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HRITISII ir.ORA 



Asch. — Leaves triangfiilar-h.ist;itc, slijjlilly loothcil, 

 snioolli. Flowers in a nakiil splku. Kriiit red, 

 .succulent, like a small strawberry. 6 in. -2 ll. 

 Julj'-Scplembcr. Herbaceous annual. 



Chenopoiiium IcplophyHum, Nutt. — Differs from 

 C. album, L., in smaller size anil very narrow 

 linear liaves. 



Garden Orache (Aln'plex /wr/eiisis, L. ). — Erect. 

 Leaves triangular-cordate, toothed, jjreen, opaque. 

 Calyx more or less rounded, entire. 1-3 it. July- 

 October. Herbaceous perennial. 



OrDKR P()I.VGl)NACE/E 



Polvgoniim cuspidalum, S. & Z. — Stoloniferous. 

 Erect. Leaves broadly cordate, with long, narrow 

 abrupt point. Flowers greenish-white. 3-6 ft. 

 August. Herbaceous perennial. Japanese. 



Order Urtic.\ce.« 



Hemp (Cannabis sn/ivn, L.). — Erect. Stem 

 stout, furrowed, hairy, rigid, fibrou.s. Leaves 

 opposite, stalked, digitate, toothed, rough, glan- 

 dular. Flowers green. 1-3 ft. July-September. 

 Herbaceous annual. Dioecious. 



Roman Nettle (Urtica pilulifera, L.).— Leaves 

 ovate, coarsely toothed. Flowers green, futile 

 ones in globular heads. 1-3 ft. June-.'Vugust. 

 Herbaceous annual. Sting very venomous. Said 

 to have been introduced by the Romans. 



Order LiUACEiE 



Allium parndoxum, Don. — Leaves channelled, 

 rolled inwards above. Scape leafy below. Flowers 

 white. Corolla bell-shaped, with elliptic, blunt 

 segments. 6-12 in. July. Herbaceous perennial. 

 Siberian. 



Order Graminace/E 



Finger Grass (Panicum sanguinale, L.). — As- 

 cending. Leaves and sheaths hairy. Spikelets 

 one-sided on digitate spikes. Flowering glumes 

 awnless. 6-12 in. July. Herbaceous annual. 



Millet Grass (Panicum viiliaceum, L.). — Erect. 

 Leaves large, soft. Panicle drooping, tinged with 

 dark-brown. 1-2 ft. July-September. Her- 

 baceous annual. 



Phleum paniailalum, Huds. — Glumes wedge- 

 shaped; lateral ribs not conspicuous. Panicle 

 cylindrical, slender. 6-12 in. June. Herbaceous 

 annual. Rare. 



Bromus tcctonim, L. — Erect. Stem downy. 

 .•\\vn short, as long- as outer glumes. Flowers in 



a one-sided panicle. Spikelets small. 9-15 in. 

 June. Herbaceous annual. K.irc. 



Bromus sguarrosus, L. — Panicle simple, tlroop- 

 ing. Flowers nearly smooth, overlapping. Spike- 

 lets ovate-lanceolate, somewhat flattened. Lower 

 paica 9-ribbed. Awn twisted, spreading. 1-2 ft. 

 June-August. Herbaceous annual. 



Bromus pa/ulus, M. & K. ( = B. japonicus, 

 Thunb.). — Panicle compound, spreading, branches 

 turned back finally. Spikelets lanceolate. Lower 

 palea 7-ribbed. 9-15 in. June-.-\ugust. Her- 

 baceous annual. 



MARSHES, BOGS, ETC. 



Order VioLACEiE 

 Large Bog Violet (Viola montana, L.). — Root- 

 stock crcc|)ii)g. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, long, 

 narrowed gradually from below. F'lowers nearly 

 circular, bluish-white or pale-blue. Spur green. 

 5-12 in. April-June. Herbaceous perennial. 

 Fens, Hunts. 



Order Vacciniace^e 



American Cranberry (O.xycoccos macrocarpus, 



Pers.). — Creeping. Leaves oblong; margins flat. 



Flowers red, lateral. Fruit large, globular. July. 



Perennial shrub. Flintshire bogs. 



Order Juncace.* 



Obtuse-flowered Rush (/uncus subnodulosus, 

 Schrank = J' obtusijlorus, Ehrh.). — Erect. Stem 

 round in section. Leaves septate, hollow, round 

 in section. Flowers in a spreading cjnie with 

 zigzag branches. Perianth-segments blunt, pale, 

 as long as the narrow-pointed capsule. 1-3 ft. 

 July. Herbaceous perennial. 



Order Cvperace/e 



Brown Bog-rush (Sclttenus /errug-ineus, L.). — 

 Tufted. Stems grooved. Spikelets 1-3, lateral, 

 slender, nearly equalling the erect sheathing 

 bracts. 4-8 in. June. Herbaceous perennial. 

 Perthshire bogs. 



Soft Brown Sedge (Carex dislicha, Huds. = C. 

 intermedia. Good.). — Soboles far-reaching. Stems 

 erect, equalling leaves. Spike nearly unisexual. 

 Spikelets in an oblong interrupted spike, in two 

 rows. Upper and lower fertile, intermediate bar- 

 ren. Fruit ovoid-lanceolate, with narrow wing, 

 longer than glumes. 1-2 ft. June. Herbaceous 

 perennial. 



