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2-3-ternate. Bracts lobed, leafy. Flowers purple 

 in a terminal raceme. Spur long-. Style per- 

 sistent. 6-10 in. April. Herbaceous perennial. 



Purple Fumitory (Capnoides tuberosa, DC.). 

 Differs from last mainly in the hollow tuber and 

 the entire bracts. 



ORDER GERANIACE.S 



Geranium nodosum, L. Erect. Stem smooth, 

 slender. Leaves 3-5-lobed ; lobes ovate, with long 

 narrow point, toothed. Flowers paired, pale rose- 

 purple. Sepals awned. Carpels downy. Petals 

 obcordate, long. 1-2 ft. July. Plantations. 

 Rare. 



ORDER LEGUMINOS^E 



Coronilla varia, L. Prostrate-ascending-. Stem 

 branched. Leaflets ovate-oblong, with blunt 

 point. Flowers umbellate, on long stalks, purple 

 or white. 1-3 ft. July. Herbaceous perennial. 

 Rare. 



Black Bitter Vetch (Lathyrus niger, L.). 

 Chief differences from L. macrorrhizus : Stem 

 angled. Leaflets 3-6 pairs. Stipules very narrow. 

 Calyx-teeth very short. Flowers livid - purple, 

 turning blue. Pods narrow, inflated, more or less 

 septate, rough, blunt-pointed at both ends. Seeds 

 flattened, bluntly-angled. 1-2 ft. June. Her- 

 baceous perennial. Scotland, rocky sub-alpine 

 valleys. Rare. 



ORDER ROSACE^E 



Cherry Laurel {Primus Laurocerasus, L.). 

 Leaves almond-scented when bruised, evergreen, 

 shiny above. Flowers white. 4-9 ft. May. 

 Evergreen shrub. Plantations. 



Fragrant Agrimony (Agrimonia odorata, Mill.). 

 Differs from A. Eupatoria as follows: More 

 branched, racemes denser. Flowers and fruits 

 larger. Calyx bell-shaped, with few or no furrows. 

 1^-4 ft. June. Herbaceous perennial. Rare. 



Agrimonia agrimonioides, L. Radical -leaves 

 ternate, with large oval lobes. Stem leafy, in- 

 terrupted, branched. Flowers yellow, enclosed in 

 a leafy involucre. 9-15 in. July. Herbaceous 

 perennial. Very rare. 



ORDER SAXIFRAGACE^: 



Opposite-leaved Golden Saxifrage (Chrysosple- 

 nium oppositifolium , L.). Differs from C. alterni- 

 folium, L., as follows: Stem more leafy, branched, 

 creeping, rooting below. Leaves opposite, round, 

 narrowed suddenly into short broad stalk. 2-4 in. 

 May-July. Herbaceous perennial. 



ORDER VALERIANACE^: 



Pyrenean Valerian ( Valeriana pyrenaica, L.). 

 Erect. Stem tall, furrowed. Leaves very large, 

 cordate, coarsely toothed, upper with a few basal 

 leaflets. Flowers as in V. officinalis, L. 2-4 ft. 

 June. Herbaceous perennial. 



ORDER COMPOSITE 



Great Burdock (Arctium Lappa, L. = A. ma/us, 

 Schkuhr). Differs from A. minus, Schkuhr, as 



follows: Radical leaves very large. Leai-stalks 

 solid. Flower-heads in a loose corymb, large, on 

 long stalks. Involucral bracts spreading. 3-4 ft. 

 July. Herbaceous perennial. 



Arctium vulgare, Evans ( = A. intermedium). 

 Involucral bracts spreading. Otherwise like A. 

 minus. 2-4 ft. 



ORDER BORAGINACE^ 



Omphalodes verna, Moench. Creeping, stoloni- 

 ferous. Radical -leaves cordate-ovate; cauline 

 ovate-lanceolate. Flowers racemed, few, large, 

 bright-blue. May. Herbaceous biennial. 



ORDER SCROPHULARIACE/E 



Scrophularia alata, Gibb. (= S. umbrosa, Dum.). 

 Differs from 5. nodosa, L., as follows: Stem 

 broadly winged, bracts leafy. Capsules rounded. 

 2-4 ft. July-September. Herbaceous perennial. 



ORDER AMENTACE^: 



Sessile Oak (Quercus sessilifolia = Q. sessili- 

 flora, Salisb.). Differs from Q. pedunculata, Elirh., 

 as follows : Often stunted. Leaves hairy, with two 

 auricles at base ; petioles short. Acorns smaller, 

 rounder, closer together, on very short stalks. 

 60-100 ft. April. Deciduous tree. Characteristic 

 of siliceous soils. 



ORDER 



Star of Bethlehem (Ornithogalum umbellatum, 

 L.). Bulb with several bulbils. Leaves green, 

 with a white stripe. Flowers in a corymb. 

 Flower-stalks slender, erect. Perianth -segments 

 linear. Filaments awl-shaped. Capsule obovoid. 

 6-8 in. May. Bulbous perennial. 



ORDER JUNCACE^ 



Wood Rush (Juncus sylvaticus, Reich. = J. 

 acutiflorus, Ehrh.). Tall, stems jointed internally. 

 Leaves flattened, jointed. Flowers 5-6, in dense 

 clusters. Perianth-segments dark-chestnut, long- 

 pointed, as long as the capsule. Capsule pale- 

 brown, 3-angled, ovate, beaked. 1-3 ft. July. 

 Herbaceous perennial. 



White Wood -rush (Luzula nemorosa, E. Mey. 

 = L. albida, DC. = Juncoides nemorosum, O. 

 Kuntze). Cyme doubly compound, flowers in 

 clusters of 2-4, whitish or pinkish. Bracts nearly 

 as long as cyme. Anthers hardly stalked. June. 

 Herbaceous perennial. 



ROADSIDES AND HEDGES 

 ORDER CARYOPHYLLACEJE 



Chickweed (Stellaria umbrosa, Opitz. = 5. 

 Elizabeths, Schultz). Differs from 5. media, L., 

 as follows: Stem erect or ascending. Ultimate 

 flower-stalks twice as long as calyx, smooth ; when 

 in fruit, turned down below, straight above, at 

 length erect. Sepals smooth, with raised points. 

 Seeds with acute tubercles. 



