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1. B. nigra L. {Uack //.) ; leaves ovate crenate-serrate 

 Lracteas Imear-subulate, teeth of the caljx shortly acuminate 

 patent longer than the tube of the corolla. — «. cal.-tube shorter 

 and stouter, the teeth broadly ovate short suddenly acuminate 

 inucronatecarinato-rcflesed. E.B.t.AQ. B. fcetida Zam B 



Y^v&-^yi^Schweigg. — f3. cal.-tube narrow and elongated toc- 

 fu}!y dilated upwards, the teeth ovate gradually acuminate 

 anstate erect-patent. B. ruderalis Fries. 



Waste places near towns and villages, less frequent in the north 

 0. Bomere, Shropshire. 2^. 6—10. — Stems 2-3 ft. hi-h. Flowers 

 m whorls, purple, rarely white. Whole plant fetid. Fries, Lei-!,ton 

 and some others, pronounce the above varieties to be quite d?st-nct 



species; but Mr. Bentham does not consider them sufficiently marked 

 to be noticed even as varieties. 



9. Leonurus Linn. Motherwort. 



Cat with 5 or 10 ribs, equal, with 5 subulate teeth, the throat 

 naked. Cor. with the upper lijj nearly flat, very hairy above 

 entire ; lower one patent, trifid. The two anterior stamens tlie 

 longest. Anthers sprinkled with shining dots ; cells parallel 

 opening longitudinally. Achenes truncate. — jYamed irom \,^v 

 a lion and ovpa a tad; from a fancied resemblance in the D^ant 

 to a lion's tail. ^ " 



L. * Cardiaca L. (AT.) ; leaves petiolate, lower onps nnl. 



>- y -cieit incise-tv^v^..ij^u, liy^cj. v^uuuiiLe-ianueoiaie a-lobecl 

 i.ppermost entire, tube of the corolla with an oblique rin-! 



^Hedges and waste places, in several parts of England. About 

 i-dmb. _ South ot Ireland. 11. 7-9. - Stem 3 it. high, branched. 

 J'lowers m crowded whorls, white with a reddish tinge ; upper lip of 

 cor. sliaggy. Cat. with pungent spreading teeth, the'two lower rather 



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10. Galeofsis Li?in. Hemp-nettle. 



Cal campanulate, equal, 5-toothed, teeth mucronate. ^or. 

 w til the tube exserted, the throat inflated : upper lip arched • 

 Iwer one with 3 unequal lobes, having two teeth on^its uppe; 

 MUL. llie two anterior stamens the longest. Anther-cells oppos te 

 burning transversely, two-valved. Achenes rounded at tTe end' 



a ros'ZKi ^^^ - "" T"\-^' """"^ °^'^' '"'P'^'f «^' appearance; from 

 animal '"'" '^ '^' ^'^' "^ '^'^ ^^'"'^ ^^ ^^ «"°^t of that 



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flexel\a^if r^l ^' ^''^ ^'^ ' ^'^ '^^'^^ V^^^^<^ent with de- 

 Slate ^lw°.'T'' """^ '^^^^^^^ below the joints, leaves 

 lanceolate subserrate downy on both sides, calyx having some- 



