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LY'COPUS* *. 
Linnean Class and Order. Dia'ndriaI, Monogy'nia. 
Natural Order. Labi a'tte J, Juss. Gen PI. p. 110. — Sm. Gr. 
of Hot. p. 99. Engl. FI. v. iii. p 63. — Lindl. Syn. |). 196. ; Introd. 
to Nat. Syst. of Hot. p. 239. — Bentham, in Bot. Rogist. (1819). — 
Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 439. — Loud. Hort. Brit, p.528 . — Verticii.- 
lat/e of Linnreus.— S yringales ; subord. Primulosje; sect. 
Menthi.v.e ; type, Menthace/e, or Labiate : subtype, Men- 
tiiid/e ; Burn. Outl. of Bot. v ii. pp 900, 95^, 9'i8, & 972. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (fig. 1.) inferior, tubular, of 1 sepal, di- 
vided half wav into 4 or 5 narrow, pointed segments, permanent. 
Corolla (figs. 2, 3, & 4 ) inferior, tubular, of 1 petal, in 4 nearly 
equal, blunt segments, the upper one rather the broadest, and 
notched. Filaments (see fig 4.) 2, simple, distant, and rather pro- 
minent, spreading upwards. Anthers (see fig. 4.) small, 2-lobed. 
Germen (see fig. 4.) 4-cleft. Style (see fig. 4.) thread-shaped, the 
length of the stamens. Stigma cloven. Seeds (see figs. 5, 6, & 7.) 
4, roundish, blunt, in the bottom of the calyx (see fig. 5 ) — 
Herbaceous, perennial, inodorous, roughish plants, with a square 
stem ; opposite, strongly serrated or pinnatified leaves ; and axil- 
lary, whorled, small, pale Jlowcrs ; comes nearest to Mentha. 
The nearly equal corolla; distant, simple stamens; and blunt 
seeds ; will distinguish this from other genera, with inferior, mono- 
petalous, irregular flowers, and naked seeds, in the same class 
and order. 
One species British. 
LY COPUS EUROPrE'US. Common Gipsy-wort. Water 
Ilorehound. 
Spec. Char. Leaves egg-spear-shaped; deeply and irregu- 
larly serrated. 
Engl. Hot. t. 1105.— Curt. FI. Lend. t. 201.— Linn. Sp. PI. p. 30.— Huds. FI. 
Angl. (2nd ed ) p. 9. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. i. p. 29. Engl. FI. v. i. p. 34. — With. 
(7th ed.) v. ii. p. 25.— Lindl. Syn. p. 197. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 10. — Liglitf. FI. 
Scot. v. i. p. 79. — Sibth. FI. Oxon. p. 8. — Abbot’s FI. Bedf. p. 6. — l’urt. Midi. 
FI. v. i. p. 56. — Kelli. FI. Cantab. (3rd ed.) p. 12 —Davies’ Welsh Bot. p. 4. — 
Hook. FI. Scot p. 9. — FI. Devon, pp. 100 At 143. — Walk. Fl.Oxf. p. 8. — Jacob’s 
West Devon, and Cornw. FI. — Bentham’s Labiatarum, p. 186$. — Curt. Brit. 
Entom. v. x. t. 461.— Bab. FI. Bath. p. 37.— Mack. Catal. of PI. of Irel. p 9 — 
Lycopus riparius, Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p.359. — Lycopus palustris glaber, 
Hay’s Syn. p. 236. — Marubium aquaticum, Johnson’s Gerardc, p. 700. 
Fig. 1. Calyx. — Fig. 2. Front view of the Corolla. — Fig. 3. Side view of 
ditto. — F ig. 4. Corolla opened vertically to show the Stamens, Germen, and 
Pistil. — Fig. 5. The Calyx containing the 4 seeds at its base. — Fig. 6. One of 
the Seeds. — Fig. 7. Ditto. — All, except figs. 1 Ac 7, more or less magnified. 
* From lukos. Gr. a uolf ; and pous, Gr .a foot ; the leaves being thought 
to resemble the foot of that animal. Thornton. 
f See Veronica chamcedrys, f. 50. n. +. f See Ajuga reptans, f. 94, a. 
$ “ Labiatarum Genera et Species; or, A Description ol the Genera and 
Species of Plants of the order Labiata; ; with their general History, Characters, 
Affinities, and Geographical Distribution. By George Him ham, Esq. F’. L.S. 
Loudon: Jamas Ridg way and Sons, Piccadilly, 1833.” — I’he best work that 
has been published on this difficult and extensive natural family 0 f plants. 
