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Nepeta Cataria L. 



Catnip 



An introduced plant found chiefly in waste places about houses. 

 Lake Placid. August. 



Glechoma hederacea L. 



Nepeta Glechoma Benth. 



Ground ivy. Gill-over-the-ground 



Waste places. Lake Placid and near the upper iron bridge. Intro- 

 duced. June and July. 



Scutellaria lateriflora L. 



Mad dog skullcap 



Shores and wet places. Common. August. The common name 

 commemorates its formerly supposed efficacy in preventing hydrophobia. 

 It now has some reputation as a nervine. 



Scutellaria galericulata L. 



Common skullcap 

 Shores and wet places. Common. August. 



Prunella vulgaris L. 



Brunei I a vulgaris L. 

 Self heal. Heal all 

 Fields, pastures and roadsides. Common. July and August. 



Galeopsis Tetrahit L. 



Hemp nettle 



Waste grounds,, commonly about houses and barns. August. An 

 introduced weed. A form having white flowers sometimes occurs. A 

 thrifty patch of this plant w r as found on the top of Ampersand mountain. 



Stachys palustris L. 



Marsh hedge nettle 

 Marshes and wet ground, but sometknes on dry upland. Rare. Allen 

 farm. Probably a recent introduction. 



