Gal£obdol6n Galeopsis 
Yellow Archangel. 
GALEOBDOLON Hudfoti FI. Angl. Didynamia Gymnospermia. 
Raii Syn. Gen. 24. Suffrutices et Herbie vertigillatje. 
GALEOBDOLON luteum. H'udjbn. FI. Angl. ed. 2. p. 258. 
GALEOPSIS Galeobdolon verticillis fexfloris ; involucro tetraphyllo. Lin. Syjl. Vegelab. p. 446. Spec. 
PI. p. 810. 
CARDIACA foliis petiolatis, cordatis, verticillis foliofis. Haller. HJl: 275. 
LEONURUS Galeobdolon. Scopoli FI. Carri, n. 705. 
LAMIUM folio oblongo luteum. Faub. Pin. 231. Lamium luteum. Ger.emac.6yi. Parkins 606. 
Rail Syn-. p. 240. Yellow Archangel or Dead Nettle. 
GALEOPSIS Galeobdolon. Lightfoot FI. Scot. p. 310. 
RADIX perennis, intequalis, fibras plurimas, majuf-? 
culas, in terram demittens. | 
CAULES plures, Setragoni, hirfutuli, floriferi fuberedti, f 
pedales feu bipedales, Jieriles pera&a floref - 1 
centia, in longum extenduntur, et poftea humi 1 ? 
repent. | 
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FOLIA oppofita, petiolata, hirfutula, inaequaliter fer-| 
rata, venofa, inferioribus cordatis, fuperioribus ? 
ovatis, acutis, feflilibus. | 
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FLORES verticillati, lutei. 
VERTICILLI fex, decem aut duodecim flori. $ 
CALYX: Involucrum verticillis fubjedtum, foliolis tot? 
quot floribus, linearibus, acutis, rigidulis, ad| 
lentem ciliatis, fg. 2. ¥ 
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CALYX: Perianthium monophyllum, fubcampa-^ 
nulatum, quinquedentatum, hirfutulum, lineis 
decem elevatis notatum, alternis obfoletis, | 
dentibus fubaequalibus, acuminatis, fuperiore? 
eredto, diftanti, duobus inferioribus reflexo- 1 
patulis. Jig. 1 . $ 
COROLLA monopetala, ringens; tubus calyce paulo $ 
longior, intus purpureus et pilofus ; labium | 
fuperius eredtum, longum, fornicatum, villo- $ 
lum, villifque ciliatum ; inferius trifidum, laci- t 
niis inaequalibus, maculatis, media productiore. I 
fg- 3 > 4 - | 
STAMINA : Filamenta quatuor, Tubulata, flava, fub| 
labio fuperiore. Anthera: bilobae, purpu-| 
rafcentes. Pollen albidum, fg. 5, 6. i 
PISTILLUM: Germen quadripartitum. Stylus fili - 1 
formis, purpureus. Stigma bifidum, acu-| 
tum. fig. y. | 
SEMINA quatuor, e fufco nigricantia, nitidula, tri - 1 
quetra, apice truncata in fundo calycis, t 
fg- 9 - * 
ROOT perennial, irregular, fending down feveral largifli 
fibres. 
STALKS feveral, four-cornered, fomewhat hirfute; 
thole producing flowers nearly upright, a foot 
or two feet high; thofe deftitute of blofl'oms, 
after the flowering is over, are extended to a 
great length, and afterwards creep on the 
ground. 
LEAVES oppofite, Handing on foot-ftalks, flightly hir- 
fute, unevenly ferrated, and veiny; the low'er 
ones heart-lhaped, the upper ones ovate, 
pointed, and felfile. 
FLOWERS growing in whirls, of a yellow colour. 
WHIRLS containing from fix to ten or twelve flowers. 
CALYX : an Involucrum placed under the whirls, com- 
pofed of as many leaves as there are flowers, 
the leaves linear, pointed, fomewhat rigid, 
when magnified fringed at the edge. Jig- 2. 
CALYX: a Perianthium of cne leaf, fomewhat 
bell-lhaped, having five teeth, flightly hirfute, 
marked with ten elevated lines,, alternately 
fainteft, the teeth nearly equal, having long 
points, the uppermoft upright, and at a dil- 
tance from the reft ; the two lowermoft fprcad- 
ing open and turned fomewhat back. fisr. j. 
COROLLA monopetalous and ringent; tube a little 
longer than the calyx, purple and hairy within ; 
upper lip upright, long, arched, villous, and 
edged with woolly hairs; the lowermoft di- 
vided into three unequal fegments which are 
fpotted, the middle one longeft. fig. 3, 4. 
STAMINA: four Filaments tapering, of a yellow 
colour, under the upper lip. Ant her as 
compofed of two lobes and purplilh. Pollen 
whitifh. jig. 5, 6. 
PISTILLUM: Germen divided into four parts. Style 
filiform and purple. Stigma bifid and pointed. 
fg- 7 - 
SEEDS four, of a brownilh black colour, fomewhat 
Ihining, three cornered, cut off at top, re- 
maining in the bottom of the calyx, fig. 9. 
Linnjeus, though he enumerates this plant with the Galeopfis tribe, feems to think it not perfectly reconcileable 
with the reft. Haller and Scopoli difagree in their opinions refpedting it ; the one confidering it as a Cardiaca , 
the other as a Leonurus. Mr. Hudson, whom we have followed in this ijiftance, in the laft edition of his Flora 
Anglican makes a feparate genus of it under the name of Galeobdolon-, we adopt the trivial name of Galeopfis inftead 
luteum, with a view of making as little innovation as poflible in names. 
It is always found in woods and (hady places. In fome parts of England it is frequent, but not in others: we 
find it tolerably plentiful in Charlton, and fome other Woods about town, flowering in May and June. 
The foliage is fometimes variegated, in which ftate I have oblerved it make a beautiful appearance in a warden. 
In cultivating this, as well as all other plants, attention Ihould be paid to their natural place of growth. 
