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Show The BR ETI Se 5. Yellow Deadnettle. um flore: flavo. PCS LO is a plant of regular growth, and of great e root creeps under the furface, and has long, thick fib 1¢ ftalks are fquare, light, hollow, and a foot or more in height; they feldom growperfedtly erect, but trail or ftoopa little. The leaves ftand in pairs; and are oblong, moderately broad, elegantly ferrated, and of a fine green. The flowers are large, and of a beautiful yel- léw: they rife in confiderable number in the bofoms ofthe leaves. rown. ches which furround 1g bufhes. It flowers n folio oblongo luteum. 6. Hemp-Deadnettle. liis anguftis fe The root is creeping and fibrous. The ftalk is fquare, hollow, light, and a foot orm n length. Its\colour is brown; and it is covered with a kind ofbriftles. The leaves ftand two at a joint; and they have flender footftalks: they are oblong, narrow, fharp-pointed, and fharply ferrated; and they have on the under-fide very large ribs: they Thep HE Re Bt A foot high: they are ra ly branched ; andtheir colouris a dark green or brown. The leaves ate placed in pairs, and have der footftalks: they are long, and very deeply ferrated, andofa faint green. The flowers growall the way up in the bo of the/leaves ; and they are, large, and of a yellow. The feeds are fmall and brown. Wehave it in woods in Suffex. It flowers in September. Ray/calls it Lamium luteum foliis 8. Great-flowered Hemp-Dez Bp Rel af14S He Genk aE ME iis difleétis orientale. The root is compofed of numerous, long, row Ht ° = f pai fibres, very tough, and &fc a difagreeable imell, Theftalk is upright, fquare, and of a brownith colour, The leaves are placed in pairs at diftanc es ; and they are very beautiful. Their colour is a ET SS 0 XIX, POSTE HEfloweris labiated, andis formedofa fingle petal. DU aM. The tubular part is long and flender: the upperlip is large, rounded, and placed upright : the lower lip is broad and obrufe. The cup is hollowed, and large, and at the top is divided into two lips. The feeds are four after every flower; and they ftand naked. Linnzus places this among the di lynamia gymnofpermia; the flower having two longer and two fhorter threads, and the feeds ftanding naked in the cup. This authorallows it to be a diftin& genus; but he alters the received name, writing it melittis. There is but one known fpecies of this genus; and that is commonto Britain, andall the northern parts of Europe. Baftard Baum. The root is long and flender fibres. The ftalk is weak, fquare, br The root is compofed of numerous, thickfibres, of an acrid andbitterifh tafte. The ftalk is fquare, upright, firm, and a foot andhalfhig) : it is of a dufky green colour, and The leaves are broad and deeply jagged,- fharp-pointed, a: bright green. he flowers ftand about the tops of ches in clufters growing in the bofor leaves: they are very large, and of white. Thefeeds are Jarge and bla We have it about the edges of forefts. flowers in July. Raycalls it Cannabis fpr The flowers rife in the bofoms of the leaves; andthey are large andpurple. The feeds are uneven, large, and brown. It is commonin the woods of Devonfhire, and fome otherof the adjoining counties, and flowers in Auguft. >. Bauhine Meliffoph feet in length. full of pith. The leaves are confiderably large, brdad, oblong, of a dufky green colour, and of a roug furface: they are placed in pairs, and haveflen- It is faid to be a cephalick ; but its virtues are not well eftablifhed. der footitalks, It Goel B jiore aivo mw Ainda ganti. Sf Di) jU_ ih He ea Ss bE wA hoa XX. gale ds ES. g. Hemp-Deadnettle with variegated flowers. Lamiumfolio caunabino floribus vari The root is compofed of numerous, long, and flender fibres. The ftalk is fquare, firm, hairy, andtwo feet and a halfin height. HEflower is labiated, andis formed of a fingle petal. The tubular part is very fhort : the upper lipis rounded and turned, andis a little nicked at the edge ; the lowerlip is divided into three unequal fegments. The cup is tubular, formedof a fingle piece, and termin d byfive points, The feeds are four after every flower ; andtheyftand naked. s places this 2 a gymnofpermia; the flower having twothreads longer than the others, and the fe The leaves ftand in pairs; and they arelong, narrow, of a dark green, and fharplyferrated. The flowers are placed in a kind of {pi Dir Vis ft ON the tops of the ftalks, and beautifully vari EO RIB GAN Indian Deadnettle. j 35s BIA UM, Lamiumcannabino folio flore magno. with white, red, and. yellow. It is common in the northern counties 7. Narrow-leaved Yellow Deadnettle. flowers in July. lutedm foliis anguptioribus ferratis, Raycalls it Lamium caunabino folio flore amplo The root is creeping, white, and hung with | luteo labio purpureo. many fibres. DOV) FS RO! NP U BAS © AR.D: have been fuppofed from this and from their colour, which isa dufky green, to refemble the fingle leaves of hemp. The flowers are large and gaping: they are of a bright red; and they are placed in tubular cups, terminated by a kind ofprickles: they ftand in tufts*at the tops of. the ftalks, and branches. The feeds are large and blackith. It is commonabout corn-fields, and on ground that has beendug. It flowers in July. C. Bauhine sit Urtica aculeata foliis fe Others, Cannabis /puria. UN HE jRaBsAI 5 Poe CT tS: fine green; and they are deeply divided at the edges. i The flowers ftand in clufters in the bofoms of the upper leaves ; and are large and beautiful. The feeds are large and purplith. It is a native of the Eaft Indies, and of the Greekiflands, and flowers in Augutft. Tournefort calls ic Lamium orientale foliis Santer laciniatis. 1. Broad-leaved Little Allh Sideritis pu foli j The root is long, flender, white, and furnifhed with a few fibres. Thefirft leaves are placedon flender footftalks : they areoblong, broad, and indentedat the edges: their colour is a pale green, and they have a faint fell. The ftalks are {quare, weak, and branched : they are fix or eight inches long 5 and they fometimes ftand erect, fometimeslie upon the ground, The leaves on them are fet in pairs; and they are oblong, broad, ferrated, and of green. The flowers ftand in the bofoms of and are fmall: their colour is a pale red ; are {potted on the infide with purple. i s are brown. , Tt is common in our corn-fields, and flowers in July. GENUS BRiTisS a C.Bauhine calls it SP E-CLE $&. 2. Clown’s Allheal. Sideritis fatida ftrumofa radice. The root is compofed of numerous, irregular, tuberous pieces, connected by brown,’ thick fibres. Theftalk is upright, hairy, of a pale green, fquare, not much branched, and two feet high. The leaves ftand in pairs: they are oblong, narrow, ferrated at the edges, hairy, and of a pale green. The flowers are very numerous : they ftandin e clufters round tl of the 1 together forma kir Ff ; but the lower lig and blackith. , and flowers in |