The tiny flower-bells grow in loose clusters, which spring from between the leaf and the main stem.
The Knotty Figwort is a tall and stout plant, with a four-sided stem which is curiously twisted.
Be sure to pull up the root, and you will find it covered with small bulbs or knots. From these knots the plant gets its name.
The leaves near the foot of the Knotty Figwort stem are large and broadly oval, with short stalks. But those that grow further up the stem are narrower and more pointed, and they all have the edges cut like the teeth of a saw.
1. LADY'S MANTLE 2. DOG'S MERCURY.
3. COMMON NETTLE.
1. LADY'S MANTLE
The Lady's Mantle is a curious little plant and is common everywhere in summer. The beautifully shaped green leaves at once attract you, but the flowers are so small that you scarcely notice them. They are crowded into clusters at the end of short stalks, which branch many times from the main stem. These flowers have no petals. If you look at them very closely, you find that they have eight green sepals, which lie flat open when the flower is in bloom. These sepals are all pointed, and vary in size. The four which are utmost are smaller than the sepals which form the inner circle.