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ovate-oblong-, sessile, clasping-. Flowers rose- 

 coloured. Calyx 5-angled. 9 in. -2 ft. July- 

 September. Herbaceous annual. 



Silene dichotoma, Ehrh. Erect. Stem forked 

 above. Flowers creamy-white. 1-2 ft. June. 

 Herbaceous annual. Resembling some forms of 

 Lychnis alba, but more slender. 



ORDER PORTULACE^: 



Portulaca oleracea, L. Prostrate- ascending, 

 smooth, fleshy. Stem branched. Leaves alter- 

 nate. Flowers yellow, terminal, sessile. 6-i8in. 

 June-August. Herbaceous annual. 



ORDER LEGUMINOS^E 



Vicia tenuifolia, Roth. Climbing-. Leaflets 

 linear, acute. Tendrils branched. Flowers blue 

 with white markings, in a long spike. Limb of 

 standard long. Pods linear-oblong. 2-4 ft. June. 

 Herbaceous annual. 



Villous Vetch ( Vicia villosa, Roth). Prostrate- 

 ascending. Leaflets lanceolate, with spreading 

 villous hairs. Flowers purple. Limb of standard 

 long. Pod rhomboid-elliptical. 1-3 ft. June- 

 August. Herbaceous annual. 



Hairy Yellow Vetch (Vicia hybrida, L.). 

 Prostrate. Stems not tufted. Leaflets oval. 

 Flowers yellow. Standard and pod hairy. 6in.-2ft. 

 June-August. Herbaceous perennial. 



ORDER ROSACES 



Garden Strawberry (Fragaria chiloensis, Duch.). 

 Creeping. Leaves dark -green above, white 

 below. Flowers white, i-if in. Fruiting calyx 

 erect. 6-10 in. May-July. Herbaceous perennial. 



ORDER UMBELLIFER^E 



Falcaria vulgaris, Bernh. Leaves ternate, 

 digitate, leaflets linear-lanceolate, coarsely serrate, 

 blunt-pointed. Flowers white. 1-2 ft. July. 

 Herbaceous perennial. 



Chcerophyllum aureum, L. Rootstock branched. 

 Leaflets yellowish-green, smooth, long -pointed. 

 Flowers white. Fruit yellowish. Herbaceous 

 perennial. 



Garden Angelica (Archangelica officinalis, 

 Hoffm.). Leaves and stems bright-green. Leaf- 

 lets sessile, decurrent; terminal leaflet 3-fid. 

 Calyx-teeth minute. Flowers white, in large 

 terminal umbels of 30-40 rays. 2-6 ft. July. 

 Herbaceous perennial. 



ORDER COMPOSITE 



Xanthium Slrumarium, L. Erect. Stem not 

 spinose. Lower leaves heart-shaped, 3-lobed be- 

 low, coarsely toothed. Flower-heads greenish. 

 Involucre downy. Fruit oval, with two beaks, 

 straight, hooked at tip. 1-2 ft. July. Herbaceous 

 annual. 



Xanthium spinosum, L. Stem spinose. Leaves 

 lanceolate, deeply lobed, pale below. Fruit with 

 straight beak. 6-12 in. July. Herbaceous 

 annual. 



Crepis niceeensis, Balb. Erect. Stem nearly 

 leafless above; branches corymbose. Leaves ly- 



rate, pinnatifid, hairy; cauline arrow-shaped, clasp- 

 ing, upper lanceolate, entire. Flower-heads yellow. 

 Flower - stalks and involucre glandular, hairy. 

 Fruit oblong, hardly narrowed above, ribbed, 

 rough, shorter than pappus. 1-3 ft. June. Her- 

 baceous biennial. 



ORDER BORAGINACE^: 



Lappula echinata, Gilib. ( = Echinospermum 

 Lappula, Lehm.). Leaves sessile, bristly. Corolla 

 pale- blue, salver-shaped. Calyx erect in fruit. 

 Nutlet with a double row of prickles on the mar- 

 gin. 6- 1 5 in. July. Herbaceous annual. Rare. 



Prickly Comfrey (Symphytum peregrin-urn, 

 Ledeb.). Leaves very rough. Hairs with bulbous 

 base. Flowers bluish-purple. 2-4 ft. June- 

 August. Herbaceous perennial. 



Borage (Borago officinalis, L.). Erect. Bristly 

 with bulbous hairs. Lower leaves obovate. Cau- 

 line leaves much narrowed towards the base, 

 auricled. Flowers bright-blue. Anthers promi- 

 nent, black. Corolla-lobes ovate, acute, spreading. 

 1-2 ft. June. Herbaceous biennial. 



Italian Bugloss (Echium italicum, L.). 

 Very bristly. Stem simple. Leaves lanceolate. 

 Flowers pink or white. Stamens twice as long as 

 corolla. 1-2 ft. June -August. Herbaceous 

 biennial. Rare. 



ORDER SCROPHULARIACE/E 



Prostrate Toadflax (Linaria supina, Desf.). 

 Spreading or ascending. Leaves linear, blunt. 

 Flowers yellow, racemed. Sepals linear, spoon- 

 shaped. 1-5 in. July-September. Herbaceous 

 annual. Naturalized in Devon and Cornwall. 



Erinus alpinus, L. Tufted. Leaves spoon- 

 shaped, deeply toothed. Flowers violet-red, 

 corymbose. 2-8 in. July. Herbaceous peren- 

 nial. Rare. 



ORDER LABIATE 



Mentha cardiaca, Baker. Smells of Basil and 

 Spearmint. Nearly smooth. Stem-leaves sessile. 

 Flowers purple-lilac. Bracts sessile, two to four 

 times as long as crowded whorls of flowers. 

 1-2 ft. July-October. Herbaceous perennial. 

 A hybrid. 



Salvia verticillata, L. Leaves triangular, cor- 

 date; lower auricled. Flowers bluish-purple, in 

 many-flowered whorls. 1-2 ft. June -August. 

 Herbaceous perennial. 



ORDER PLANTAGINACEJE 



Plantago ramosa, Asch. ( = P. arenaria, 

 W. & K.). Erect. Stem branched, leafy. Leaves 

 opposite, linear. Flowers in a spike, on long 

 stalks, greenish-white. 6-18 in. June-September. 

 Herbaceous annual. 



Plantago argentea, L. Leaves linear, silky. 

 Bracts obovate, blunt, silky. Scape erect, round 

 in section. Spike round. 3-6 in. July. Her- 

 baceous perennial. 



ORDER CHENOPODIACK/E 

 Strawberry Blite (Chenopodium capitatum, 



