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THE NATURE BOOK 



GARLIC MUSTARD. 



two pairs of stamens, one short 

 and one long, and the stigma 

 hanging down below them. 

 When a bee alights on the lip, 

 it comes in contact with the 

 stigma before it touches the 

 anthers, so that any pollen it 

 has brought along from another 

 flower is rulibed off before it 

 takes a fresh supply. The 

 leaves are arranged in pairs, 

 and the flowers in a circle 

 round the stem, there being 

 from six to twch-e of these in a 

 cluster. When the plant is 

 bruised, a rather disagreeable 

 odour is given off. 



THE YELLOW DEAD-NETTLE 



The Yellow Dead-Nettie {Gale- 

 ohdolon luteitni) is not so com- 



mon as the white one, but 

 in general appearance and 

 shape the two resemble one 

 another very closely ; but 

 the flowers of this plant are 

 bright yellow, and the lip 

 is spotted with a darker 

 colour; it is to be found in 

 flower from April to June. 

 The common name of 

 "Weasel-snout" is given to 

 it on account of a fancied 

 resemblance of part of the 

 flower to the nose of a 

 weasel. The Red Dead- 

 Nettie {Lamium purpnrcum) 

 is also found very commonly 

 in the hedgerows and as a 

 garden weed. All these 

 Dead-Netties bear the name 

 of "'Archangel," but why 



WOOD SAGE. 



