Popular field botany; containing a familiar and technical description of the plants most common to the various localities of the British Isles, adapted to the study of either the artificial or natural systems . crowded, less rugged and tliinner. Lamium amplexicaule. Hen-hit dead Nettle. Leavesbroadly heart-shaped, obtuse, deeply scalloped, the upperembracing the stem, lower stalked. Corolla with the upperlip crimson and downy, the lower pale and spotted. Flowermore slender than the rest of the genus. DiDYNAMIA. ^. LaMIACE^. GLECHOMA. (Ground Ivy.) Generic Character. Cal
Popular field botany; containing a familiar and technical description of the plants most common to the various localities of the British Isles, adapted to the study of either the artificial or natural systems . crowded, less rugged and tliinner. Lamium amplexicaule. Hen-hit dead Nettle. Leavesbroadly heart-shaped, obtuse, deeply scalloped, the upperembracing the stem, lower stalked. Corolla with the upperlip crimson and downy, the lower pale and spotted. Flowermore slender than the rest of the genus. DiDYNAMIA. ^. LaMIACE^. GLECHOMA. (Ground Ivy.) Generic Character. Calyx tubular, with many nerves, dividedinto five at the top. Corolla extending far beyond the calyx; upperlip divided into two, lower, three-lobed, middle lobe notched. Glechoma hederacea (Plate II. Pig. 8). Ground is the only species of the genus. It is found verycommonly on old walls, hedges, and road-sides; and is apretty, bright-looking plant. Its leaves are kidney-shaped,scalloped, downy, or at least soft to the touch. Calyxformed of one leaf, with five pointed teeth. Corolla gaping,tube slender, upper lip erect, cut half way down, lower lipthree-lobed, the middle lobe larger and cut. Mowers. CardaTQine }msiiXd., Ji????^
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