Identifier: englishbotanyorc07sowe (find matches)
Title: English botany, or, Coloured figures of British plants
Year: 1863 (1860s)
Authors: Sowerby, James, 1757-1822 Boswell, John T. (John Thomas), 1822-1888 Lankester, Mrs. (Phebe), 1825-1900 Sowerby, James de Carle, 1787-1871 Salter, John William, 1820-1869 Sowerby, John E. (John Edward), 1825-1870
Subjects: Plants Plants
Publisher: London : R. Hardwicke
Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden
Digitizing Sponsor: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden

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E. B. 2353. Galeopsis ocliroleuca. Dowuy Hemp-nettle. MLXXVn.
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E. B. GG7 Galeopsis versicolor. Largo-flowered ITomp-nettlc. LABI AT JE. G5 In corn-fields on sandy soil. Rare. Berechurch, Essex; Bangor,Carnarvonshire; near Newark, Nottingham; plentiful at Cantley, nearDoncaster, Yorkshire; between Ryton and Winlaton, Durham. Re-ported from Lancashire by Hudson: but thia requires confirmationby recent authority. England. Annual. Late Summer, Autumn. G. ochroleuca has veiy much the aspect of G. Ladanum, especiallyof the sub-species G. intermedia, but tlie leaves are generally larger andbroader, more deeply serrate; and the whole plant is much more softlyand thickly pubescent, and more glandular. The bracts are shorter,less stiff, and scarcely recurved; the calyx-teeth are shorter, littlemore than half the length of the tube, and narrowing gradually fromthe base to the apex; the corolla is much larger, usually 1^ inch long,the tube more dilated upwards, and the upper lip mtich more deeplynotched; the colour is generally pale yellow, but the plant has

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