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ovate-oblonp. sessile, clasping. Flowers rose- 

 coloured. Calyx 5-ang;led. 9 in. -2 ft. Jiily- 

 Scplembcr. Herbaceous annual. 



Si/enir liicholoma, Elirli. — Erect. Stem forked 

 above. Flowers creamy- white. 1-2 ft. June. 

 Herbaceous annual. Resembling some forms of 

 Lychnis alba, but more slender. 



Order Porti-lace.* 



Portulaca olcracea, L. — Prostrate - asccndiner, 

 smooth, fleshy. Stem branched. Leaves alter- 

 nate. Flowers yellow, tcrmin.il, sessile. 6-18 in. 

 June- .August. Herbaceous annual. 



Ori>er Legiminos.e 



I'icla teniiifolia. Roth. — Climbing. Lo.iflcts 

 linear, acute. Tendrils branched. Flowers blue 

 with white markings, in a long spike. Limb of 

 standard long. Pods linear-oblong. 2-4 ft. June, 

 llcrb.-iceous annual. 



Villous Vetch ( I Vr;Vj vil/osa, Roth). — Prostrate- 

 ascending. Leaflets lanceolate, with spreading 

 villous hairs. Flowers purple. Limb of standard 

 long. Pod rhomboid-elliptical. 1-3 ft. June- 

 .Augusl. Merb."»ceous annual. 



Hairy Yellow Vetch (IVciVj hybriria, L.). — 

 Prostrate. Stems not tufted. Leaflets oval. 

 Flowers yellow. Standard and pod hairy. 6 in. -2ft. 

 June- August. Herbaceous perennial. 



Order Rosacea 



Garden Strawberry (Fragaria chiloensis, Duch. ). 

 ^Creeping. Leaves dark -green above, white 

 below. Flowers white, i-ij in. F"ruiting calyx 

 erect. 6-10 in. May -July. Herbaceous perennial. 



Order U.mbellifer^ 



Falcaria vulgaris, Bernh. — Leaves ternate, 

 digitate, leaflets linear-lanceolate, coarsely serrate, 

 blunt-pointed. Flowers white. 1-2 ft. July. 

 Herbaceous perennial. 



Chierophyllum aureiim, L. — Rootstock branched. 

 Leaflets yellowish-green, smooth, long-pointed. 

 Flowers white. Fruit yellowish. Herbaceous 

 perennial. 



Garden Angelica [Archangelica officinalis, 

 HofTm. |. — Leaves and stems bright-green. Leaf- 

 lets sessile, decurrent ; terminal leaflet 3-fid. 

 Calj'.\teeth minute. Flowers white, in large 

 terminal vimbels of 30-40 rays. 2-6 ft. July. 

 Herbaceous perennial. 



Order Composite, 



Xanlhium SIrumarium, L. — Erect. Stem not 

 spinose. Lower leaves heart-shaped, 3-lobed be- 

 low, coarsely toothed. Flower-heads greenish. 

 Involucre downy. Fruit oval, with two beaks, 

 straight, hooked at tip. 1-2 fl. July. Herbaceous 

 annual. 



Xanthiitm spinosum, L. — Stem spinose. Leaves 

 lanceolate, deeply lobed, pale below. Fruit with 

 straight beak. 6-12 in. July. Herbaceous 

 annual. 



Crepis nicisensis, Balb. — Erect. Stem nearly 

 leafless above ; branches corymbose. Leaves Iv- 



rate, pinnatifid, hairy; caulinc arrow-shaped, clasp- 

 ing, upper lanceolate, entire. Flower-heads yellow. 

 Flower -st.ilks and involucre glandul.ir, hairy. 

 Fruit oblong, hardly narrowed above, ribbed, 

 rough, shorter than pappus. 1-3 ft. June. Her- 

 baceous biennial. 



Ori)i:r Boraginace/E 



Lappula cchinntu, Gilib. ( = Echinospermum 

 Lappula, Lchm. ). — Leaves sessile, bristly. Corolla 

 pale-blue, salver-shaped. Calyx erect in fruit. 

 Nutlet with a double row of prickles on the mar- 

 gin. 6-15 in. July. Herbaceous annual. Rare. 



Prickly Comfrey (Symphytum percgrinum, 

 Ledeb.). — Loaves very rough. Hairs with bulbous 

 base. Flowers bluish-purple. 2-4 ft. June- 

 August. Herbaceous perennial. 



3oT^gC(B,iragn<ifficin<tlis, L.). — Erect. Bristly 

 with bulbous hairs. Lower leaves obovate. Can- 

 line leaves much narrowed tow.ards the b.ase, 

 auricled. Flowers bright-blue. Anthers promi- 

 nent, black. Corolla-lobes ovate, acute, spreading. 

 1-2 ft. Jiuio. Herbaceous biennial: 



Italian Bugloss (Echium italicum, L.). — 

 \'ery bristly. Stem simple. Leaves lanceolate. 

 Flowers pink or white. Stamens twice as long as 

 corolla. 1-2 ft. June August. Herbaceous 

 biennial. Rare. 



Order Scrophulariace^e 



Prostrate Toadflax (Linaria supina, Desf.). — 

 Spreading or ascending. Leaves linear, blunt. 

 Flowers yellow, racemed. Sepals linear, spoon- 

 shaped, i-s in. July-September. Herbaceous 

 annual. Naturalized in Devon and Cornwall. 



Eriniis alpinus, L. — Tufted. Leaves spoon- 

 shaped, deeply toothed. Flowers violet-red, 

 corymbose. 2-8 in. July. Herbaceous peren- 

 nial. Rare. 



Order Labiat.-e 



Mentha cardiaca. Baker. — Smells of Basil and 

 Spearmint. Nearly smooth. Stem-leaves sessile. 

 Flowers purple-lilac. Bracts sessile, two to four 

 times as long as crowded whorls of flowers. 

 1-2 fl. July-October. Herbaceous perennial. 

 A hybrid. 



Salvia verticillata, L. — Leaves triangular, cor- 

 date; lower auricled. Flowers bluish-purple, in 

 many-flowered whorls. 1-2 fl. June -August. 

 Herbaceous perennial. 



Order Plantacinace/K 

 Plantago ramosa, Asch. ( = P. arenaria, 

 \V. & K. ). — Erect. Stem branched, leafy. Leaves 

 opposite, linear. Flowers in a spike, on long 

 stalks, greenish-white. 6-18 in. June-September. 

 Herbaceous annual. 



Plantago argcntea, L. — Leaves linear, silky. 

 Bracts obovate, blunt, silky. Scape erect, round 

 in section. Spike round. 3-6 in. July. Her- 

 baceous perennial. 



Order Ciienopodiack/E 

 Strawberry Blite (Chenopodinm capilatum. 



