into the town from Ilinlon ; Audrey Causeway ; Wisbeach : Rev. R. Reiiian. 
— Cheshire; Near North wick: Rev. H. Davies. Corn-fields about Congle- 
ton. Stockport, and Chester: Mr. W. Christy. — Derhysh. About Matlock 
Bath, and Driffield: Sir T. G. Culi.um. — Essex ; In a corn-field at the bottom 
of Ribton-lane, near Woodford: Mr. Warner. — Herefordsh. In the northern 
parts of the county : Mr. Diincumr. — Lancash. Hedges at Kirkby in Furness: 
Mr. Atkingson. — Lincolnsh. Near Grantham: Dr. Martyn. — Norfolk; 
About Norwich, and at Watlington: Sir J. E. Smith. — Northumberland; 
Banks of the Tyne at Low Paik; and at Jesmond. near Newcastle: Mr. 
Winch. — Shropsh. Near Baschurch and Llanymenech, abundantly; Ceyn- 
ham Camp, Ludlow: Dr. Evans. — Sujffolk ; About Blythburgh, in the higher 
ground near the road, among turnips; at Leiston, and the country near the 
coast : Rev. G. Chabee. About Yarmouth : Mr. Wjgg. Turnip-fields at 
Gillingham: Mr. D. Turner. Fields at Beccles, between the town and the 
Fen: Mr. F. Turner. — Sussex; In hedges in the great road beyond Bridge 
Park near Tunbridge Wells: Mr. Forster. — Warieicksh. Near Coleshill : 
Countess of Ayi.esford, and Rev. W. T. Bree. Under a moist hedge at 
Bitches Green, near Birmingham : Dr. Withering. In turnip-fields at Mil- 
cote, near Stratford-upon-Avon : Rev. W. S. Rufford, in Purt. Midi. FI. — 
Westmoreland ; In fallow ground near Hutton Roof : Mr. Atkinson. — Yorksh. 
Corn-fields between Beverley and Sancton; near Green Hammerton : Mr. 
Teesdai.e. Near Scarborough : Rev. Archdeacon Pierson. Very common 
about Copgrove : Rev. J . Dalton. Near Ripon, abundantly : Mr. Brunton. 
About Bingley and Keighly : Whittaker’s Craven. — WALES. Denbighsh. 
In corn-fields about Chirk; and in many small inclosures by the road-side lead- 
ing from Chirk to Llangollen: Mr. Griffith. On the hills about Chirk : Mr. 
Id. Barrett, 1832. — [Berwick ; Near Burnhouses and Whitchester : Rev. A. 
Baird, in FI. of Berw. About Wooler: Mrs. M. T. Johnston, ibid. Abun- 
dant in a field below Langleyford ; and between Huntley-wood and Ledger- 
wood, sometimes varying with a white lower lip : Dr. Johnston, ibid.] — SCOT- 
LAND. Corn-fields about Edinburgh and Glasgow, very common: Mr. 
Maughan and Mr. Hopkirk, in FI. Scot. At Gretna Green: Sir T. G. 
Culi.um. At Moffet: Sir J. E. Smith. On the coast north of Oban: Dr. 
Bostock. And in other parts of Scotland. — IRELAND. In potatoe-fields 
near Glasnevin : Mr. Underwood. In potatoe-fields near Sligo : Mr. Mackay. 
Annual. — Flowers from June to August, 
Root fibrous. Stem from one to two feet high, upright, leafy, 
4-angled, swelled below the joints, much branched, branches oppo- 
site, and, like the stem, clothed with strong, rough hairs. Leaves 
egg-shaped, large, petiolate, pointed, of a pale green, hairy, ser- 
rated (saw-toothed). Flowers large and very handsome, sessile, 
growing in whorls, whorls many-flowered, the uppermost nearly 
contiguous. Corolla about an inch long, pale yellow, lower lip 
deep yellow, divided in 3 segments, the middle segment purple, 
bordered with white ; its base of a deep yellow colour, beautifully 
marked with red veins in the form of net- work, with 2 blunt, hollow 
protuberances at the base in front ; upper lip broad, convex, very 
hairy, toothed on the edge. Filaments white. Anthers double, 
first nearly round, finally pointed, and edged with hairs. 
A very handsome plant, and well deserving a place in the flower 
garden. Dr. Withering observes, that several species of this 
genus yield a fibre worthy of being manufactured as hemp. 
