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primary or secondary bracts ; and the fruits are oblong, about a 

 sixth of an inch long, with the two diverging styles curved 

 downward. The plant flowers from May to August. 



THE WILD Beaked Parsley. 



On dry banks by the wayside we may commonly meet with the 

 Crosswort or Mugwort {Galium Cruciatum) of the Bed-straw Family 

 {Bubiacece). It is a prostrate plant, with stem from six to eighteen 



