274 58. LABIATE. 



11. La'mium Linn. Dead- Nettle. 



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

 on each side of its base. 



1. L. amplexicaule (L.) ; 1. roundish-cordate bluntly incise- 

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

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

 naked within. — E. B. 770. — Lower fl.-whorls usually distant. 

 Fl. purple-red. Nuts small, smooth, three times as long as broad, 

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

 much exceeding the calyx, slender. The cor. does not always 

 expand, but the anth. are fertUe and the fr. is produced. — Sandy 

 and chalky fields. A. V.— VHI. Henbit. E.S.I. 



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

 upper reniform-cordate sessile, cal.-teeth longer than the tide 

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

 ring within. — E. B. S. 2914. — Lower fl.-whorls usually distant. 

 Nuts large thrice as long as broad, with a large triangular ter- 

 minal rather oblique space. Tube of the cor. ^qual, cylindrical. 

 Oal.-teeth usually purple, rigid. — Common in S. rare in E. and 

 L A.VI.— rS. E. S. L 



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

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

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

 within. — B. B. 1933. — Uppermost 1. wedgeshaped below. Fl.- 

 whorls usually all contiguous. Fl. reddish. Tube of the cor. 

 equal, cylindrical, sometimes with a faint ring of hairs within. 

 Nuts smooth. — Cultivated and waste ground. A. IV. — VI. 



E. S. L 



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

 upper ovate crowded, caL -teeth as long as the tube always 

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

 within. — U. B. 769. — Fl.-whorls contiguous. Cor. pale purple, 

 lip spotted with red ; tube narrowed below. Nut about twice as 

 long as broad, smooth. A form with more deeply-cut leaves is 

 often taken for L. incisum. — Waste and cultivated ground. A. 

 IV.— VIII. Eed Bead-Nettle. E. S. L 



5. L. album (L.) ; 1. cordate-ovate acuminate deeply serrate 

 stalked, cal.-teeth as long as the tube, cor.-tube exceeding the 

 calyx with an oblique ring of hairs within and narrowed below 

 the ring.— ^. B. 768.— St. 12—18 in. high. Fl. large, white. 

 —Waste ground. P. V. VI. IVhite Dead-Nettie. E. S. I. 



[i. maculdtum (L.) ; 1. cordate-ovate acuminate deeply ser- 

 rate stalked, cal.-teeth longer than the tube, cor.-tube exceeding 



