Galeopsis.'] lxiii. labiate. 331 
Flowers in crowded whorls, white with a reddish tinge ; upper lip of 
cor. shaggy. Cal. with pungent spreading teeth, the two lower rather 
the longest. 
10. Galeopsis Linn. Hemp-nettle. 
Cal. campanulate, equal, 5-toothed, teeth mucronate. Cor. 
with the tube exserted, the throat inflated : upper lip arched ; 
lower one with 3 unequal lobes, having two teeth on its upper 
side. The two anterior .stamens the longest. Anther-ce\\s opposite, 
bursting transversely, two-valved. Achenes rounded at the end. 
— Name: ya\ei j, a weasel , and o-J/ic, aspect or appearance ; from 
a resemblance in the lip of the flower to the snout of that 
animal. 
1. G. Ladanum L. ( red H.) ; stem softly pubescent with de- 
flexed hairs or glabrous, not swollen below the joints, leaves 
lanceolate subserrate downy on both sides, calyx having some- 
times a few glands, upper lip of the corolla slightly notched. 
E. B. t. 884. 
Gravelly or chalky fields, or on limestone rubbish. Rare in Scotland ; 
near Dunfermline. ©. 7 — 10. — Stem 10 — 12 inches high, with 
opposite branches. Leaves rather small, petiolate, hairy. Flowers 
purplish rose-coloured. Hairs on the calyx in the common form 
adpressed, with a few glands: when the hairs are spreading without 
glands, the plant becomes the G. canescens Scliult., which has been 
observed at Southampton. 
2. G. ochroleuca Lam. (downy H .) ; stem softly pubescent 
with deflexed hairs not swollen below the joints, leaves ovato- 
lanceolate serrate, soft and downy on both sides, calyx glan- 
dular-hairy, upper lip of the corolla deeply notched. G. villosa 
Huds.: E. B. t. 2353. 
Sandy corn-fields, rare. Yorkshire ; Lancashire ; Nottingham- 
shire ; Bereehurch, Essex. Bangor, Wales. ©. 7, 8. — Flowers 
large, pale yellow. The names given by Lamarck has unquestionably 
the priority by twelve years of that by Hudson. 
3. G. Tetrahit L. (common H.); stem hispid swollen below 
the joints, leaves oblong-ovate acuminate hispid serrate, calyx- 
teeth twice as long as the tube, corolla with the tube as long as 
the calyx, upper lip erect ovate. E. B. t. 207. G. bifida Boenn. 
Corn-fields and cultivated grounds, frequent. ©. 7 — 9. — Stem 
1 — 2 ft. high. Flowers purplish, often white. 
4. G. versicolor Curt, (large-flowered H.) ; stem hispid 
swollen below the joints, leaves oblong-ovate acuminate hispid 
serrate, calyx-teeth shorter than the tube, corolla with the 
tube much longer than the calyx, upper lip horizontal inflated. 
E. B. t. 667. 
