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BRITISH FLORA 



club-sliapod, roufjhiy h.iiry. Siiijm.i convex, 

 4 6 rayed. 6-18 in. May-Jiil\. Iltrbaceoiis 

 annual. 



Rough-headed Poppy (Pa/^uver hybridum, L.). 

 — Krfct. SU'Mi with few branches. Leaves 2- 

 pinn.'itilid ; lobes acute or awned. Flowers crim- 

 son or purplish, with dark eye. Kilaments swollen 

 above. Capsule rounded, roughly hairy. Stigma 

 convex, 4 8 rayed. 6 15 in. June-August. 

 Herbaceous annual. 



Ori>i;k I'l mariace.*: 



Fine-leaved Fumitory (Fumaria parvijlora. 

 Lam.). — Stem erect or spreading. Leaves grej-- 

 ish or bluish-green. Segments narrow, chan- 

 nelled. Flowers whitish or purple. Raceme dense. 

 Sepals small, triangular-ovate, linear, acute. 

 Flower-stalks equal to bracts, shorter than fruit. 

 Fruit obovate, small-warted. 6 10 in. June 

 September. 



Ordkr Composit.-T! 



Scentless Mayweed (Matricaria inodora, L.). 

 — Erect or spreading. Stem branched, angular, 

 smooth, without barren shoots. Leaves sessile, 

 pinnatifid. Segments capillary, pointed. Flower- 

 heads terminal, solitary. Involucral bracts lan- 

 ceolate, blunt, with a brown border. Ra)' white; 

 disk yellow. Receptacle ovate, then conical. 

 Fruit rough, with two glands on the outer side 

 below the entire raised border. Scent faint or nil. 

 i-ii ft. J\ine-October. Herbaceous annual. 



Order Convolvulace/e 



Clover Dodder (Cuscuta Trifolii, Bab.).— 



On Clover. Differs from Heath Dodder chiefly in 



having yellowish-white flowers and yellow apicu- 



late anthers. 1-3 ft. August. 



Order Orobanchace,?: 

 Orobanche ramosa, L. — On Hemp. Ste.Ti 

 branched. Caly.x tubular; calyx-teeth 4, triangula;- 

 ovate, pointed. Corolla i-in., blue. Anthers 

 smooth. 4-8 in. Annual. Rare. 



Great Broom -Rape (Orobanche reticulata, 

 Wall.). — On Thistles. Sepals simple, hairy only at 

 the base. Corolla white or yellowish. Filaments 

 glandular, hairy above. 1-3 ft. July. Perennial. 

 Yorkshire. Very rare. 



Order Illecebrace.b 



Annual Knavyel (Scleranlhus annuns, L.). — 

 Stems much branched, dichotomous, slender. 

 Leaves bent back, often white below. Flowers 

 green, solitary below, forming a dense corymb 

 above. Calyx-lobes acute, with narrow mem- 

 branous border; spreading and lo-nerved in fruit. 

 2 8 in. Jime-September. Herbaceous annual or 

 biennial. 



Order Graminace^ 



Rye Grass (Loliunt multiflorum. Lam.). — No 

 barren shoots, and not tufted (difference from L. 

 italinini). Paler than /,. perenne. Ligule short, 

 al)rupt. 9-14 flowers in each spikelet. Lower 

 palea with long awn. 1-2 ft. June. Annual. 

 Cultivated. 



Si:.\-COASTS 



Order Cricifer.« 

 English Scurvy Grass (Cochlearia attglica, L.). 

 — DilTers from Common Scurvy Grass as follows: — 

 Much larger. Radical leaves not cordate. Stem- 

 leaves half -clasping. Pod oblong, obovoid, 

 deeply furrowed. .Style slender. 10-18 in. May. 

 Herbaceous annual. 



Order CARVoriiVLLACE>E 

 Pink [Dianlhiis gallicus, Pcrs.). — Like the 

 Cheddar Pink in habit and size. Lower part of 

 stem with small papillate hairs. Leaves with 

 fine marginal teeth. Calyx longer, cylindrical. 

 Flowers dark-rose. Petals with long, irregular, 

 sub-linear, blunt lobes. Sand-dunes, Jersey. 

 July-September. Herbaceous perennial. 



Order Leghminos.e 

 Yellow Vetch ( Vicia liitea, L.). — Sufficiently 

 characterized by the solitary or paired sessile 

 pale-yellow flowers. Calyx-teeth unequal, upper 

 shorter, lower longer than the calyx-tube. Pod 

 turned back, w-ith bulbous hairs. 6-18 in. June- 

 August. Herbaceous annual. 



Order CRAssL'LACEi« 

 Sedum Driicei, Graebner. — The common British 

 form, previously included in Sedum acre, L. 

 The genuine 5. acre is stouter, more erect, and 

 tufted, with thicker leaves; according to Osten- 

 felde, it is found in Stirlingshire. 5. Drucei is 

 common on shores, also inland on rocks, walls, 

 and dry sandy soil. 



Order Chenopodiace.^5 

 Shrubby Orache (Atriplcx Halimus, L.). — 

 Recently estab'lished on the south coast. Branches 

 white. Leaves rhomboidal, silvery. Otherwise 

 like A. hortensis. 2-6 ft. Jul)' - September. 

 Perennial evergreen shrub. 



Order Polygonace.1! 

 Rumex rupestris, Le Gall. ^ — Radical - leaves 

 oblong. Stem-leaves strap-shaped, rounded, and 

 narrowed at both ends. Bracts few, narrow. 

 Panicle tapering; whorls rather close. Sepals 

 large, with nearly parallel sides, narrow, ovate- 

 oblong, blunt, entire. A very large tubercle on 

 each perianth-lobe. Nuts ovate, acute. 1-3 ft. 

 June- September. Herbaceous perennial. South- 

 west coast. Rare. 



Order GraminacevE 

 Kceleria albescens, DC. — Differs mainly from 

 K. gracilis, Pers., in having the leaves rolled 

 lengthwise. 6-18 in. June. Herbaceous peren- 

 nial. Dorset and Channel Islands. \'ery rare. 



WOODS AND COPSES 



Order Fumariace/E 

 Capnoides bulbosa, DC. — Erect. Rootstock 

 tuberous, solid. Stem stout, simple. Leaves 



