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WAYSIDE WEEDS, 



labiate tribe of plants, to which the common red • or 

 dead nettle (Fig, 58) belongs, you will find a still 

 different flowering plan ; for the blossoms are col- 

 lected closely round the stemj in the leaf axils, in 



FiCr. 59. — Common StingiDg Settle. InfloreBcence Id a glomerulns, 



little bundles properly called verticillasters, but 

 often described as whorls. The -stinging nettle 

 (Fig, 59), not the slightest connection, not even a 

 " Scotch cousin," of its namesake, has its flowers — 



