CALYCIFLOR.E 22i 



like other dry-soil plants. The rootstock is tuberous, 

 almost woody. The stem is simple, stout, round 

 in section, and is practically a scape. The radical 

 and lower leaves are long-stalked, fleshy, round, 

 scalloped, concave, and peltate, or shield-shaped, 

 with the stalk inserted below the lamina. The 

 stem-leaves are spoon-shaped, an upper one wedge- 

 shaped. 



The flowers are greenish-yellow or creamy-white, 

 borne in a raceme, and are close. The flower- 

 stalks are short and slender. The bracts are entire 

 or long. The corolla is cylindrical, afterwards 

 enlarged, with four to five short lobes, and encloses 

 the stamens and carpels. The calyx is minute. The 

 stamens are adnate to the corolla tube and included. 

 The fruit is a follicle, with many seeds. 



The flowers are in bloom from June to August. 

 The plant is a herbaceous perennial, 4 to 12 in. 

 high. 



The anthers ripen in advance of the stigmas. 

 Few insects visit the plant, except small insects 

 called Thrips or Thysanoptera, and these do not 

 play any part in pollination. The pendulous position 

 of the tube protects the flowers from rain. The 

 honey is secreted at the base of the ovary. 



The follicle opens and the seeds may be scattered 

 some distance by the wind. 



Bachelor's Buttons, Corn-leaves, Cups-and-saucers 

 (in Somerset), Cut-Finger, Penny Grass, Wall-Penny 

 Grass, Hipwort, Jack-in-the-Bush, Kidney-wort, 



