30 AMONG THE WILD FLOWERS. 
feature; and especially in the fact that the 
flowers of the stinging Nettle are moncecious. 
Our most charming little plant of the Laniata, 
Linn. Cl. XIV., Dzdynamia, is the common 
Ground Ivy, Wefeta Glechoma, in whose bright 
purple blooms you will observe two snow-white 
crosses, formed by the two pairs of Anthers 
meeting and closing together,— 
Glechoma, with its cross of white, 
Pure emblem of a faith as bright ! 
The plant trails and creeps on the ground 
through the summer like Ivy, with which it 
has, however, no alliance. Sometimes the 
Anthers are wanting, or imperfect. 
At this point we may give some details of 
the ordinary structure of flowers. The flower 
or bloom of a plant is the crowning point of its 
growth, and the period of its greatest beauty. 
Hence the usually coloured part is called the 
Corolla, or crown, as being the perfection of 
the plant’s life. This corolla is sometimes un- 
divided, and the flower,is then called Monope- 
talous, as consisting of one petal; often, how- 
ever, there are more than one, or many petals. 
Take now a Primrose flower, and observe 
