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corolla drawn out on one side. There are five sepals 
and petals, or four when there is a union of two. 
The corolla is tubular. The four stamens are epi- 
petalous. There is one style and the stigma is 
undivided. The anthers mature first. The fruit is 
an achene enclosed by the epicalyx, indehiscent, 
crowned by the pappus-like limb of the calyx. 
TEASEL (Dipsacus sylvestris). 
This tall handsome plant is one of the most striking 
British species. It is general throughout the country 
and may be found in: nearly every county. 
Growing in clumps it is a conspicuous object along 
the roadside, and is especially common on banks in 
hedgerows, rearing its stately stem above the majority 
of the hedge-plants and overtopping the low hedge 
itself. Another favourite habitat is the moist border 
of a stream or river, where in the spring the con- 
spicuous rosette of long lingulate leaves is readily 
detected. 
The stem is erect, single below, branched above. 
It is cylindrical but furrowed and bears spines at 
intervals, especially towards the top around the flower 
heads. The spines are longandsharp. The radical 
leaves are notched and rough, and lie on the surface. 
The stem leaves are connate below, water collecting 
in the axils, where basins are formed in which insects 
are drowned and absorbed. The leaves are ovate 
acute, serrate, bearing spines on the midrib, and are 
opposite. 
