700 LABIATAE (MINT FAMILY_> 



16. lAmIUM L. Dead Nettle 



Calyx tubular-bell-shaped, about 5-nerved, with 5 nearly equal awl-pointed 

 teeth. Corolla dilated at the throat ; upper lip ovate or oblong, arched, nar- 

 rowed at the base ; the middle lobe of the spreading lower lip broad, notched 

 at the apex, contracted as if stalked at the base ; the lateral ones small, at the 

 margin of the throat. — Decumbent herbs, the lowest leaves smaU and long- 

 ' petioled, the middle heart-shaped and doubly toothed, the floral subtending the 

 whorled flower-cluster. (Name from \aiii6s, throat, in allusion to the ringent 

 corolla.) 



* Annuals or biennials, low; flowers small, purplish, at most 1.5 cm. long. 



1. L. AMPLExicAULB L. (Henbit.) ieflsjes Toundcd, deeply creuate-toothed 

 or out, the upper ones clasping; corolla elongated, upper lip bearded, the lower 

 spotted, lateral lobes truncate. — Waste and cultivated places. Apr. -Oct. 

 (Nat. from Eu.) 



2. L. PURPtiRBDM L. Leaves roundish or oblong, heart-shaped, crenate- 

 toothed, all petioled. — N. E. to N. C. Apr., May. (Nat. from Eu.) 



* * Perennial, taller; flowers larger. 



3. L. Album L. Hairy ; leaves ovate, heart- 

 shaped, petioled ; calyx-teeth very slender, spread- 

 ing ; corolla white, the tube curved upward, 

 obliquely contracted near the base, where there is 

 a ring of hairs inside ; lateral lobes of lower lip 

 bearing a long slender tooth. — Koadsides and 

 waste places, mostly escaped from cultivation. 

 May-July. (Introd. from Eu.) Fig. 894. 



4. L. macdlAtum L. Like the last, but leaves 

 more frequently marked with a white spot on the 



. album x%. upper face, and flowers purplish or white, with 



the ring of hairs transverse instead of oblique. — 

 Sparingly escaped to roadsides and thickets. May-July. (Introd. from Eu.) 



17. LEONtRUS L. Mothekwort 



Calyx 5-nerved, with 5 nearly equal teeth. Upper lip of the corolla oblong 

 and entire, somewhat arched ; the lower spreading, 3-lobed, its middle lobe 

 larger, narrowly oblong-obovate, entire, the lateral ones oblong. — Upright herbs, 

 with out-lobed leaves, and close whorls of flowers in their axils ; in summer. 

 (Name from \ioiv, a lion, and oipd, tail, i.e. Lion^s-tail.) 



1. L. CardIaca L. (Common M.) Tall perennial ; leaves long-petioled, the 

 lower rounded, palmately lobed, the floral wedge-shaped at base, subentire or 

 3-cleft, the lobes lanceolate ; upper Up of the pale purple corolla bearded. — 

 Waste places, around dwellings. (Nat. from Eu.) 



2. L. MarrubiAstrum L. Tall biennial, with elongated branches ; stem- 

 leaves oblong-ovate, Coarsely toothed; corolla whitish, shorter than the calyx- 

 teeth, the tube naked within; lower lip rather erect. — Waste places, etc., Pa. 

 and Del. (Adv. from Eu.) 



3. L. siBfRicDs L. Tall biennial ; leaves S-paited, the divisions 2-5-cleft, or 

 deeply S-7 -cleft and incised; corolla purplish, twice as long as the calyx, the 

 upper lip fornicate, the lower little spreading. — Waste grounds. Pa. and Del. 

 (Adv. from Eurasia.) 



18. BALLdTA L. Fetid Hokehound 



Calyx nearly funnel-form ; the 10-ribbed tube expanded above into a spread, 

 ing regular border, with 5-10 teeth. Anthers exserted beyond the tube of the 

 corolla, approximate in pairs. Otherwise much as in Mar'rubium. (The Greels 

 name, of uncertain origin.) 



