GirSYWORT 



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is from 2 y tt. hi.^h- Mowers are to l)e touiul in 

 The plant is a perennial propa^ate^l by division. 



The flowers are small and proterandrous in the complete tlowers. 

 There are small female Howers. The corolla is bell-shaped, 3-4 mm. 

 long, 2-h mm. wide at the 

 mouth, hardly 1 nun. 

 wide at the base. 1 he 

 honey is secreted at the 

 base of the ovary, which 

 has a yellow, fleshy base, 

 and can be reachcxl b\ 

 short-lipped insects. 1 1 

 is sheltered from rain In 

 long hairs which reach 

 from the sides of the 

 corolla to the middle. 

 The underlip has purple 

 spots on it which serve 

 as honey-guides. The 2 

 stigmas are still unex- 

 panded when the anthers 

 have ripened. As soon 

 as they spread the an- 

 thers wither and arc- 

 turned down. 1 here is 

 a wide space between the 

 anthers and the stigmas 

 to secure the plant against 

 being self - pollinated. 

 Two of the stamens are 

 rudimentary. There are 

 many visitors. which 

 touch the 2 developed 

 stamens on account ot th(; 

 small size of the (lower. 



These \-isitors include J'olisics, Mdilhrcptns, Syrilla, Litcilia, 

 Sarcophaga, Pollenia, Hemiptera, several bugs, Lepidoptera, Adela, 

 Thysanoptera, Tlirips. 



The nutlets are free, and fall around the parent plant, which is thus 

 dis[)ersed by its own agency, or if ihey fall in the water by the agency 

 of the water. 



GirsYVVORT (Lycopus enropipiis, L.) 



