166 DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. Galeopsis. 



the corolla internally naked ; marginal teeth dilated, 

 combined. E. B. 1933. 



Cultivated, and waste ground. Cornfields beyond Cowley. /. Og- 

 lander, Esq. Merton College, Oxford. Between Rose Hill, and 

 Cowley. Bx. 



An. May. 



Rather smaller than Lam. piirpureum, resembling it in /*. FL, 

 narrower than in Lam., pm-pureum, more like those of Lam. 

 amplexicaule. Seeds abundant, producing plants like them- 

 selves ; hence not deemed a var., of Lam., purpureum. The 

 young Is., of this, and Lam., amplexicaule, may be eaten as a 

 pot-herb. 



L. amplexicaule. Great Henhit. Henhit D, Floral 

 leaves stalkless, kidney-shaped, blunt, deeply notched, 

 partly lobed, clasping- the stem. Teeth of the caljrx 

 linear-awl-shaped, as long as their tube. E. B. 770* 

 C. 2. 46. Alsine Hederula altera. G. E. 6l6. 



Sandy fields. 



An. Blay. 



Early ^., with an abortive, yet fertile cor. Red velvet tip of the 

 cor., makes the plant conspicuous. Lobed fl.-ls., generally pale 

 at their base. Pollen vermilion. Ls., lower on I. -stalks, heart- 

 shaped, blunt, saw-toothed bluntly. Fl. purple. Cal., very 

 hairy. 



GALEOPSIS. Hemp-nettle. 



G. Lddanum. Med H. Stem scarcely sAvollen below 

 the joints. Leaves spear-shaped, somewhat saw- 

 toothed, hairy. Upper lip of the corolla slightly 

 notched, whorls remote. E. B. 884. 



Dry, gravelly, chalky cornfields. Sm. 



An. June. 



Root fibrous. Stem about one f., oppositely branched, square, 

 hairs bent down. Ls. stalked, veins hairy beneath : upper side 

 with close-pre&sed, scattered hairs. Cor., rose-coloured, inter- 

 mixed with crimson and white ; upper lip slightly notched. 



G. Tetrahit. Common H. Stem bristly ; swollen 

 below the joints. Corolla twice the length of the 

 calyx ; upper lip nearly straight. E. B. 207. Can- 

 nabis spuria. G. E. 709. 



Cultivated ground. ^ 



An. June. 



Plant one to two f, rough with sharp prickles, calyx-teeth very 



pungent. Cor. various in size and colour, from purple to white ; 



base of the lip almost always'with elegant dark streaks. Anth., 



