GALEOPSIS Linn. Gen. PI. D idynamia G ymnospermia.
Cor. labium fuperius fubcrenatum, fornicatum; inferius trifidum;
faux utrinque dente obtufiufculo, concavo, acuto. Linn. Syß. Nat.
ed. Gniel.
Raii Syn. Gen. 14. SuFfruticeS et iier.b /e v e r t ic il l a t je .
GALEOPSIS verficolor foliis ovatis acutis ferratis, tubo floris Calyce multo longiore.
GALEOPSIS Tetrabit. Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 3. -var. ß
GALEOPSIS foliis ovato-lanceolatis, ferratis, caule hirfuto flore calycis quädruplo. Hall. Hiß. 26g.
LAMIUM cannabinum aculeatum flore fpeciofo'luteo labiis purpureis. Pluk. Aim.. 204. /. 41. f 4.
CANNABIS fpuria flote pallido labro purpureo elegante. Men. Pin.
LAMIUM cannabino folio, flore amplo luteo, labio purpureo. Raii Syn. ed. 3. p. 241. Fair-Flowered
Nettle Hemp, or rather Hemp-Leaved Dead-Nettle with a particoloured flower. .
RADIX annua. ' I ' •
CAULIS fefquipedalis et ultra, ere&us, ramqfiffimus,
obtufe tetragonus, hirfutus, ad genicula in-
eraffatus.
RAMI alterne oppofiti.
FOLIA caulina ovata, acuta, ramorum ovato-lanceolata,
oppofita, petiolata, fubacuminata, yenofa,
fuperne pills mollibus hrrfutula, inferne nudi-
ulcula, nervo medio venifque exceptis, ferrata,
dentibus verfus bairn fenfim minoribus.
PETIOLI hirfuti.
FLORES magni, fpeciofi, verficolores, feffiles, verti-
cillati, verticillis multifloris, fummis fubcon-
' tiguis.
CAL YX: Perianthium monophyllum, tubulatum,
nervofum, hirfutum, quinquedentatum, dentibus
longitudine calycis, fubæqualibus, arif-
tatis, pungentibus, ore ciliato, ciliis demum
intus convergentibus, tubus feminibus matu-
refcentibus, ventricofus evadit, Jig. 1.
COROLLA flava,' calyce triplo fere longior, pilis
mollibus villofus, tubus cylindraceus, fuperne
ampliatus, labium fuperius concavum, externe.
pilis longis hirfutum, denticulatum, a
'tubo fulco tranfverfali divifum, labium inferius
trifidum, lobis lateralibus ex inferiore
parte albidis, intermedia emarginato pur-,
pureo, albo margin^to, ad bafin faturate flavo
venis rubris pulchre reticulato hie utrinque
exferuritur cornicula duo obtufa, fig. 2.
STAMINA: Filamenta quatuor, alba, quorum duo
breviora; A ntheræ didymæ, primo rotun-
datæ, demum âcutæ, ciliatæ, jig. 3.
PISTILLUM: G ermina quatuor; Stylus fubulatus;
Stigma bifidum, fig. 4.
SEMINA quatuor, in fùndo calycis, obtufe trigona,
apice rotundatà, nigricantia, fig. 5.
§ ROOT annual.
I STALK a foot and a half high or more, upright, very
f much branched- obtufely four-cornered, co-
¥ vered with ftrong rough hairs, thickened at
ï the joints.
I BRANCHES alternately oppofite.
© LEAVES of the flalk ovate and pointed, of the
© branches ovato-lanceolate, {landing on footf
flalks, fomewhat long-pointed, veiny, above
Y (lightly hirfute from being covered with- foft
a hairs, beneath almoft fmooth excepting the
A midrib and veins, ferrated, teeth towards the
© bafe gradually fmallefi.
© LEAF-STALKS hirfute.
§ FLOWERS large, fhewy, particoloured, feffile,- grow-
V ing in whorls, whorls many-flowered, the
* uppermoft nearly contiguous. .
© CALYX: a Perianthium of one leaf, tubular, ribbed,
© hirfute, five-toothed, teeth the length o f the
b calyx, nearly,equal, ending in pungent awns,
©. the mouth bearded, the hairs of which finally
V converge inwardly to a point, the tube as
f the feeds ripen bellies out, fig. 1.
© COROLLA yellow, nearly thrice the length of the
© calyx, covered with foft hairs ; the tube cy-
© linarical, enlarged above, the upper lip con-
© cave, befet on the outfide with long hairs,
Y toothed on thè edge, divided from the tube
¥• by a tranfverfe groove, the lower lip divided
© into three fegments, the fide lobes on the
© lower part nearly white, the middle lobe
© purple edged with white, its bafe of a deep
yellow colour beautifully marked with red
Y veins in the form of net-work; here rife two
V fmall blunt horns, one on each fide, fig. 2.
© STAMINA: four Filaments of a white colour, two
1 long, two (hort; A nther/E double, firft
© nearly round, finally pointed and edged with
© hairs;' fig. 3*
©PISTILLUM: Germina four; .Style tapering;
¥ Stigma bifid, 4.
f SEEDS four in the bottom of the calyx, bluntly three-
© cornered, roundifh at top, and nearly black,
l M 5-
There undoubtedly is in mod points a great affinity betwixt this plant and the Galeopjis Tetrabit; but as the
charafilers in which they differ are as conftant as they are finking, we have thought it entitled to the rank of a
fpecies, more especially as many of the old writers have been of the fame opinion, and feveral of the 'moderns.
In its habit it is fhorter and more bufhy than the Tetrabit, its leaves are broader, and its flowers differ not
only in colour but in fize; there are many parts of the country alfo in which the one is found abundantly, the
other not at all; and laftly, it comes up from feeds every year invariably the fame.
The beauty of its flowers is fufficient to entitle it to a place in the Flower-Garden; its flowering period is
not of very long’duration: in corn-fields, where it is often found too abundantly, like the Tetrabit it is a very
troublefome weed, the rough hairs with which the plant is covered proving highly injurious to the hands and
arms of the reapers.
In many parts of Yorkfhire we have feen this plant growing very plentifully among the corn ; the fields about
London are exempt from it.
It flowers in July and ripens its feeds in Auguft; as thefe are produced in abundance and vegetate freely,
fuch as with to have the plant in their poffeffion may fucceed in its culture without any difficulty.