110 WILD TLOWEES OF SUMMED. 



The root of this variety gives out a red dye, and the 

 flowers will coagulate boiling milk. 



The "Wild Hop (Humulus lupulus) is common in 

 some parts of England ; it is frequently seen in hedge- 

 rows in the Midland and Southern counties. Its dark 

 green rough lobed leaves render it conspicuous, and at 

 the end of the summer months its strong-scented cones 

 peep out from amongst the foliage. The young shoots 

 of the hop plant are frequently gathered and eaten. 



The Black Bryony (Tamus communis) blooms in 

 June, and its glossy heart-shaped leaves may be seen 

 in the hedgerows. The flowers are yellowish- green ; 

 but in autumn its brilliant red berries are very con- 

 spicuous. The root of this plant is large, and was 

 frequently called Our Lady's Seal. Its acrid nature 

 may be removed by washing, and leave a small resi- 

 duum of starch-like substance. 



The heart-shaped leaves of the Great Bindweed 

 (Galystegia sepiuiri), with its Avhite trumpet corollas, 

 is common too common everywhere. Sometimes 

 it is trained as a climber round cottage porches, but 

 it is a troublesome weed to introduce into a garden. 

 The drugs ialap and scammony are prepared from 

 foreign relatives of this species of convolvulus. 



