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open before the (low it opms, wiili iluir [)t)llen-covcrcil surface down- 

 ward. The style, wliich is l)ilol)ed, lies behind and ai>ove die andiers 

 at first, the upin-r lolie bein^; w.irty, the longer bcnl n|). The bee in 

 a younger tlower tirst touches the anthers with its back, and then the 

 papillose or warty sti.«;ina. Usually the bee's back touching the stigma 

 lies between spots dusted 

 with pollen in the same 

 tlower. The end of the 

 style curves down, and the 

 lower division projects 

 between the anthers, and 

 if the pollen is not removed 

 it is then self-pollinated. 



Hemp Nettle is visited 

 bv the Hymenoptera 

 Boiiibiis. Aiidrciui, Mc/iiiio- 

 shmnr. 



The nutlets, which are 

 slis^htly netted, when ripe 

 fall around the parent plant. 



Hemp Nettle is a clay 

 plant growing' on clay soil, 

 or a sand plant growing 

 on .sand soil. 



Several beetles, Ulc/i- 

 ^etlies vidua fits, M. ova ins, 

 Clirysoinela luetiihasiri, C. 

 fasiiiosa, a moth, Ly^ris 

 aiclicmi/Iata, a Hemipter- 

 ous insect, Hysarcoris 

 vielatiocephalns, and a fl\", 

 C/iroiiiaiomyia a/biceps, are 

 found on it. 



Ga/eopsis, Dioscorides, 

 is from the Greek s:^i/e, a weasel, and opsis, appearance, because the 

 top of the flower is like a weasel's snout. Teiraliii, Dillenius, is from 

 the Greek word for four, because of the four-angled stem. 



The plant is called Bee-nettle. Blind Nettle, Dai-nettle, Day-nettle, 

 Dea-Netle. De- Nettles. Deye-Netde, Dog Netde. Donnine-thell, 

 Female Hems, Glidewort. Bastard Hem|), Hemp-Nettle, Holyrope, 

 Nettle Hemp, Stinging Nettle, Sting Nettle. 



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