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Glechoma hederacea L. — St. procumbent, creeping. Anth. in 
pairs fornxiug a cross. — Hedges and thickets. P. IV. — VI. 
Ground Ivy, E- S- I- 
Tribe VI. Stachydece. 
10. Melit'tis Linn. Bastard Balm, 
1. M. 3IcUssophyrium (h.).—E. B. 577 & G3G.— L. oblong- 
ovate or slightly cordate. Upper lip of the cal. with 2 or 3 teeth. 
Fi. purple with a white margin or variegated in different ways, 
large. St. 1 — 2 feet high. — M. grandiflora (Sm.) Ls only a slight 
variety.— Woods in the South. P. V. VI. E. 
11. La'mitim: Linn. Dcad-Nettle. 
* Lower lip of cor. with one large ohcordate lobe ivith 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.-tecth longer 
than their tube (green) at length cowwj'rm^, cor. -tube straight. — 
E. B. 770. E. I. f. 373.— St. reclining. Fl. purple-red. Nuta 
small, smooth, three times as long as broad, with a small tri- 
angular oblique terminal space. Cor. -tube much exceeding the 
calyx, slender, naked -within. The cor. does not always expand, 
but still the anth. are fertile and fr. is produced. — Sandy and 
challfT fields. A. V.— \T[I. HenUt. E. S. I. 
2. L. interniedi^im (Fries) ; 1. incise-crenate, lower 1. stalked, 
upper reniform-cordate sessile, cal.-teeth longer than their tube 
hispid always spreading, straiglit cor. -tube with a faint hairy ring 
within. — E. B. S. 2914.— Nuts twice the size of those of the pre- 
ceding, as broad as but longer than those of the following, with 
a large tiiangidar terminal rather oblique space. Tube of the 
cor. equal, cylindrical. Cal.-teeth usually purple, rigid. — Com- 
mon in S., rare in E. and I. A. VI. — IX. E. S. I. 
3. L. inc'isiini (WUld.) ; /. cordate incise-dentate all stalked, 
upper broadly ovate crowded, cal.-teeth as long as or longer than 
their tube always spreading, tube of the cor. straight naked 
within. — E. B. 1933. — Upperaiost 1. wedgeshaped below. St. 
6 — 12 in. high. 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. I. 
4. L. purpurettm (L.) ; 1. cordate crenate-sen-ate all stalked, 
upper ovate crowded, cal.-teeth as long as their tube always' 
spreading, cor. -tube a little ciu-ved below with a ring of hairs 
■within. — E. B. 769. — Cor. pale purple, lip spotted with red ; 
