. Flowers of the field. Botany. 228 COEOLLIFLOR^ 2. G. ladanum (Red Hemp-nettle).âStem and leaves downy with soft hair ; stem not swollen below the joints. Resembling the last, but only about 8 or 9 inches high. The flowers are purple, mottled with crimson. Gravelly and sandy fields ; not uncommon. âFl. August, September. Annual. 3. G. ochroleuca (Downy Hemp-nettle).âResembles G. Ladanum, but more downy. The flowers are larger and pale yellow. Culti- vated fields ; rare.âFl. July, August. Annual. II. Lamium (Dead-nettle) I. L. album (White Dead-nettle).âLeaves heart-shaped, taper- ing to a poi
. Flowers of the field. Botany. 228 COEOLLIFLOR^ 2. G. ladanum (Red Hemp-nettle).âStem and leaves downy with soft hair ; stem not swollen below the joints. Resembling the last, but only about 8 or 9 inches high. The flowers are purple, mottled with crimson. Gravelly and sandy fields ; not uncommon. âFl. August, September. Annual. 3. G. ochroleuca (Downy Hemp-nettle).âResembles G. Ladanum, but more downy. The flowers are larger and pale yellow. Culti- vated fields ; rare.âFl. July, August. Annual. II. Lamium (Dead-nettle) I. L. album (White Dead-nettle).âLeaves heart-shaped, taper- ing to a point, serrated, stalked. A common, but not inelegant weed, well marked by its large pure white flowers and black stamens. So closely does the foliage of this plant resemble that of the Stinging Nettle that many persons are afraid to handle it, supposing it to be a Nettle in flower. The flowers of the latter, however, are green, and so small that they would be passed unnoticed but for their growing in spiked panicles near the summit of the stem. The square stem of the Dead-nettle is enough to distinguish it at any stage of its growth. Hedges and waste ground; abundant.â Fl. all the summer. Perennial. 2. L. purpureum (Red Dead-nettle).âLeaves heart- or kidney-shaped, blunt, crenate, the lower ones on long, the upper on short stalks. A com- mon weed of spreading habit, distinguished by the purple tinge of its foliage, crowded upper leaves, and small purple flowers. A variety with deeply cut leaves is occasionally found, and is known as L. incisum (Cut-leaved Dead-nettle). Cultivated ground and by waysides ; common. â âFl. all the summer. Annual. Lamium PuruREUM 3- ^- maculatum (Spotted Dead-nettle).âVery (Purple Dead-nettle) nearly allied to L. Album-, but distinguished by its leaves each having a white blotch, and by its large purple flowers. A somewhat uncommon garden escape. âFl. summer. Perennial. 4. L. amplexicaule (Henbit-nettle).âFrom a few inches to a foot high,
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