Galeopsis Versicolor. Particoloured Galeopsis. 
GALEOPSIS Linn. Gen. PI. Didynamia Gymnospermia. 
Cor. labium fuperius fubcrenatum, fornicatum ; inferius trifidum ; 
faux utrinque dente obtufiufculo, concavo, acuto. Linn. S)Ji. Nat. 
ed. Gmel. 
Rail Syn. Gen. 14. Suffrutices et herba: verticillata;. 
GALEOPSIS verjicolor foliis ovatis acutis ferratis, tubo floris calyce multo longiore. 
GALEOPSIS Let rabit. Linn. Sp. P/. ed. 3. var. (3 
GALEOPSIS foliis ovato-lanceolatis, ferratis, caule hirfuto flore calycis quadruplo. Hal/. HiJI. 2 69. 
LAMIUM cannabinum aculeatum flore fpeciofo luteo labiis purpureis. Pluk. Aim. 204. /. 41. f. 4. 
CANNABIS fpuria flore pallido labro purpureo elegante. Merr. Pin. 
LAMIUM cannabino folio, flore amplo luteo, labio purpureo. Raii Syn. ed. g. p. 241. Fair-Flowered 
Nettle Hemp, or rather Hemp -Leaved Dead-Nettle with a particoloured flower. 
RADIX annua. § 
CAULIS fefquipedalis et ultra, ereftus, ramofiflimus, § 
obtufe tetragonus, hirfutus, ad genicula in- v 
craflatus. V 
RAMI alterne oppofiti. 
FOLIA caulina ovata, acuta, ramorum ovato-lanceolata, f) 
oppofita, petiolata, fubacuminata, venofa, 0 
fuperne pilis mollibus hirfutula, inferne nudi- V 
ufcula, nervo medio venifque exceptis, ferrata, i 
dentibus verfus bafin fenfim minoribus. | 
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PETIOLI hirfuti. 1 
FLORES magni, fpeciofi, verfi colores, fefliles, verti- y 
ciliati, verticillis multifloris, fummis fubcon- f 
tiguis. a 
CALYX: Perianthium monophyllum, tubulatum, 
nervofum, hirfutum, quinqueder.tatum, den- 0 
tibus longitudine calycis, fubaequalibus, arif- 6 
tatis, pungentibus, ore ciliato, ciliis demum y 
intus convergentibus, tubus feminibus matu- 0 
refcentibus, ventricofus evadit, Jig. 1. x 
COROLLA flava, calyce triplo fere longior, pilis A 
mollibus villofus, tubus cylindraceus, fuperne K 
ampliatus, labium fuperius concavum, ex- 0 
terne pilis longis hirlutum, denticulatum, a y 
tubo Iuleo tranfverfali divifum, labium infe- V 
rius trifidum, lobis lateralibus ex inferiore X 
parte albidis, intermedio emarginato pur- a 
pureo, albo marginato, ad bafin faturate flavo 0 
venis rubris pulchre reticulato hic utrinque 0 
exferuntur cornicula duo obtufa, Jig. 2. f 
STAMINA: Filamenta quatuor, alba, quorum duo a 
breviora; Anther a: didymze, primo rotun- A 
datas, demum acutas, ciliatas, Jig. 3. f> 
PISTILLUM: Germina quatuor; Stylus Tubulatus ; 0 
Stigma bifidum, Jig. 4. ¥ 
SEMINA quatuor, in fundo calycis, obtufe trigona, X 
apice rotundata, nigricantia, Jig. 5. K 
ROOT annual. 
STALK a foot and a half high or more, upright, very 
much branched, obtufely four-cornered, co- 
vered with ftrong rough hairs, thickened at 
the joints. 
BRANCHES alternately oppofite. 
LEAVES of the flalk ovate and pointed, of the 
branches ovato-lanceolate, {landing on foot- 
ftalks, fomewhat long-pointed, veiny, above 
{lightly hirfute from being covered with foft 
hairs, beneath almoft fmooth excepting the 
midrib and veins, ferrated, teeth towards the 
bafe gradually fmalleft. 
LEAF-STALKS hirfute. 
FLOWERS large, fhewy, particoloured, feflile, grow- 
ing in whorls, whorls many-flowered, the 
uppermofl nearly contiguous. 
CALYX : a Perianthium of one leaf, tubular, ribbed, 
hirfute, five-toothed, teeth the length of the 
calyx, nearly equal, ending in pungent awns, 
the mouth bearded, the hairs of which finally 
converge inwardly to a point, the tube as 
the feeds ripen bellies out. Jig. 1. 
COROLLA yellow, nearly thrice the length of the 
calyx, covered with foft hairs ; the tube cy- 
lindrical, enlarged above, the upper lip con- 
cave, befet on the outfide with long hairs, 
toothed on the edge, divided from the tube 
by a tranfverfe groove, the lower lip divided 
into three fegments, the fide lobes on the 
lower part nearly white, the middle lobe 
purple edged with white, its bafe of a deep 
yellow colour beautifully marked with red 
veins in the form of net-work ; here rife two 
final 1 blunt horns, one on each fide, Jig. 2. 
STAMINA: four Filaments of a white colour, two 
long, two fliort; Anthers double, fir A. 
nearly round, finally pointed and edged with 
hairs. Jig. 3. 
PISTILLUM: Germina four; Style tapering; 
Stigma bifid. Jig. 4. 
SEEDS four in the bottom of the calyx, bluntly three- 
cornered, roundifli at top, and nearly black, 
fg- 5 - 
There undoubtedly is in moll points a great affinity betwixt this plant and the Galeopjis Te trahit ; but as the 
charafters in which they differ are as conflant as they are ftriking, we have thought it entiiled to the rank of a 
fpecies, more efpecially as many of the old writers have been of the fame opinion, and feveral of the moderns. 
In its habit it is fhorter and more bufliy than the Le trahit, its leaves are broader, and its flowers differ not 
only in colour but in fize ; there are many parts of the country alfo in which the one is found abundantly, the 
other not at all ; and laftly, it comes up from feeds every year invariably the fame. 
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The beauty of its flowers is fufficient to entitle it to a place in the Flower-Garden ; its flowering period is 
not of very long duration : in corn-fields, where it is often found too abundantly, like the Tetrahit it is a very 
troublefome weed, the rough hairs with which the plant is covered proving highly injurious to the hands and 
arms of the reapers. 
In many parts of Yorkfhire we have feen this plant growing very plentifully among the corn; the fields about 
London are exempt from it. 
It flowers in July and ripens its feeds in Auguft ; as thefe are produced in abundance and vegetate freely, 
fuch as wifh to have the plant in their poffeffion may fucceed in its culture without any difficulty. 
