DEAD-NETTLE 



Leaves. — Orbicular; the lowest leaves small and long- 

 pet ioled; the middle leaves larger, rounded, deeply cre- 

 nate or cut; the upper ones clasping. 



F/o2<:'er5.— Two-lipped, purplish 

 red, borne in whorled clusters in 

 the axils of the leaves. 



Calyx. — Bell-shaped, five- 

 toothed, hairy. 



Corolla. — Slender, tubular, 

 two-lipped, dilated at the throat; 

 upper Hp ovate or oblong, arched, 

 narrowed at base; lower lip three- 

 lobed, spreading; the middle lobe 

 broad, notched at the apex, con- 

 tracted at the base; the lateral 

 lobes small at the margin of the 

 throat. 



Stamens. — Four, inserted on 

 the corolla tube, ascending under 

 the upper lip; anthers in pairs, 

 two-celled; cells diverging. 



Pistil. — Four-parted, produc- 

 ing in fruit four small nutlets. 



Dead-Nettie. Ldmium 

 amplexicaule 



The Dead-Netties are low, 

 spreading herbs appearing 

 in gardens, on waste heaps, and in neglected yards. 

 As a whole, the stems rest on the ground but the tips 

 ascend and sometimes short stems are upright. Four 

 species lurk about our cultivated grounds with flowers 

 very much alike ; the specific differences resting largely 

 upon the leaves and the color of the flowers. Ldmium 

 amplexicaule has its upper leaves either sessile or 

 clasping, while only the lower ones are petioled. The 

 other species have petioled leaves, but all are or- 

 bicular and all crenate. The Red Dead-Nettie, Ldmium 



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