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or slightly notched, about as long as the lower lip; lower lip 3-lobctl, 

 the middle lobe larger and entire or notched. Stamens 4 ; filaments 

 subparallel under the upper lip of the corolla; anther-cells approxi- 

 mate in pairs, joined at the apex, and divergent in a straight line, 

 each opening by a transverse curved slit. Nucules rounded at the 

 apex. 



Annual herbs, with ovate, oval or elliptical, serrate leaves. Bracts 

 similar to the leaves. Verticillasters many-flowered ; flowers often 

 showy, rose, yellow, white or variegated. 



The name of this genus of plants comes from the Greek words, yaXij (gale), a 

 weasel, 6;//ic (opsis), aspect ; from the likeness of its flowers. 



SPECIES I.— G ALEOPSIS LADANOM. " Lam." Sm. 

 Plates MLXXIV. ilLXXV. 



Stem wiry, not thickened at the nodes, branched ; branches ascending. 

 Leaves oblong-elliptical or lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acute or 

 subacute, serrate or nearly entire. Calyx teeth acuminated into 

 subulate points. Upper lip of the corolla faintly notched. Plant more 

 or less pubescent with rather stiff hairs, those on the stem deflexed ; 

 calyx more or less harshly pubescent, rarely with a few gland-tipped 

 hairs amongst the others. 



Sub-Species I.— Galeopsis angustifolia. EhrJi. 



Plate l^ILXXIV. 

 G. Ladanum, Auct. Angl. Bor. Fl. du centr. de la Fr. ed. iii. Vol. II. p. 525. 



Leaves lanceolate-elliptical or oblong-elliptical or strapshaped-lan- 

 ceolate, wedge-shaped and gradually contracted into the petiole at 

 the base, remotely and irregularly serrate (chiefly in the middle of 

 each side) or nearly entire. Uppermost verticillasters contiguous. 

 Outer bracteoles longer than the calyx. Tube of the corolla usually 

 much longer than the calyx, often thrice as long. 



Var. a, genuina. 



Beich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XVIH. Tab. MCGXX. Fig. 1. 

 Billot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 1049. 

 G. angustifolia, Ectch.fil. 1. c. p. 17. 



Calyx pubescent with short hairs or subglabrous ; teeth scarcely as 

 long as the tube. Plant sparingly pubescent or subglabrous, green. 



