Lamium purpureum. Red Lamium or Dead Nettle 
LAMIUM timeri Gen. Pl. Didynamia Gymnospermia. Conila labium fupenus integrum, fornicatum, 
labium inferius bilobum ; faux utrinque margine dentata. Lm. Defirip. Gen. abbrev. 
Raii Spa. Gea. 14. Shffrutices et herb* verticillat*. 
LAMIUM purpureum foliis cordatis obtufis petioktis. Limeei Sp/I. Vegetal., p. 446- Sf. PI- Sop. FL 
Suecic. 203. 
LAMIUM foliis cordatis, obtufis, in fummo ramo congeftis. Haller, 'mji. v. 1. nS. 
LAMIUM purpureum. Scopuli FI. Caraiol. p. 407. a. 704. 
LAMIUM purpureum fetidum, folio fubrotundo, five Galeopfis Diofcoridis. Baubiu. pin. 230. Lamium ru- 
brum. Gerard emat. 703. Partinfin. 604. Raii. Syaopfie Small Dead Nettle or red Archangel 240. 
Hudfin. FI. Angl. 225. Oeder. FI. Dan. icon. 523. 
RADIX annua, fibrofa. 
CAULES plures, ad bafin debiles, et ramofi, prope 
fummxtatem fere nudi, et fiepe colorati, lemi- 
pedales, quadrangulares, fiftulofi, fcrabiufculi. 
FOLIA oppofita, venofa; hirfutula, inferiora fubrotun- 
do-cordata, crenata, longe petiolata : fuperiora 
ova to- cordata, obtul'e ferrata, petiolis brevibus in- 
fidentia, alterne oppofita, reflexa, denfe ef im- 
bricarim congefta, et rubedine tintta. 
FLORES purpurei, in fummis caulibus verticillatim 
denfius ftipati . Verticilli multiflori. 
CALYX: PERiANTHiuMmonophyllum, tubulatum, fu- 
perne patentius, quinquedentatum, fubftria- 
tum, hirfutulum, dentibus fubaequalibus, acu- 
minatis. Jig. x. 
COROLLA monopetala, ringens, pallide purpurea, 2 ; 
tubus brevis, cylindraceus, Jig. 6 ; faux in- 
flata, margineutroquebidentata,^-. 4; denticulo 
fuperiori lpin* fimili, inferiore obtufiore, macula 
notata ; labium fuperius,y 5 g-. 3, ovatum, _ conca- 
vum, villofulum, integrum, labium inferius 
bilobum, maculatum, lobis patentibus. Jig. 5. 
STAMINA: Filamenta quatuor, fubulata, alba, fub 
labio fuperori te£ta, quorum duo longiora, Jig. 7 ; 
Anther.® oblong*, barbatas, polline croceo 
replet*. Jig. 8. 
PISTILLUM: Germen quadrifidum; Stylus filiformis, 
longitudine et fitu flaminum; Stigma bifidum, 
acutum, fg. 9, 10, 11. 
SEMINA 4 in -fundo calycis, pallida, triangularia, apice 
truncata, marginata,^. 12. 
ROOT annual and fibrous. 
STALKS feveral, at bottom weak and branched, near 
the top almoft naked, and frequently coloured, 
fix inches or more in height, quadrangular, 
hollow, and {lightly rough. 
LEAVES oppofite, veiny, {lightly hairy, the lower 
ones of a roundilh-heart {haped form, notched, 
and placed on footftalks, the uppermoft ones 
oval-heart-fliaped, obtufely ferrated, with ftiort 
footftalks, alternately oppofite, growing thickly 
together, bent back and laying one oyer another, 
of a reddifh colour. 
FLOWERS purple, growing thickly together on the 
tops of the ftalks in whirls ; many flowers in 
each whirl. 
CALYX : a Perianthium of one leaf, tubular, at top 
fpreading, with five teeth, fomewhat ftriated 
and hairy, the teeth nearly equal and long 
pointed, fg. 1 . 
COROLLA monopetalous, gaping, of a pale purple 
colour, fg. 2 ; the tube Ihort and cylindrical, 
fg. 6 ; the entrance of the tube inflated, 
the margin on each fide furniftied with two 
teeth, fg. 4; the uppermoft pointed like a thorn, 
the lowermoft blunter witfi a fpot on it ; the 
upper lip fg. 3 ; oval, hollow, {lightly villous, 
entire, the under lip divided into twolobes, fpread- 
ing a little from one another, and fpotted, fg. 5. 
STAMINA : four Filaments, tapering and white, hid 
under the upper lip, two of which are longer 
than the reft fg. 7; the Anthers oblong, 
bearded, and and full of a yellow pollen fg. 8. 
PISTILLUM : Germen quadrifid; Stylus filiform, the 
length of the Stamina ; Stigma bifid and 
pointed fg. 9, 10, 11. 
SEEDS 4 in the bottom of the Calyx, of a pale brown, 
triangular, cut off as it were at top, wfith a 
margin round them, fg. I2* w 
Although this plant may perhaps with propriety be confidered as a Weed in Gardens, yet the bright colour of 
its tops and flowers, joined to its early appearance, contributes not a little to ornament our banks in the Spring, 
when few other plants appear in bloflom. 
The Flowers are moft commonly of a bright red colour, fometimes white, and are much reforted to by Bees of 
various kinds. . . . 
The Leaves and Flowers are thofe parts of the plant, which are ufed in Medicine, although in the prefent 
practice they are fcarce regarded. _ 
According to Linnaeus it is boiled in Upland , a Province of Sweden, as a pot herb. A Variety of this plant 
occurs not unfrequently about Town, which has its leaves more deeply indented. Ray calls it Lamium rubrum 
minus, Joliis profunde incifs . I have found it growing on a bank on the right hand fide of the way between Pimlico and 
Chelfea. 
