By Thomas Bruges Flower, Esq. 



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Lamium, (Linn.) Dead-Nettle. 

 Linn. CI. xiv. Ord. i. 

 Name. From (laimos), the throat; so called from the ringent 

 flowers. The name Dead Nettle refers to the leaf, which resembles 

 that of the nettle, but is without the sting. 



1. L. amplexicaule, (Linn.) stem-clasping, Hen-bit Dead 

 Nettle. The leaves embrace the stem (Lat.) caulis. Engl. Bot. t. 

 770. Reich. Icones,/. 373. 



Locality. In cultivated land and waste places, especially on 

 chalk and gravel. A. Fl. May, August. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 



In all the Districts. Lower leaves small, orbicular, on long 

 stalks ; the floral ones closely sessile, broadly orbicular, and deeply 

 crenate or cut. Corolla pale rose-colour ; the lower lip spotted 

 with crimson, the upper deep red and hairy on the outside ; tube 

 very long and slender. 



2. L. purpurewm, (Linn.) red Dead Nettle. Engl. Bot. 769. 

 Locality. Hedge-banks, waste and cultivated ground. A. Fl. 



May, August, Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 



Common in all the Districts, and one of the most troublesome 

 weeds in cultivated ground. Stem 6 or 8 inches high, branched 

 below, naked in the middle, bearing its leaves and flowers crowded 

 together at the apex. Leaves clothed with silky hairs, the upper 

 ones purplish. Corolla of a purplish red, shorter than in L. am* 

 plexicaule, (Linn.) A form of this plant with more deeply cut 

 leaves is often taken for L. incisum (Willd.) 



3. L. incisum, (Willd.) cut-leaved Dead Nettle. Engl. Bot. t. 

 1933. 



Locality. Cultivated and waste ground. A. Fl. April, June. 

 Area, * * 3. * * 



South Division. 



3, South-west District, "In a lane near Britford, not common," 



Major Smith. 



This species has not been observed elsewhere in the county. 

 Closely allied to the last (L. purpureum), of which Bentham con- 

 siders it merely a variety. 



4. L. album, (Linn.) White Dead Nettle. Engl. Bot. t. 768. 



