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FIELD AND WOODLAND PLANTS 



than a downy plant, with spreading stems from one to two feet 

 long ; and displays its bright red, shortly-stalked flowers from 



April to August. The 

 flowers, which vary 

 from a quarter to half 

 an inch in diameter, 

 have long-pointed 

 sepals and notched 

 petals. 



A third species, also 

 very common, is the 

 HerbEobert {G.Roberii- 

 anum), characterised by 

 a strong odour, and 

 red, hairy, spreading, 

 succulent stems one or 

 two feet long. The 

 leaves are compound, 

 with three or five 

 deeply-divided leaflets, 

 and turn to a bright 

 crimson colour in late 

 summer. The flowers 

 are half an inch or 

 more in diameter, with 

 ovate entire petals, of 

 a pink colour and 

 beautifully veined. The 

 sepals have long points, 

 and are rendered very 

 viscid by glandular 

 hairs. A white-flowered 

 variety of this geranium 

 is occasionally seen. 



We have now to 



note four of the spring 



leguminous plants 



(order Legiiminosce) — 



family, distinguished by their 



by compound, stipuled 



Medick or Non-such 



The Dove's-foot Crane's-bill. 



plants belonging to the Pea 

 butterfly-like flowers, and, usually, 

 leaves. Our first example is the Black 



