hends theLabiatt, lipped; Verticlllati> whirl- 
ed ; Perfonata, mafked ; and Ringentes, grin- 
ning flowers of former botanifts. The Balm, 
the Mint, the Lavender in our gardens; the 
nettles under the hedges, and that Lamium y 
which you may fafely pull notwithstanding 
its refemblance to a nettle, are of this Clafs 
and Order. 
Lami- Of thefe Lamiums you will find three 
um> Species, viz. L. album, L. purpurium^ 
and L. amplexicaule. The two firft are 
named from the colour of their flow- 
ers : confequently, that in your hand is 
the white Dead-nettle; which, befides 
the colour of its flowers, is diftinguifh- 
ed by its leaves being more acute. In 
the ampkxicaule, the upper leaves em- 
brace the ftem, are almoft circular and 
deeply notched. You will know thefe 
Lamiums from other plants of the fame 
Clafs and Order, by the upper lip of 
the flower being entire, the lower hav- 
ing two lobes, and a tooth on each fide 
the mouth. You will find excellent 
plates of thefe three Lamiums in the 
Flora LondinenflSi 
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