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Tlie young leaves in the fpring are boiled and eaten 

 as greens by the common people in Sweden, 



purpureum ]_ fQpjjg cordatls obtufis petiolatis. *S^. pL 809. 

 {Ger. em, JO'^, f. 3. Moris, hift, f, 11. /. i\,f.(), 

 BlackwelLt, i.Oed.Dan. t. 523. op.) 



Red Archangel, or Dead-Nettie. Anglis, 



In corn fields and gardens very common. G . V. 



The (lalk is about fix inches high, almoft naked at 

 the bale, but crouded with leaves at the top : the 

 flowers are red, the Anthers barb'd with white 

 hairs. 



This is alfo eaten in Sweden like the preceding. 



amplerJ- LAMIUM foliis floralibus fellilibus amplexicauli- 

 eaule-^. bus obtufis. Sp, pL 809. {Ger, em 616./. 4. Ri- 



vin. t. 62- Moris. hiJL f, u. L 11, f. 12, Pet, 

 herb. t. 33./. 4) 



Great Henbic. Anglis, 



In cultivated ground frequent. O. VI. 



The lower leaves Hand on tootilalks, are com- 

 monly divided into three lobes, and crenated on 

 the edges : the upper leaves are very wide, {cU 

 file, deeply cut or lobed, growing oppofite, and 

 touching each other at their bafe : the flowers 

 are red, fefiile, and grow ten or twelve in a 

 whirl : the Galea or upper lip of the fiow^er is 

 oval, downy, and three times iliorter than the 

 tube of the Corolla. 



X 2 GALEOPSIS. 



