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true Sages. The flowers are yellowish white, arranged in pairs 

 on terminal and axillary racemes, with a small bract at the foot 

 of each short flower-stalk. Although not very conspicuous, they 

 are very attractive to bees, providing abundance of nectar. There 

 IS no true upper lip to the corolla, the upper part bein^ deeply cleft, 



The Wild Thyme. 



with a small lobe on each side ; and the stamens and stigma project 

 beyond the petals. This plant flowers during July and August. 



On moist heaths, especiaUy in the west of Britain, we commonly 

 meet with the Lesser Skull-cap (Scutellaria minor), another of the 

 Labiates. It is a httle plant, seldom more than six inches high 

 with pale pink flowers that bloom from July to October. The stem 



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