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LXIII. LABIATJi: 



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5. S. ^dnniia L. (pale annual W.) ; annual erect downy, "wliork 

 of 4 — 6 flowers spicate, leaves oblong-lanceolate rather acute 

 crenate-serrate 3-nerved the lower ones stalked, floral ones 

 lanceolate acute, cal. hairy its teeth lanceolate subulate, tube 

 of the corolla longer than the calyx. E, B. t. 2669. 



Fields between GadshlU and Rochester. 0. 8, 9, — Ackenes 

 roundish, glossy, minutely rough. 



15. Nepeta Lin7i. Cat-mint. Ground-Ivy. 



CaL tubular, many-(15-) ribbed, its mouth usually a littlp 

 oblique, 5-toothed. Qor. with the tube exserted : uppei 



Up 



The two anterior 



stamens the shortest. Anthers before bursting approaching- iu 



straight, emaro^inate or bifid ; lower 3-fid. 



pairs ; 



cells diverging' 



Nei 



Italy ; others from Nepa^ a sco?ylo?i^ for whose bite this plant 

 was considered a cure. 



1. Iv. Catdria L. (Cat-mint); stems erect, flowers in spiked 

 subpeduncled dense many-flowered whorls, leaves stalked 

 cordate lacise-serrate whitish pubescent beneath. E.B, t. 137. 



Hedges and waste places, especially in a chalky or gravelly soil in 

 England. Rare in Scotland ; hedges near Craig- Nethan Castle 

 Glasgow, and between Culross and Kincardine. At Rathfarnham • 



and by the Shannon, opposite Limerick; Ireland. 11, 7 — 9. Stems 



2 — 3 feet high, downy, as well as the leaves, ^"and whitish. Floral 

 leaves bract-like. Flowers white, tinged and spotted with rose 

 colour. Upper lip of the corolla emarginate, lower with the lateral 



lobes reflexed, the middle lobes broad, concave, crenated. Anth 



reddish. 



ers 



Achenes smooth and glabrous. 



m^'2. N". Gleclwma Benth. {Groiind-lvij) ; procumbent, leaves 

 reniform crenate, whorls axillary stalked unilateral 3— 4-flow- 

 ered, teeth of the calyx ovate mucronate. Glechoma hederacea 

 i. .• E. B. t. 853. 



Hedges and waste places, frequent. If, s — 5. — Extensively 



creeping. Leaves stalked, downy ; floral ones similar to the others. 



Flowers large, blue, or very rarely pure white. Upper lip of the cor, 



bifid ; middle lobe of the lower one emarginate, plane, lateral lobes 

 spreading. 



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ft Stamens ascending, included within the tube of the corolla. 



(Gen. 16.) 



16. Marrubium Linn. White Horehound. 



CaL with 10 ribs and 5 or 10 spreading teeth, the throat 

 hairy. Cor. with tlie titbe exserted; upper lip erect; lower 

 one 3-!obed, middle k)be the largest, emarginate. The two 

 anterior stamens the longest. Achenes flatly truncated at the 



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