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XIX. BUGLOSS AND SCORPION GRASS 
Viper’s Bugloss — Borage—Prickly Comfrey—Common 
Bugloss—Forget-me-Nots or Scorpion Grasses—Hooked 
Fruits carried by Man and Beast—Clear Proof of the 
Reasons for Hairy Stems and Fruits . 
XX. FOXGLOVE AND TOADFLAX 
A Grand Flower Show organised by Humble-Bees— 
Methodical Bees--No Small Bees need apply—Unusual 
Arrangement of Organs—Mulleins—Speedwells fertilised 
by Flies—The Corolla thrown off—Brooklime—Spiked 
Speedwell—Figwort and Wasps—The Wasp’s Methods 
different from those of the Bee—Water Figwort—Monkey- 
Flower and Sensitive Stigmas — Money - Wort — Root- 
Parasites— Cow-wheats— Yellow-Rattle — Bartsias — Eye- 
bright—Lousewort—Only partially Dishonest—‘‘The Rival 
Broom-sellers”—Broomrapes and Toothwort—Toadflax— 
The Intelligent Ivy-leaved Toadflax—Yellow Toadflax 
XXI. BUTTERWORT 
Poor Soil develops Murderous Instincts—Butterwort— 
Bladderworts—hritable Stigmas—Submerged Traps for 
Insects and Crustaceans 
XXII. MINT AND THYME 
Aromatic Plants—Mints—Protected by Strong Odours— 
Gipsy- Wort—Marjoram—Wild Thyme—Meadow-Sage—A 
Forgotten Record—Clary—Dishonest Butterflies—Ground 
Ivy — Self - Heal.— Woundwort — Hemp Nettle — Dead 
Nettles not related to Stinging Nettles—Yellow Archangel 
—Henbit—Black Horehound—W ood-Sage—Bugle—Ground 
Pine : : : : ; : 
XXIII. SPURGES AND NETTLES 
Sun Spurge—Irish Spurge—A Poisonous Family—Box— 
Mercury—Elms: how their Seeds are dispersed—Stinging 
Nettles fertilised by the Wind—Mechanism of the Nettle’s 
Sting—Why the Nettle stings—Hop, How it climbs—An 
Exploring Stem—Darwin’s Hlustration—Forest Trees 
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