propagated by cuttings, which, if planted during dny 
of the fummer months, and watered frequently, will 
fake root in about five or fix weeks, and may then 
be treated as is direded for the old plants* 
GALEOPSIS. Lin. Gen. Plant. 637. Tciurn. Inft. 
R. H. 185. tab. 86. Stinking Dead Nettle. 
The Characters are, 
The empalement of the flower is tubulous , tf o'ne leaf cut 
into five fegments, which end in acute points. The flower 
is of the lip kind , having a jhort tube ; the chaps are a 
little broader , but the length of the impalement', from the 
bafle to the under lip , it is on both fides flharply indented-, 
the upper lip is c’oncave , roundifh , and flawed at the top ; 
the under lip is trifid , the middle flegment being the targeft , 
which is creRated. It hath four ftamina inclofed in the 
upper lip , two being flhorter than the other , terminated 
by roundijh bifid fimmits. In the center is fituated a 
quadrifid germen , flupporting a fiender ftyle , crowned by a 
bifid acute ftigma. The germen afterward become four 
naked feeds , fitting in the rigid empalement. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the firft fedion of 
Linnaeus’s fourteenth clafs, intitled Didynamia Gym- 
nofpermia, which includes thofe plants whofe flowers 
have two long and two fliort ftamina, and the feeds 
are naked. 
The Species are, 
1. Galeopsis ( Ladanuni ) internodiis caulinis aequalibus, 
verticillis omnibus remotis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 579. 
Stinking Hedge Nettle , with equal difiances between the 
joints , and whorls growing at a dfiance. Sideritis ar- 
venfis anguftifolia rubra. C. B. P, 233. Red narrow- 
leaved Field Ironwort. 
2. Galeopsis ( Tetrahit ) internodiis fuperne incraflatis, 
verticillis fummis fubcontiguis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 579. 
Stinking Hedge Nettle , whofe joints are thicker above , and 
the whorls at the top growing near each other. Lamium 
cannabino folio vulgare. Raii Syn. Ed. 3. p. 240. 
Common Head Nettle with a Hemp leaf. 
3. Galeopsis {Speciofd) corolla flava, lab‘10 inferiore 
maculato. Flor Lapp. 193. Stinking Hedge Nettle with 
a. yellow flower , whofe under lip is fpotted. Lamium 
cannabinum aculeatum flore luteo fpeciofo, labiis pur- 
pureis. Pluk. Aim. 204. Prickly Hemp Head Nettle , 
-with a beautiful yellow flower and purple lips. 
4. Galeopsis {G'aleobdolon) verticillis fexfloris, involucro 
tetraphyllo. Lin. Sp. Plant. 780. Stinking Hedge Nettle 
with fix flowers in each whorl , and a four-leaved invo- 
lucrum. Galeopfis five urtica iners flore luteo. J. B. 3. 
323. Stinking or Head Nettle with a yellow flower. 
5. Galeopsis ( Orientale ) verticillis bifloris, foliis ob- 
1 'ongo-cordatis. Stinking Hedge Nettle with two flowers 
in each whorl, and oblong heart-flhaped leaves. Galeopfis 
Orientalis ocimaftri folio, flore majore flavefcente. 
H. R. Par. Eaftern finking Hedge Nettle, with an 
Ocimaftrum leaf, and a larger yellowiflh flower. 
6. Galeopsis ( Hifpanica ) caule pilofo, calycibus labio 
corollas fuperiore longioribus. Lin. Sp. Plant. 580. 
Stinking Hedge Nettle with a hairy Jlalk, and the em- 
palement longer than the upper lip of the petal. Galeopfis 
annua Hifpanica, rotundiore folio. Inft. R. H. 1 86. 
Annual Spaniflh finking Hedge Nettle , with a rounder 
leaf. 
Thefe are all of them annual plants; except the fourth 
fort ; the three firft grow naturally in England. The 
firft is found upon arable land in many places ; the 
iecond grows upon dunghills, and by the fide of 
paths, in many parts of England. The third fort 
grows chiefly in the northern counties, but I have 
found it growing wild in Efiex, within ten miles of 
London. Thefe plants are feldom cultivated in 
gardens; for if their feeds are permitted to fcatter, the 
plants will tome up as weeds wherever they are al- 
lowed a place. 
The fourth is a perennial plant with a creeping root 5 
this grows in the woods and under hedges in moft 
parts of England. The fifth grows in the Levant; 
this is a biennial plant, which perifties foon after the 
feeds are ripe. It is preferved in botanic gardens for 
the fake of variety, but hath no great beautv. 
GALEOPSIS FRUTESGENS. SeePRAsiuM. 
I 
G A L I U M. Lin. Geh. Plant, i 17. Totirri. Inft. R; HI 
1 14. tab. 39. Ladies Bedftraw, or Cheefe-rennet ; in 
French, . Caillelait. 
The Characters are; . 
The flower hath a fmall empalement indented in four parts, 
fitting upon the germen. It hath one petal, divided into, 
four fegments almofl to the bottom ; and four awl-jhdpcd 
ftamina which are flhorter than the petal , terminated by 
flngle flummits. It hath a twin germen fituated under the 
flower , fupporting a fender half bifid ftyle, crowned by a 
globular ftigma . The germen afterward become two dry 
berries, which are joined together , each ikdofing a large 
kidney-flhaped feed. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the firft fedion of 
Linnaeus’s fourth clals, intitled Tetrandria Monogv- 
hi a; which includes thofe plants whofe flowers have 
four ftamina and one ftyle. 
The Species are, 
1. Galium (Verum) foliis cdonis linearibus fu leads, ra- 
in is floriferis brevibus. Hort. Cliff. 34. Ladies Bedftraw 
with eight narrow furrowed leaves , and Jhort flowering 
branches. Galium luteum. G. B. P. 335. Fellow La- 
dies Bedftraw. 
2. Galium {Mollugo) foliis odonis OvatoftinearibuS ftifa- 
ferratis patentiflimis mucronatis, caule fiaccido, ramis 
patentibus. Lin. Sp. Plant. 107. Ladies Bedftraw with 
eight oval narrow leaves, which are fpread open, [awed, 
and pointed, a weak Jldtlk, and flpreading branches. Mol- 
lugo montana latifolia ramofai C. B. P. 333. Branching 
broad-leaved Mountain Mollugo. 
3. Galium ( Purpureum ) foliis verticillatis lineari-fefacds, 
pedunculis folio longioribus. Hort. Cliff. 34. Ladies 
Bedftraw with narrow briftly leaves growing in whorls, 
and foot-ftalks of the flowers longer than the leaves. Ga- 
lium nigro-purpureum montanum tenuifolium. Col. 
Ecphr. 1. p. 298. C. B. P. 335. Narrow-leaved Moun- 
tain Ladies Bedftraw, with a black purple flower. 
4. Galium ( Glaucum ) foliis verticillatis linearibus pe- 
dunculis dichotomis, fummo caule floriferis. Prod, 
Leyd. 256. Ladies Bedftraw with narrow leaves growing 
in whorls, foot-ftalks divided by pairs, and flowers growing 
at the top of the fllalk. Galium faxatile glauco folio. 
Bocc. Muf. 2. p. 172. Rock Ladies Bedftraw with a 
gray leaf. 
5. Galium ( Rubrum ) foliis verticillatis linearibus patu- 
lis, pedunculis breviflimis. Hort. Cliff. 34. Ladles 
Bedftraw with narrow leaves growing iu whorls , and 
jhort foot-ftalks. Galium rubrum. C. B. P. 335. Red 
Ladies Bedftraw. 
6 . Galium ( Boreale ) foliis quaternis lanceolatis triner- 
viis glabris, caule eredo, feminibus hilpidis. Flor. 
Lappon. 60. Ladies Bedftraw with four flmocth fpe&r- 
Jhaped leaves having three veins, an upright folk, and 
rough feeds. Rubia pratenfis law is acute folio, C. B. P. 
333. Smooth Meadow Madder with an acute leaf. 
7. Galium {Album) foliis verticillatis, lineari-lanceolafis, 
ramis floriferis longioribus. Ladies , Bedftraw with 
narrow ftp ear-flh aped leaves growing in whorls, and longer 
branches of flowers. Galium album vulgare. Toum. 
Inft. R. H. 113. Common white Ladies Bedftraw. 
8. Galium ( Linifolium ) foliis lineari-lanceolatis glabris, 
caule eredo ramofiffimo. Ladies Bedftraw with /even 
narrow, ftmooth , fpenr-flhaped leaves, and an upright 
branching ftalk. Galium album linifolium. Barrel. 
Obfer. 99. White Ladies Bedftraw with a Flax leaf. 
9. Galium ( Paluftre ) foliis quaternis obovatis inaequa- 
libus, caulibus diffufls. Flor. Suec. 119. Ladies Bed- 
ftraw with four unequal oval leaves, and a dijflufled ftalk. 
Galium paluftre album. C. B. P. 335. White Marflh 
Ladies Bedftraw. 
The firft of thefe plants (which is the fort commonly 
ufedin medicine) is very common in moift meadows, 
and in pafture grounds, in feveral parts of England. 
The other varieties are preferved in curious botanic 
gardens, but as they are plants of very little beauty, 
and are fubjed to fpread very far, and over-run 
whatever plants grow near them, they are feldom 
cultivated in other gardens. 
Thefe forts may any of them be propagated by parting 
their roots, which fpread and iocreafe very fait, either 
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