erect, and very tougli ; leaves velvety, roundish, three-lobed, 

 two to three inches long and half that across, all irregularly 

 toothed; flowers yellow, crowded, a quarter of an inch wide; 

 the four-seeded globose pods are covered with hairy hooked 

 spines. 



Trimnfetta Semitriloba. lyinn. (boor-bush of L e f r o y. ) 

 This plant is not mentioned in Reade's Botany. With the 

 exception of being styled by the former ' ' a largish bush ' ' and 

 common in the Walsingham tract, it is probably a sub-species 

 of the real Burr-bush. 



Natural Order, Lineae. 



Linum Usitatissimum. Linn, (wild flax.) Stem eighteen 

 inches high; leaves narrow; flowers purple or blue. Grows on 

 the waysides, a remnant probably of former cultivation. 

 Annual. Not common. 



Lef roy erroneously calls this ' ' Flag, ' ' and gives marshes 

 as its locality. 



Natural Order, Geraniaceae. 



Geranium Carolinianum. (wild geranium or crane's-bill.) 

 A spreading plant, rather hairy, main stem becoming prostrate 

 when mature. Leaves live-lobed almost to the base; flowers 

 pale- lilac, veined. Common on waste ground. Its peculiarly 

 shaped seed vessel has given its name. 



Geranium Dissectum. Linn, (crane's-bill). Very similar 

 to above but with flower paler and almost w^hite. Is said by 

 Lef roy to be confined to St David's Island. Reade does not 

 mention it. Annual. 



These wild geraniums in Europe are the origin of the Pelar- 

 gonium (pelargonium zonale), our garden geranium, the num- 

 ber and variety of which is constantly increasing through 

 hybridization. 



I have found in old quarries, field corners and waste ground, 

 the scarlet geranium flowering as profusely as in a garden, al- 



