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GLECHO'MA* *. 



Linnean Class and Order. DtDYNA'MiAf, GymnospermiaJ. 



Natural Order. Labiatas §, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 1 10. — Sm. Gram, 

 of Hot. p. 99. Engl. FI. v. iii. p. 63. — Lindl. Syn. p. 196. Intr. 

 to Nat. Syst. of BoL p. 239. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 439. — Bentham 

 in Bot. Reg. (1329).— Loud. Hort. 'Brit. p. 528.— Syringales ; 

 sect. Menthinas ; type, Mentiiacea?; subty. Nepetidas ; Burn. 

 Outl. of Bot. pp. 900, 958, 968, 972, & 973 .— Verticillatas, 

 of Linn. 



Gen. Char. Calyx (fig. 1.) inferior, of 1 sepal, tubular, cylin- 

 drical, striated, permanent, with 5 unequal, pointed, marginal teeth. 

 Corolla (fig. 2.) of 1 petal, ringent; tube slender, compressed; 

 upper lip upright, blunt, cloven nearly half way down ; lower lip 

 larger, in 3 spreading, blunt segments, the middle segment broad- 

 est and cloven. Filaments 4, under the upper lip, two longer than 

 the other two. Anthers , before bursting, (see fig. 2.) approaching 

 in pairs, and forming a cross. Germen (see fig. 3.) superior, small, 

 4-cleft. Style (see fig. 3.) thread-shaped, curved under the upper 

 lip. Stigma in two pointed divisions. Seeds 4, egg-shaped, in the 

 bottom of the permanent calyx. 



Distinguished from other genera, with a nearly regular 5-toothed 

 calyx, in the same class and order, by the 2-cleft upper lip of the 

 corolla ; and the anthers cohering by pairs in a cross-like manner. 



One species British ||. 



GLECHO'MA HEDERA'CEA. Ground-Ivy. Gill. Alehoof. 

 Tunhoof. Cat’s-foot. 



Spec. Char. Leaves kidney-shaped, crenate. 



Engl. Hot. p. 853. — Curt. FI. Lond. 1. 143. — Linn. Sp. PI. p. 807. — Huds. FI. 

 Angl. (2nded.) p.254. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. ii. p.625. Engl. FI. v. iii. p.88.— 

 With. (7th ed.) v. iii. p. 707. — Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 374. — Lindl. Syn. p. 

 199. — Hook. Brit. FI. p.278. — Woodv. Med. Bot. v. i. p. 84. t. 28. — Mart. FI. 

 Bust. t. 61. — Lightf. FI. Scot. v. i. p. 307. — Sibth. FI. Oxon. p. 183.— Abbot’s 

 FI. BedC. p. 128. — Thornton's Fam. Herb, p.572. — Purl. Midi. FI. v. i. p.268. — 

 Relh. FI. Cantab. (3rd ed.) p.238. — Hook. FI. Scot. p. 181. — Grev. FI. Edin. 

 p. 130. — FI. Devon, pp. 98 & 144. — Johnst. FI. of Berw. v. i. p. 131. — Walk. 

 FI. of Oxf. p. 164. — Curt. Brit. Kntom. v. iii. 1. 125. — Mack. Catal. of PI. of Irel. 

 p. 55. — Bab. FI. Bath. p. 40. — Calatnintha humilior, folio rotundiore, Ray’s 

 Syn. p. 243. — Hedera terrestris, Johnson’s Gerarde, p. 856. 



Localities. — In dry shady places, under hedges, and by roadsides. Commoai 

 Perennial. — Flowers in April and May. 



Roots creeping, with long leafy runners. Stems numerous, leafy, 

 square, more or less ascending, unbranched, hairy, the hairs bent 

 downwards. Leaves opposite, on long footstalks, somewhat kidney- 

 shaped, bluntly crenate, veiny, paler underneath, with numerous 



Fig. 1. Calyx.— Fig. 2. Corolla. — Fig. 3. Germen, Style, and Stigma, with 

 part of the calyx. 



* From gluku, Gr. sweet wine ; as affording a pleasant beverage. Wither. 



t See Lamium album, folio 31, note f. t See folio 31, note f. 



$ See Ajuga replans, folio 94, a. 



)| It is remarked by Sir .1. E. Smith, in The English Flora, that “ few pe- 

 rennial herbs vary so much in size ; and hence authors have formerly made se- 

 veral species. The extremes may be seen in the plates of Ri vinos and Vaii.- 

 lant,” vol. iii. p. 89. 



