MINT FAMILY 



are fond of it. Catnip tea once had a place among domestic reme- 

 dies for children. 



Ground Ivy, Gill-over-the-ground, Nepeta glechdma, has es- 

 caped from cultivation and may be found on roadsides and 

 lawns. It clings to the ground and makes a dense mat, sending 

 out its long, creeping stems to possess 

 the land. The leaves are roundish 

 and dentate. The flowers small, blue, 

 two -lipped, in few -flowered axillary 

 whorls. An excellent cover plant, but 

 frequently out of bounds. 



Dead-nettle, Limium maculatum, a 

 perennial labiate, often used as a 

 border plant, has sparingly escaped to 

 the fields. The leaves are roundish, 

 dentate, frequently marked with a 

 white , spot; the flowers two-lipped, 

 purplish, and borne in the axils of the 

 leaves. Three other species are found 

 as weeds in cultivated grounds: Lamium dlbum, with white 

 flowers, and Lamium purpiireum and Lamium amplexicdule, 

 both with small purple flowers. 



Hedge-nettle, Sthchys lanhta, an erect tufted plant, stem and 

 leaves covered with thick and silvery-white wool, is frequently 

 used as an edging plant. It comes to us from Europe. 



Ground Ivy. N6pela Glechbma 



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