XIV 



MEADOWS, FIELDS AND PASTURES— SUMMER 



In the present chapter we shall briefly describe a considerable num- 

 ber of flowers which are to be seen in fields and pastui'es during the 

 summer months ; but we must remind the reader that many of 

 the species previously mentioned in Chapter VIII as flowering in 

 similar situations in the spring, continue to bloom during the whole 

 or a portion of the summer. A list of these is given below ; and it 

 should be noted that the flowers described in this chapter are 

 those which do not generally commence to bloom till the month of 

 June. 



Spring Flowers of Meadows, Fields and Pastures whtoh 

 continue to bloom in the summer. 



Creeping Buttercup. Netted Medick. Yellow Rattle. 



Bulbous Buttercup. White Clover. Field Louse- wort. 



Field Penny Cress. Purple Clover. Henbit Dead Nettle. 



Wild Pansy. Earthnut. Common Sorrel. 



Ragged Robin. Daisy. Sheep's Sorrel. 



Spotted Medick. Dandelion. Twayblade. 



The Upright Buttercup or Meadow Crowfoot {Ranunculus acris) 

 is often confused with the two similar species {R. reyens and R. 

 bulbosus) akeady described in Chapter VIII, but it may be easily dis- 

 tinguished from the former by the absence of creeping stems, and 

 from the latter by the spreading calyx and by the fibrous root 

 without any bulbous sweUing. The whole plant is covered with soft 

 hairs more or less spreading; and it varies in height from six inches to 

 three feet according to the nature of the soil in which it grows. Its 

 leaves are all stalked with the exception of the few upper ones, 

 and are very deeply divided into three, five, or seven radiating 

 segments which are again cut into three lobes with acute divisions, 



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