AMONG THE WILD FLOWERS. 93 
is a handsome plant, almost bushy with its many 
stems and branches. The segments of the 
leaves are so formed as to give some resem- 
blance to celery; the fruit is oblong, narrowing 
upward. 
Veronica officinalis, Common Speedwell, is 
found in dry places, having spiked racemes 
of pale purplish flowers, shortly stalked oval 
serrate leaves, and stems prostrate. The rare 
species, Potentzlla argentea, Hoary Cinquefoil, 
may be now met with; it has pale yellow flowers, 
and leaves of silvery white under-surface, often 
growing on the borders of fields. Lamzum 
amplexicaule, Henbit Dead-Nettle, has a small 
corolla finely painted with deep crimson, and 
stem leaves clasping, so as to be almost coznate, 
or growing together where they meet the 
stem. 
If you find a slender Stitchwort, reminding 
you of the common white Stellaria, but with 
much narrower segments of petals, and very 
slender stems and peduncles, it is Stellarta gra- 
minea, Grassy Stitchwort. It stems are so thin 
that the star-like flowers sometimes seem as if 
floating in air, and unattached to any plant. | 
The Dwarf Mallow, Walva rotundifolia, Nat. 
