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purple with a white margin or variegated in different ways, 
large. St. 1—2 ft. high.— J/, fjrandiflora (Sm. E. B. 636) is 
only a slight variety. — Woods in the South. P. V. VI. E. 
11. La'mium Linn, em., Benth. Dead-Nettle. 
* Lmver lip of co7: ivith one large obcordate lobe xvith 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 comiivent, cor.-tube straight 
naked within. — U. B. 770.— Lower fl.-whorls usually distant. 
Fl. purple-red. Nutlets 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 fertile and the fr. is produced. — Sandy 
and chalky fields. A. V.— VIII. Ilenbit. E.S.I. 
2. L. moluccellifSlium (Fries) ; 1. incise-crenate, lower 1. 
stalked, upper renifortti-cordate sessile, cal.-teeth longer than 
the tube hispid always spreading, straight cor.-tube with a faint 
hairy ring within. — L. intermedium (Fries). E. B. S. 2914. — 
Lower fl.-whorls usually distant. Nutlets large thrice as long 
as broad, with a large triangular terminal rather oblique 
space. Tube of the cor. equal, cylindrical. Cal.-teeth usually 
purple, rigid. Common in S. rare in E. and I. A. VI. — IX. 
E. S. L 
3. L. hj/bridum (Vill.) ; 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. — E. B. 1933. L. incisum (WUld.) — Uppermost 1. 
wedgeshaped below. Fl.-whorls usually all contiguous. Fl. 
reddish. Cor.-tube equal, cylindrical, sometimes with a faint 
ring of hairs within. Nutlets smooth. — Cultivated and waste 
ground. A. IV.— VL E. S. L 
4. L. purpureum (L.) ] 1. cordate crenate-serrate all stalked, 
upper cordate or cordate-ovate crowded, cal.-teeth as long as the 
tube always spreading, cor.-tube a little curved below with a 
ring of hairs within. — E. B. 769. — Fl.-whorls contiguous. Cor. 
pale purple, lip spotted with red ; tube narrowed below. Nut- 
lets about twice as long as broad, smooth. A form with more 
deeply-cut leaves, ^. decipiens (Sond.), is often taken for Sp. 3. 
— Waste and cultivated ground. A. IV. — VIII. Bed Dead- 
Nettle. E. S. I. 
