258 58. LABIATiE. 



cross. — /3. hirsuta; cal.-teeth elongate linear-lanceolate. — Hedges 

 and thickets. /3. Scotland. P. IV. — VI. Ground-ivy. 



Tribe VII. Stachydea. 



11. Melittis ZmM. Bastard Balm. 



1. M. Melissophyllnm (L.).—E. B. 577 and 636.— L. oblong- 

 ovate or slightly cordate. Upper lip of the cal. with 2 or 3 teeth. 

 Fl. purple with a white margin or variegated in different ways, 

 large. St. 1 — 2 feet high. — M. grandiflora (Sm.) is only a slight 

 variety. — Woods in the south. P. V. VI. E. 



12. liAMivM Linn. Dead Nettle. 



* Lower lip of cor. with one large obcordate lobe with 1 — 2 teeth 

 on each side of its base. 



1. L. amplexicaule (L.) I 1. roundish-cord.ite obtusely incise- 

 crenate, lower 1. stalked, upper sessile clasping, cal.-teeth longer 

 than their tube (green) at length connivent, cor. -tube straight. — 

 E. B. 770. R.L f. 373. — Nuts small, three times as long as broad, 

 with a small triangular oblique terminal space. Cor.-tube much 

 exceeding the calyx, slender, naked within. The cor. does not 

 always expand, but still the anth. are fertile and fr. is produced. 

 — Sandy and chalky fields. A. V. — VIII. Henbit. 



2. L. intermedium (Fries) ; 1. incise-crenate, lower 1. stalked, 

 upper reniform-cordate sessile, cal.-teeth longer than their tube 

 hispid always spreading, straight cor.-tube with a faint hairy ring 

 within. — E. B. S. 2914. — Nuts twice the size of those of the pre- 

 ceding, as broad as but longer than those of the following, with 

 a large triangular terminal rather oblique space. Tube of the 

 cor. equal, cylindrical. Cal.-teeth usually purple, rigid. — Com- 

 mon in Scotland, rare in England and Ireland. A. VI. — IX. 



3. L. incisum (Willd.) ; I. cordate incise-dentate all stalked, 

 upper broadly ovate crowded, cal.-teeth as long or longer than 

 their tube always spreading, tube of the cor. straight naked 

 within. — E. B. 1933. — Uppermost 1. wedgeshaped below. St. 

 few slender and elongated or many thick and short. Tube 

 of the cor. equal, cylindrical, sometimes with a faint ring of hairs 

 within. — Cultivated and waste ground. A. IV. — VI. 



4. L. purpureum (L.) ; 1. cordate crenate-serrate all stalked, 

 upper ovate crowded, cal.-teeth as long as their tube always 

 spi-eading, cor.-tube a little curved below with a ring of hairs 

 within. — E. B. 769. — Cor. pale purple, lip spotted with red; 

 tube narrowed below. Nut about twice as long as broad. A 



