DIDYNAMIA. GYMNOSPERMIA. Lamium. 707 
GLECHO'MA * Cal. five-cleft : Anthers converging, each 
pair forming a cross ; (upper lip cloven. E.) 
G. hedera'cea. Leaves kidney-shaped, crenate. 
{E. Bot. 853. E.)— Ludw. 62—Vaill. 6. 5 and 6— Curst. US—Waodv. 28— 
EL Dan. 789— Riv. Mon. 67.2, H. minor — Lonic.i. 205. 2— Matt. 6 26— 
J)od. 394 —Lob. Obs. 336. 2, and Ic. i. 613. 2—Ger. Em. 856. I—Park. 
677. h .— Wale. — J. B. ii. 855. 2— Ger. 705— Fuchs. 87 6—Blackw. 225— 
Trag. 799. 
Stamens occasionally imperfect, consisting' of filaments only half the usual 
length, terminated by a reddish blunt point ; sometimes they are fur¬ 
nished with anthers, pale brown, containing no pollen, and , scarcely 
broader than the filaments. St. Roots sending out trailing sucklers. 
Leaves heart-kidney or heart-shaped, beset underneath with hollow dots, 
in which are glands secreting an essential oil; and above with little 
eminences, but which do not secrete any odoriferous oil, for this surface 
being rubbed gives out no peculiar scent, whereas the under surface 
affords a pleasant reviving fragrance. Blossom blue ; sometimes, though 
rarely flesh-colour. 
(Plant varying much in luxuriance. E.) Unusually upright and more 
hairy, in 
Riv. Mon. 67. 1, Hedera terrestris — Vaill. 6. 5— Clus. ii. 38. 2— Ger. Em. 
i 704. 6— Park. 677. a. 
Gill. Ground Ivy. Ale-hoof, or Tun-hoof : (the terminal being 
a Saxon word signifying {caput) a head; as a chief ingredient. 
Irish : Ahair Lussa. Welsh: Eidral; Beidiawg las. E.) Groves, 
hedge-banks, and shady places : (when in profusion making a beautiful 
appearance in spring. E.) P. April—May A 
LA'MIUM.J Bloss. upper lip entire, vaulted : lower lip in¬ 
versely heart-shaped; with a bristled-shaped tooth on 
each side. 
* (From yAuxu, sweet wine ; as affording a pleasant beverage. E.) 
+ The leaves thrown into the vat with are, clarify it and give it a flavour. (Tt wa® 
generally used for this purpose till the reign of Henry the Eighth, about which period hups, 
were substituted. E.) Ale thus prepared is often drank as an anti-scorbutic. An infu¬ 
sion of the leaves is commonly taken as tea, and proves slightly tonic, expectorant, and 
aperient. The expressed juice, mixed with a little wine, and applied morning and evening, 
destroys the white specks upon horses’ eyes. The plants that grow near it do not flourish- 
—It is said to be hurtful to horses if they eat much of it. Sheep eat it; horses are not 
fond of it; cows, goats, and swine refuse it. Little protuberances, composed of massy 
cells, are sometimes found upon the leaves, and are occasioned by insects, (especially gaJl- 
gnats, Cecidomyice. Latr. Tipidce. Linn. E.) Phalcena libatrix and Cynips Glech<m<£ 
live upon it. Linn. ( Anthidium manicatum may occasionally be detected in the act of 
collecting the Momentum from this and;other plants furnished with short woolly hair or dawn, 
for the purposes of nidi/icatioiiv r Curt. pi. 61 . E.) 
+• (Various. ar§ the conjectures respecting the derivation of this name. Ambrosmas indi¬ 
cates the most direct etymology from Aa^op, the throat, alluding to the shape of the flower: 
from which word also that of Lamia itself, as the appellation of a certain voracious beast 
or fish, or of a sorceress supposed to devour children, evidently originated. E.) 
