LAMIUM, DEAD-Nettle; a genus of the gymnosperma order, belonging to the didynamia class of plants. There are eight species; of which only two, viz. the album, white archangel, or dead-nettle, and the purpureum or red archangel, are remarkable; and that only because their young leaves are boiled and eaten in some places like greens. The first grows frequently under hedges and in waste places; the second is very common in gardens and corn-fields. None of the species are cultivated except merely for the sake of variety.