76 II.OWl-'.RS Ol'- THI', lll'.I.DS AM) Ml'.ADOWS 



sl.iMRMis tli\itlc into iwit spri.'JuliiiL; 1)imiu1ii-s at tin- lip, ihc Ijranclics 

 l)i'in!4 unequal, and ihc shortLT one wilh the aiulicr lobes laces llie 

 centre, the oilier longer one oLilwards, ils pointed ends reslint;- on the 

 concave surface of the u[)per lip, and this causes them to lie in such a 

 position that the insect touches ilieni on eiliur side ot the lu'ad. They 

 open downwards and lie on each side of the stitjma. The shorter 

 stamens are similar in structure. Ihe bee touches the lower stiynia 

 llrsl w itli ils hack, and afterward is co\ered with fresh pollen. So llial 



U'lun.-ll,, villain 



when insects visit the flower it is cross-pollinated, whilst in their 

 absence self-pollination occurs and seeci is set. 



Self-heal is visited by the Honey Bee, Boiubus, Mcgachi/c, Aittho- 

 pJiora, Cilissa, Lyccnia, Hespen'a, Melittra. 



The smooth elongated nutlets when ripe drop out around the plant, 

 assisted by the wind. 



Growing on clay soil in a variety of situations it is a clay plant. 



The fungus yEcidi/nii pritnc/hc attacks the leaves. 



Prunella or Bntnella, Brunfels, is from the German Braiiin\ a 

 kind of (juinsy which the plant was supposed to cure, and the second 

 Latin name refers to its widespread occurrence. 



