Scotland. Ratlicr ran- in Irelaiid, and coiifincd to the north of the 

 ibhmd. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Annual. Spring to Autumn. 



Stem 3 to 18 inches long, succulent, brittle, decumbent at the base, 

 the flowering portion always erect. Leaves resembling those of 

 L. nmplexieaule, but generally larger. Lowest pair of bracts com- 

 monly stalked, sometimes with the stalk nearly as long as the lamina, 

 but generally much shorter. Upper verticillasters generally approxi- 

 mate, with tiie bracts rajudly decreasing in size towards the apex of the 

 stem; the lower pairs much larger in proportion to the flowers than 

 is commonly the case in L. amplexicaule, often 3 inches across from 

 point to point. Caly.x ;J inch long, much less densely and softly 

 pubescent than in the last-named species. Corolla J inch long, paler 

 red, with the tube shorter, and the limb much larger in proportion 

 than in L. amplexicaule. Nucules J inch h)ng, olive, sprinkled with 

 white scales, the triangular space at the obliquely truncate apex larger 

 in proj)ortion than in the preceding. Plant dull green, thinly pube 

 scent, with the stem subglabrous. 



Intermediate Dead-nettle. 



German, Mitllerc Tauhnessel. 



SPECIESm.— LAMIUM INCISUM. Willi. 



Pi.\TK MLXXXIII. 



ncieh. Ic. Fl. Gorm. et Hclv. Vol. XVIII. Tab. MCCIV. Fig. 1. 

 L. hybridum, 17//. Oren. & GoJr. Fl. dc Fr. Vol. XII. p. GSO. 

 L. conferturu, Fries, Summ. Vcg. Scand. p. 15. 



Annual. Leaves stalked, roundish-deltoid, subcordate, subcordate- 

 subobtuse, irregularly and deeply crenate. Verticillasters usually all 

 contiguous at the apex of the stem. Lowest pair of bracts distinctly 

 stalked, deltoid, subcordate; upper ones rhombic, generally wedge- 

 shaped at the base; all acute, decj^ly inciso-crenate or cut into lobes, 

 which arc again crenate, none of the pairs overlapping and pseudo- 

 coimatc. Calyx thinly pubescent ; teeth nearly as long as the 

 tube, generally green, triangular-subulate, sparingly ciliated, slightly 

 diverging even after flowering. Corolla tube without an evident 

 internal ring of hairs, rather slender, straight, rather shorter than 

 the calyx-teeth. Nucules scarcely twice as long as broad, thickly 

 dotted with white scales. 



In cultivated ground and waste places, by roadsides, and on hedge- 

 banks. Rather common, and generally distributed. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Aimual. Spring to Autumn. 



