174 THE STORY OF PLANT LIFE 
Four anthers lie on the margin of the tube, and 
one is abortive, there being a short and a long pair. 
The stamens touch the back of the bee as it pushes 
its proboscis down the tube, and the pistil also 
projects downwards between the anthers. A bee 
conveys fresh pollen to the stigma before it touches 
the anthers, so that by this contrivance the flower is 
cross-pollinated. 
The nutlets are schizocarps and fall around the 
parent plant. 
Woundwort has been used asa tea or herbal drink. 
