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indicating their original number by the five separate 
points at the top of the tube. 
Our last example in this chapter must be a very pretty 
wild flower, called the Milkwort. Go to any chalk-down 
or fairly dry pasture, and you ought to find a small plant, 
from two to six inches high, a miniature shrub, with an 
abundance of small flowers (4+ to 2 inch across), that 
~ remind one somewhat of the pea and bean tribe. As to 
their colour, I have found them dark blue, light and dark 
red, mauve, and pure white, so you will see they are not 
afraid of variety. You will remember the five petals of 
the pea—the standard, the two wings, and the two that 
formed the heel. Well, for some reason this is closely 
imitated by the Milkwort, but with quite different parts. 
Two of the five sepals become enlarged, and stand out 
at right angles to the main flower, putting on a bright 
colour, like the corolla. This corolla has only three petals, 
but one of them, not two, forms itself into a boat-shape, 
in which lie the stamens ready for employment. 
