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GALEO'PSIS* * 
Linnean Class and Order. Didyna'mia+, Gymnospe'rmia X- 
Natural Order. Laria't/E, Juss. Gun. PI. p. 110. — Sm. Gram, 
of Bot. p. 99.; Eng. FI. v. iii. p. 63. ; Lind. Syn. p. 196.; Introd. 
to Nat. Syst. p.239.; Bentham, in Botanical Register, (1829.) — 
Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 439. ; Loud. Hort. Brit, p.528. — \ erticil- 
i.atas of Ray, and of Linnaeus. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (fig. 1.) inferior, of 1 sepal (monosepalous) , 
bell-shaped, with 5 teeth, terminating in sharp spines (thorns) as 
long as the tube, permanent. Corolla (fig. 2.) of 1 petal, gaping 
(ringent) ; tube slender at the base, dilated upwards into a wide 
throat, longer than the calyx, marked in front, at the base of the 
lower lip, with 2 prominences, which are hollow underneath ; 
upper lip roundish, concave (arched or vaulted), serrated at the 
extremity ; lower lip in 3 deep lobes ; the lateral ones roundish ; 
the middle one largest, cleft and notched. Filaments 4, two long 
and two short, awl-shaped, covered by the upper lip (see fig. 3). 
Anthers roundish, of 2 valves. Germen (fig. 5.) superior, 4-lobed. 
Style (fig. 4.) thread-shaped, as long as the stamens. Stigma 
divided into 2 pointed, spreading segments. Seeds 4, triangular, 
convex at the top, in the bottom of the stiff, thorny, open-mouthed 
calyx. 
The 2 hollow projections at the base of the lower lip of the 
corolla, will distinguish this genus from all others, with a nearly 
regular, 5-cleft calyx, in the same class and order. 
Four species British. 
GALEO'PSIS VERSl'COLOR. Large-flowered Hemp-nettle. 
Bee-nettle. 
Spec. Char. Stem bristly ; swollen below the joints. Corolla 
thrice the length of the calyx ; upper lip horizontal, inflated ; mid- 
dle lobe of the lower lip heart-shaped. 
Curt. FI. Lond. t. — . Engl, Bot. t. 6G7. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. ii. p. 630. Eng. 
FI. v. iii. p.95. — With. (7th ed.) v. iii. p. 712.— Gray's Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 378. — 
Lindl. Syn. p.204. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 276 — Purt. Midi. FI. v. iii. p. 565. — Relit. 
FI. Cantab. (3rded.) p. 240. — Hook. FI. Scot. p. 182. — Grev. FI. Edin. p. 131. 
— Johnston’s FI. of Berwick, v. i. p. 132. — Walk. FI. of Oxf. p. 167.— Perry’s 
PI. Varvic. Selectre, p. 49. — Mack. Cat. PI. of Irel. p. 55. — Galeopsis canna- 
bina, Willd. Sp. PI. v.iii. p. 93. — G. Tetrahit. var. (3- Linn. Sp. PI. p. 810. — 
Lightf. FI. Scot. v. i. p. 310. — Iluds. FI. Angl. (2nd ed.) var. S. p. 257. — Lamium 
cannabino folio, fiore amplo luteo, labio purpureo, Ray’s Syn. p. 241. 
Localities. — In sandy corn-fields; rare in ENGLAND. — Oxfordsh. Near 
Bladon : Mrs. Vaughan Thomas, and G. Coles, Esq. F. L. S. — Bucks ; Near 
Burnham : Mr. P. Frost, and Mr. W. Hurst. — Cambridgesh. In corn-fields, 
near the second bridge in the footpath to Hinton ; Fuibourn, near the entrance 
Fig. 1. Calyx. — Fig. 2. Corolla. — Fig. 3. The same, opened longitudinally to 
show the Stamens. — Fig. 4. Germen, Style, and Stigma. — Fig. 5. The 4 unripe 
Seeds — Fig. 6. A ripe Seed. 
* From gale, Gr. a u easel, and opsis, Gr. appearance ; from the resem- 
blance in the lips of the flower to the snout of an animal. Dr. Hooker. 
f See Lamium album, p. 31, note f. t See p. 31, note f. 
