360 THE LABIATE FAMILY. [Lamium. 



rather more southern. In Britain it is rare, and only introduced, as it 

 has long been cultivated in cottage gardens, and spreads readily by its 

 offsets. Fl. summer, 



5. L. G-aleobdolon, Crantz. (fig. 814). Yellow Archangel.— Stock 

 perennial as in the last two species, but the stems are longer and less 

 branched, often a foot and a half high. Leaves stalked, ovate, toothed, 

 but scarcely cordate. Flowers bright yellow, in dense axillary whorls ; 

 the calyx- teeth short ; the tube of the corolla scarcely longer than the 

 calyx ; the upper lip long and arched ; the lateral lobes of the lower 

 lip narrow, but not much smaller than the central one. Anthers 

 glabrous as in some exotic species, not hairy as in the other British 

 ones. Galeobdolon luteum, Huds. 



In woods and shady places, in Europe and western Asia, extending 

 northwards into southern Scandinavia. Not uncommon, but local in 

 England and the east of Ireland, but found in Scotland. Fl. spring and 

 early summer. 



XVII. TEUCRIUM. GERMANDER. 



Herbs or undershrubs, varying much in habit ; the flowers few in 

 each whorl, usually turned to one side. Calyx of 5 teeth, often arranged 

 in 2 lips. Corolla apparently without an upper lip ; the 2 upper lobes 

 forming 2 small teeth, one on each side of the base of the lower lip, 

 which has thus 5 lobes, the middle one large and concave. Stamens 4, 

 protruding between the 2 upper teeth of the corolla. 



A numerous genus, spread over all parts of the world, and always 

 known by the shape of the corolla. 



Flowers in terminal 1-sided spikes or racemes. 

 Flowers pale yellow, 2 to each whorl. Calyx with 1 broad and 



4 small teeth 1. T. Scorodonia. 



Flowers purple-red, 4 to 6 in each whorl. Calyx-teeth nearly 



equal 4. T. Chamcedrys, 



Flowers all axillary. Calyx-teeth nearly equal. 

 Softly hairy perennial. Leaves sessile, or nearly so, oblong, 



toothed 2. T. Scordium. 



Pubescent annual. Leiives stalked, deeply divided into narrow 



lobes 3. T. Botrys. 



1. T. Scorodonia, Linn. (fig. 815). Wood-sage— ~Rootstock creep- 

 ing, the stems ascending or erect, hairy, about a foot high, slightly 

 branched, hard and almost woody at the base. Leaves stalked, ovate 

 or lanceolate, coarsely toothed, much wrinkled, downy, and green on 

 both sides. Flowers of a pale yellow, in pairs, with a small bract 

 under each pedicel, forming terminal and axillary 1 -sided racemes. 

 Upper tooth of the calyx very broad and turned back, the 4 lower teeth 

 small. Tube of the corolla slender, twice as long as the calyx ; the lip 

 almost as long, with a terminal concave lobe and 2 small lateral teeth 

 on each side. 



In woods and hedges, throughout Europe and Russian Asia, except 

 the extreme north. Abundant in Great Britain. Fl. summer and 

 autumn. 



2. T. Scordium, Linn. (fig. 816). Water G.—A low^ branching 

 perennial, procumbent and rooting at the base, or emitting creeping 



