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2 3-tfrnale. Bracts lobed, li-afy. Flowors purple 

 ill a terminal raceme. Spur loii}». Slyle per- 

 sistent. 6-ioin. April. Herbaceous perennial. 



Purple Fumitory (Capnoides tuberosa, DC.).^ 

 DinVrs from last mainly in the liollow tuber and 

 the entire bracts. 



Order Geran'iack.« 

 Gvrariiiiru tioiiosum^ L. — Erect. Stem smooth, 

 slender. Leaves 3-5-lobed ; lobes ovate, with long; 

 narrow point, toothed. Flowers paired, pale rose- 

 purple. Sepals awned. Carpels downy. Petals 

 obcordate, long. 1-2 ft. July. Plantations. 

 Rare. 



Order Legiminos.* 



Coronilla varia, L. — Prostrate-ascending-. Stem 

 branched. Leaflets ovate-oblong, with blunt 

 point. Flowers umbellate, on long stalks, purple 

 or white. 1-3 ft. July. Herbaceous perennial. 

 Rare. 



Black Bitter Vetch (Lathy rus niger, L.). — 

 Chief differences from L, niacrorrhisus:— Stem 

 angled. Leaflets 3-6 pairs. Stipules very narrow. 

 Calyx-teeth very short. Flowers livid - purple, 

 turning blue. Pods narrow, inflated, more or less 

 septate, rough, blunt-pointed at both ends. Seeds 

 flattened, bluntly-angled. 1-2 ft. June. Her- 

 baceous perennial. Scotland, rocky sub-alpine 

 valleys. Rare. 



Order Rosace.e 



Cherry Laurel (Primus Laurocerasus, L. ). — 

 Leaves .ilmond-scented when bruised, evergreen, 

 shiny above. Flowers white. 4-9 ft. May. 

 Evergreen shrub. Plantations. 



Fragrant Agrimony (Agrimonia odorata. Mill.). 

 — Differs from A. Eupatoria as follows: — More 

 branched, racemes denser. Flowers and fruits 

 larger. Calyx bell-shaped, with few or no furrows. 

 ij-4ft. June. Herbaceous perennial. Rare. 



Agrimonia agriinonioides, L. — Radical -leaves 

 ternate, with large oval lobes. Stem leafy, in- 

 terrupted, branched. Flowers yellow, enclosed in 

 a leafy involucre. 9-15 in. July. Herbaceous 

 perennial. Very rare. 



Order Saxifragace.* 



Opposite-leaved Golden Saxifrage (Chrysosplc- 

 niiim oppositifolium, L.). — Differs from C. alterni- 

 folium, L., as follows: — Stem more leafy, branched, 

 creeping, rooting below. Leaves opposite, round, 

 narrowed suddenly into short broad stalk. 2-4 in. 

 May-July. Herbaceous perennial. 



Order Valeriahace/E 



Pyrenean Valerian ( Valeriana pyrcnaica, L.). — 

 Erect. Stem tall, furrowed. Leaves very large, 

 cordate, coarsely toothed, upper with a few basal 

 leaflets. Flowers as in V. officinalis, L. 2-4 ft. 

 June. Herbaceous perennial. 



■ Order Composure 



Great Burdock (Arctium Lappa, L. = A. majus, 

 Schkuhr). — Differs from A. minus, Schkuhr, as 



follows; — Kadlcal leaves very l.irgc. Lcai-stalks 

 solid. Flower-heads in a loose corymb, large, on 

 long stalks. Involucral bracts spreading, j-4 ft. 

 July. Herbaceous perennial. 



Arctium vuli^are, Evans ( = A. intermedium). — 

 Involucral br.icis spreading. Otherwise like A. 

 minus. 2-4 ft. 



Order Boraginace.« 



Omphalodes verna, Mcench. — Creeping, stoloni- 

 ferous. Radical -leaves cordate-ovate; cauline 

 ovate-lanceolate. Flowers racemcd, few, large, 

 bright-blue. May. Herbaceous biennial. 



Order Scropiillariace/E 



Scrop/tulariaalata, G'lhh. (=5. umbrosa, Dum.). 

 — Differs from S. nodosa, L., as follows:— -Stem 

 broadly winged, bracts leafy. Capsules rounded. 

 2-4 ft. July-September. Herbaceous perennial. 



Order Amentace^e 



Sessile Oak (Quercus sessilifolia = Q. sessili- 

 /?ora, Salisb. ). — Diflers homQ. pedunctilata, Ehrh., 

 as follows : — Often stunted. Leaves hairy, with two 

 auricles at base; petioles short. Acorns smaller, 

 rounder, closer together, on very short stalks. 

 60-100 ft. April. Deciduous tree. Characteristic 

 of siliceous soils. 



Order Lii.iacE/E 



Star of Bethlehem (Omithogalum umbellatum, 

 L.). — Bulb with several bulbils. Leaves green, 

 with a white stripe. Floxvers in a corymb. 

 Flower-stalks slender, erect. Perianth -segments 

 linear. Filaments awl-shaped. Capsule obovoid. 

 6-8 in. May. Bulbous perennial. 



Order Jincace;E 



Wood Rush (Junrus sylvatims, Reich. = J. 

 acutijiorus, Ehrh.). — Tall, stems jointed internally. 

 Leaves flattened, jointed. Flowers 5-6, in dense 

 clusters. Perianth-segments dark-chestnut, long- 

 pointed, as long as the capsule. Capsule pale- 

 brown, 3-anglcd, ovate, beaked. 1-3 ft. July. 

 Herbaceous perennial. 



White Wood -rush (Lusula nemorosa, E. Mey. 

 — /.. albida, DC. = Juncoides nemorosum, O. 

 Kuntze). — Cyme doubly compound, flowers in 

 clusters of 2-4, whitish or pinkish. Bracts nearly 

 as long as cyme. .Anthers hardly stalked. June. 

 Herbaceous perennial. 



RO.ADSIDES AND HEDGES 

 Order Carvopiiyi.i.ace^ 



Chickweed (Ste/laria umbrosa, Opitz. = 5. 

 Elizabethcr, Schultzj.^Differs from 5. media, L., 

 .IS follows: — Stem erect or ascending. Ultimate 

 flower-stalks twice as long as calyx, smooth ; when 

 in fruit, turned down below, .straight above, at 

 length erect. .Sepals smooth, with raised points. 

 Seeds with acute tubercles. 



