LIPPED PLANTS AND UMBEL-BEARERS. 



CHAPTER X. 



LIPPED PLANTS AND UMBEL-BEARERS. 



I WONDER if you know the 

 red or white dead nettle. 

 Its stem is square, and its 

 leaves are in pairs opposite 

 to one another. Both stem 

 and leaves are something 

 like those of the stinging 

 nettle, especially in the white 

 one, which is the largest of 

 the two, and grows about a 

 foot high. 



Both are common, and we 

 shall very likely see some of 

 them by the road or hedge 

 side. You need not be afraid 

 to pick them : they do not 

 sting ; and that is why they 



33- Dead Nettle 

 (Lamiurti). 



are called dead nettles. 



I always think the white dead nettles are very 

 beautiful. Their soft white corollas are large, and 

 arranged upon the stem in handsome rings. 



