Plate 31 . 
WHITE 
DEAD- 
NETTLE 
THE DEAD-NETTLE FAMILY. (ORDERlin.LABI AT/E.D i 
CALYX of 5 SEPALS united into a tube and separahfjjf 
ing into 5 teeth, occasionally 2-lipped or 
apparently 2-lobed, remaining with the fruit 
(persistent), inserted below theseedcase (in- 
ferior). 
COROLLA of 6 PETALS united into a gaping tube 
spreading into a limb which is usually 2-lipped 
(bilabiate), the upper lip entire or 2-tobed,and 
the lower alobedjnserted below the seed^ 
case-(hypogynous). 
STAMENS 4, rarely 2, in unequal pairs { 
edidynamous), the anthers cons pi 
uousty 2-celled inserted in the corolla-tube cepipetalous 
PISTIL of 2 CARPELS, each, deeply lobed so that^ 
the seedcase is 4-lobedand 4 -celled, with a' 
single style rising from the centre and base 
of the 4 lobes, the style is terminated with a 
2 -deft stigma 
FRUIT dry, separating into 4 little nut-tike 
fruitsccocca),each containing 1 erect seed. 
STEMS 4 -sided, hairy. 
LEAVES opposite, each pair at right anglc^ 
to the pair above and below (decussate), 
hairy, frequently with an. aromatic scent 
secreted in the hair-glands 
FLOWERS stalkless (sessile), usually in small 
clusters (cymes) in the axils of the upper Leaves almost forming circles 
(false whorls orvirticillasterspor with the upper leaves bract-like and 
so close together, that the flowers are crowded into a spike-tike cluster 
(raceme), or rarely in pairs, solitary in the axils of the opposite leaves £ 
DISTINGUISHED BY the usually circling clusters of flowers in 
the Leaf axils, by the usually 2- * 
lipped corolla, the 2 unequal pairs 
of stamens, and by the fruit of 4 
little nuts, also by the square stems USBMBm 
ancl the opposite decussate general- 
ly f ragran t leaves. f 
calyx 
corolla 
stamens 
pistil 
' 
fruit 
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