172 THE STORY OF PLANT LIFE 
entire. There are minute bracteoles in the spike. 
The flowers are born on short pedicels. The calyx 
is sub-campanulate, with five segments which are 
equal, subulate and spinous. 
The corolla has a cylindrical tube which may equal 
the calyx or be slightly longer. It is sometimes two- 
thirds of an inch in length. The anther cells are 
divergent. The fruit consists of four nutlets. There 
are four stamens which are ascending, and the lower 
twoarelonger. The lobes of the style are nearly equal 
and divergent. The anthers ripen before the stigma. 
The plant, however, is capable of being self-pollinated. 
The tube is longer than in the Marsh Woundwort. 
On opening the outer anthers are in front of the 
inner, and after shedding pollen turn up, and the 
inner are thus exposed, shed pollen and make room 
for the pistil which takes their place. 
The nutlets are shaken out by the wind. 
WuiTE Deap NETTLE (Lamium album). 
Next to the Woundwort the White Deadnettle is 
certainly one of the commonest wild flowers. It is 
found in nearly every county in the British Isles, 
except a few Welsh and Scotch counties. 
Whilst the Purple Deadnettle is found almost ex- 
clusively on garden ground, the White Deadnettle, 
though occurring commonly side by side with it, is 
also found in more native stations. Thus it is a 
common hedgerow plant along the wayside. It also 
