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BRITISH WILD FLOWERS. 
THE RED DEAD NETTLE. (L. purpureum, Lin.) 
A very abundant plant, which continues producing its purplish-red flowers nearly all the summer. It is an 
annual, and it will grow in almost any soil and situation. 
THE CUT-LEAVED DEAD NETTLE. (L. incisum, Willd.) 
The flowers of this species are rose-coloured, and the leaves deeply notched. 
THE GREAT HENBIT. (L. amplexicaule, Lin.) 
An annual, which produces its pretty pale pink flowers, that are curiously marked with red at the tip, 
nearly all the summer. It grows only in sandy fields. 
THE YELLOW ARCHANGEL, OR WEASEL SNOUT. (L. galeobdolon, Crantz.) 
This very handsome plant is only found in moist woods and other shady moist places in England. It is a 
perennial, and flowers in May and June. The plant has been placed in different genera by different botanists. 
GENUS 'XIII. 
THE MOTHERWORT. (Leonurus, Lin.) 
Lin. Syst. DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. 
Generic Character. —Calyx five-cornered, five toothed, with a naked orifice. Corolla scarcely larger than the calyx, two-lipped ; the upper lip 
villous, entiie, concave; the lower reflexed, three-parted, nearly equal. Anthers smooth. Nuts truncate, with sharp angles. 
Description, &c. —There is only one British species in this genus. The name of Leonurus is derived from 
two Greek words signifying Lion’s tail, in allusion to the shape of the spike of flowers. 
1.—THE COMMON MOTHERWORT. (Leonurus Cardiaca, Lin.) 
Engravings.- —Eng. Bot., t. 286; 2nd ed., t. 826 ; and our fig. 5, in PI. 50. 
Specific Character.— Upper leaves lanceolate, either three-lobed or undivided. [Smith.) 
Description, &c. —This is by no means common in Great Britain. It is an elegant plant, which is 
generally found in a gravelly or calcareous soil: its stems are erect, from a foot to two feet in height, and often 
branched. Its flowers are white and pink, the corolla being slightly tinged with the latter colour. It is a 
perennial, and flowers in July and August. It has a strong smell, and a hitter taste. It was formerly used 
n medicine, and is still esteemed in Russia a cure for hydrophobia. 
GENUS XIY. 
THE WOUNDWORT. (Stachys, Lin.) 
Lin. Syst. DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. 
Generic Character. —Calyx nearly.campanulate, five-cleft or five-toothed, acuminate. Corolla with a short tube ; the upper lip vaulted, the 
lower three-lobed, with the sides reflexed. Nuts ohsoletely cornered, ovate, or roundish. [Dec.) 
Description, &c. —Most of the British species of this genus are perennial plants with ornamental flowers, 
having rather a disagreeable smell. The name of Stachys signifies a spike, from the flowers being produced in 
spikes. 
