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\ in. long, pink, crowded in axillary whorls forming more or 
less interrupted, long, terminal spikes ; bracts spinous. Calyx 
shortly tubular ; teeth 5, triangular, spine-tipped, spreading. 
Corolla hairy, especially the upper lip ; tube hardly longer 
than the calyx-tube ; limb 2-lipped, upper lip erect, hoodlike, 
entire, lower spreading, 3-lobed, mid-lobe longest, entire. 
Stamens 4, in unequal pairs, ascending under the upper lip, outer 
or anterior pair longer than the inner. 
Narkunda, in forest ; July. — W. Himalaya, 6000-10,000 ft. — W. Asia, 
Europe (Britain, Motherwort). 
24. LAMIUM. The Latin name of the Deadnettle, L. mctcu- 
latum. — Temperate Asia, N. Africa, Europe. 
Hairy, decumbent or ascending herbs. Flowers in axillary 
whorls ; lower whorls distant ; uppermost often crowded in a 
leafy head. Calyx bell-shaped, 10-nerved ; teeth 5, narrow, 
acute. Corolla hairy ; tube slender at the base, much widened to 
the mouth, longer than the calyx ; limb 2-lipped, upper lip erect, 
arching, hood-like, lateral lobes of lower lip small or obsolete, 
terminal lobe broadly orbicular, notched or 2-lobed, abruptly 
contracted at the base. Stamens 4, in unequal pairs, ascending 
under the upper lip. Nutlets 3-angled. 
Floral leaves sessile, orbicular. Flowers ^-f in. long, 
purple-red . . 1. L. amplexicaule. 
Floral leaves stalked, ovate. Flowers f-1 in. long, white 
or pale pink 2. L. album. 
1. Lamium amplexicaule, Linn. ; FI. Br. hid. iv. 679. A 
decumbent, much branched annual, 4-12 in. Leaves orbicular ; 
lower long-stalked, in. across, crenate. Flowers in. 
long, purple-red ; floral leaves sessile, larger than the stem leaves, 
deeply crenate. Calyx-teeth as long as the tube, converging in fruit. 
Lateral lobes of corolla obsolete or minute. 
Simla, common on borders of fields; April-October. — N. India, ascending to 
10,000 ft. — W. Asia, N. Africa, Europe (Britain, Henbit). 
2. Lamium album, Linn. ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 679. A decumbent 
or ascending perennial, 6-18 in. ; rootstock creeping. Leaves 
all stalked, cordate, ovate, l|-3 in., coarsely and sharply toothed. 
Flowers J-l in. long, white or pale pink. Calyx-teeth longer 
than the tube, spreading in fruit. Lateral lobes of corolla narrow, 
reflexed, sometimes furnished with a small tooth. 
Simla, roadsides, common ; April-October. — W. Himalaya, 5000-10,000 ft. 
— W. Asia, N. Africa, Europe (Britain, White Deadnettle), 
25. ROYLEA. In honour of Dr. J. F. Royle, Bengal Army, 
a distinguished botanist of the nineteenth century. — W. Hima- 
laya ; a single species. 
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