 

 variety. Woods in the south. P. V. VI. E. 



12. LAMITJM Linn. Dead Nettle. 



* Loiuer Up of cor. with one large obcordate lobe with 1 2 teeth 

 on each side of its base. 



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

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

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

 E. B. 770. R.I. f. 373. Nuts small, three times as long as broad, 

 with a small triangular oblique terminal space. Cor.-tube much 

 exceeding the calyx, slender, naked within. The cor. does not 

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

 Sandy and chalky fields. A. V. VIII. Henlit. 



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

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

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

 within. E. B. S. 2914. Nuts twice the size of those of the pre- 

 ceding, as broad as but longer than those of the following, with 

 a large triangular terminal rather oblique space. Tube of the 

 cor. equal, cylindrical. Cal.-teeth usually purple, rigid. Com- 

 mon in Scotland, rare in England and Ireland. A. VI. IX. 



3. L. incisum (Willd.) ; I. cordate incise-dentate all stalked, 

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

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

 within. E. B. 1933. Uppermost 1. wedgeshaped below. St. 

 few slender and elongated or many thick and short. Tube 

 of the cor. equal, cylindrical, sometimes with a faint ring of hairs 

 within. Cultivated and waste ground. A. IV. VL 



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

 upper ovate crowded, cal.-teeth as long as their tube always 

 spreading, cor.-tube a little curved below with a ring of hairs 

 within. E. B. 769. Cor. pale purple, lip spotted with red ; 

 tube narrowed below. Nut about twice as long as broad. A 



