DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. Ldmium. 165 



dotted beneath with glandular points, from which the oil of the 

 plant proceeds. Fl. axillary, about three to each leaf , Jl.-stalks 

 short. Cor. bluish, under lip largest, marked with dark purple 

 and white. Stam., sometimes imperfect. Stalks, lower part 

 trailing, flowering part erect. 



Herb strong-smelling : to give ale a flavour : used for this, until 

 hops substituted, in Hen., the Eighth's reign. Infusion of the Is., 

 gently aperient. Small protuberances of many cells found on the 

 Is. ; the nests of insects. Gradually expels plants growing near it. 



LA'MIUM. Dead-nettle.' 



L. album. White D., or Archangel. Leaves heart- 

 shaped, pointed, strongly saw-toothed, hairy. Flowers 

 about twenty in a whorl. Tube of the calyx shorter 

 than its teeth. Upper lip of the corolla notched ; side 

 teeth soHtary, spear-shaped. E. B. 768. C. 2. 45. 

 G. E. 702. 



Waste ground, borders of fields, road sides. 

 Per. April. 



Root creeping. Stems upright, twelve to eighteen inches, square, 

 leafy. Ls. in pairs. Fl. large, hairy, cream-coloured, hand- 

 some. Stam., hairy. Antli., black. 



The sweet fl. much frequented by bees. Called Dead-nettle 

 from its not stinging, although resembling Urtica dioica, the Sting- 

 ing-nettle. Herb not eaten in general by domestic animals. Fl.y 

 sometimes of a pinky tinge. 



Young leaves eaten as a pot herb, in spring. Fl. Suec. 



L. purpureum. Red D.y or Archangel. Leaves heart- 

 shaped, bluntish, unequally notched, stalked ; the upper 

 ones crowded. Stem partly procumbent, partly leafless. 

 Calyx-teeth spear-shaped. Tube of the corolla closed, 

 near the bottom, with hairs. E. B. 769. C. 1. 42. 

 L. rubrura. G. E. 703. 



Waste, and cultivated ground. 



An. April, Sfc. 



Not more than half the size of Lam. album. Stems ascending, 

 leafy, a little branched below, then naked, in their upper part, 

 thickly clothed with leaves. FL, purple, sometimes white. 

 Pollen or antlie7'-dust, lead-red. Ls., ends pointing mostly down- 

 w^ards. May be eaten like the last. 



L. mcisum. Cut-leaved D., or Archap.gel. Leaves 

 heart-shaped, dilated, stalked, irregularly cut j the 

 upper ones crowded. Stem partly leafless. Tube of 



' Ang.-Sax. 



