APPENDIX 



ADDENDA 



The following plants should have been included in the text of Vol. VI under the divisions 

 in which they are here placed. Some have but recently been found to be British; a few have 

 only lately been raised to specific rank from the status of varieties (not included in this work). 



FIELDS AND MEADOWS 

 ORDER LEGUMINOS^E 



Black Medick (Medicago lupulina, L.). Stems 

 prostrate, then ascending-, much branched. Leaf 

 trifoliate, shortly stalked, round-ovate, apiculate. 

 Stipules semi-cordate, toothed. Flowers many, 

 small, yellow, in dense oval heads. Flower-stalks 

 longer than leaf-stalks. Pods i -seeded, veined, 

 kidney-shaped, black, flattened. Plant 6 in. to i ft. 

 May-August. Herbaceous annual or biennial. 

 Fields and waste places; much cultivated as a 

 fodder crop. 



Trifolium Jlfolinerii, Balb. Differs from T. 

 incarnatum, of which it may be the wild form, 

 as follows: Stem erect, with appressed hairs. 

 Flowers terminal, in conical heads, rose or nearly 

 white. Tips of calyx-teeth smooth. 6-12 in. 

 May. Herbaceous annual. Cornish coast. 



ORDER UMBELLIFER^: 



CEnanthe silaifolia, Bieb. Root tuberous, 

 spindle-shaped. Stem branched. Radical leaves 

 2-, cauline i-pinnate. Leaflets linear, acute. In- 

 volucre o. Involucel-bracts shorter than the 

 flowers, with a few long rays. Outer florets 

 stalked, barren. Calyx unequal. Fruit cylin- 

 drical, narrowed below, without a corky base in 

 middle of umbel. Style erect, short, rigid. 1-3 ft. 

 June. Herbaceous perennial. 



ORDER 



Crocus bt/Jorus, Mill. Leaves and flowers simul- 

 taneous. Corm with membranous sheath. Scape 

 naked. Flowers lilac, with purple and yellow 

 stripes. Spathe double. Stigmas erect, longer 

 than stamens; lobes blunt, notched. 4-6 in. 

 March. 



Golden Crocus (Crocus vernus, Mill.). Leaves 

 and flowers vernal. Corm with fibrous covering. 

 Scape naked. Flowers golden -yellow. Spathe 

 simple. Stigmas shorter than stamens; lobes 

 at most slightly notched. 4-6 in. March. 



Autumn Crocus (Crocus nudiflorus, Sm.). Corm 

 round, covered with brown parallel fibres. Scape 

 enclosed in a tubular sheath. Flowers solitary, 

 violet. Stigmas longer than stamens, laciniate. 

 Anthers orange. Seeds red. 3-6 in. August- 

 October. 



ORDER GRAMINACE^ 



Tall Fescue (Festuca arundinacea, Schreb.). 

 Stems tufted. Leaves flat, firm, linear-lanceolate. 

 Sheaths rough ; ligule smooth. Drooping, spread- 

 ing panicles. Glumes acute. Awn short. Fruit 

 free within the flowering glume. 3-6 feet. July. 



Red Fescue (Festuca rubra, L.). Differs from 

 F, o-vina as follows : Taller, loosely tufted, stolo- 

 niferous. Cauline leaves bristle-like or inrolled, 

 blunt. Lower sheaths hairy. Panicle broad below, 

 more or less i-sided. Spikelets pale-red, 4-10- 

 flowered. Awn short. 1-3 ft. June. 



CORNFIELDS, ETC. 



ORDER RANUNCULACE.* 



Pheasant's Eye (Adonis annua, L.). Erect. 

 Stem branched, very leafy. Leaves 3- (or more) 

 pinnatifid. Segments linear. Flowers scarlet, with 

 black eye. Petals 5-10, broad, cup-shaped, 

 notched, scarcely longer than sepals. Calyx 

 greenish, smooth, spreading. Carpels in a long 

 oval head, without teeth. 6-12 in. May-Sep- 

 tember. Herbaceous annual. 



ORDER PAPAVERACE^. 



Pale-red Poppy (Palaver dubium, L.). Erect. 

 Stem branched, with appressed hairs. Leaves 

 divided nearly to the base; lobes blunt, broad, 

 entire. Flowers large, pale-red ; pairs of petals 

 unequal. Filaments thread-like. Capsule sessile, 

 club-shaped, smooth. Edge of stigmatic disk 

 obscurely 6-i2-lobed. 1-2 ft. May-July. Her- 

 baceous annual. 



Rough-headed Poppy (Papaver Argemone, L.). 

 Stem erect, leafy. Leaves 2-pinnatifid. Flowers 

 small, pale-red, with black eye. Petals narrow, 

 soon falling. Filaments swollen above. Capsule 



