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irregular, cut, and waved; the segments pale yellow, the crown or 

 nectary golden yellow. Stamens springing from the sides of the tube- 

 Pedicel short, springing from a membranous spathe. Flower solitary. 

 Ovary three-angled, three-celled. Style filiform ; stigma three-lobed. 

 Fruit a capsule, turbinate. Leaves, two or three, linear, dark green, 

 glossy, fleshy, radical, not so long as the flower-sterns. Eoot bulbous. 

 Moist woods and copses. March, April. Perennial. 



GROUND IVY. NEPETA GLECHOMA. Nat. Ord., Labiatce. 

 Calyx tubular, ribbed, five-toothed, the upper teeth the longest, 

 recurved. Corolla monopetalous, upper lip bifid, lateral lobes 

 spreading, purplish-blue, tube of corolla twice as long as calyx. 

 Stamens four, the two upper ones the longest. Stigma two-lobed. 

 Flowers four to six, in unilateral whorls, springing from the axils of 

 the leaves, stalked. Stem square. Leaves in pairs, reniform, crenate, 

 stalked, downy, dark green, the lower leaves on much longer stalks 

 than the upper. The whole plant rather rough and hairy to the touch, 

 strong-smelling, creeping and rooting at the base, stretching some 

 distance; flowering stems ascending; branching freely. Hedges and 

 waste ground. March, April, May. Perennial. 



YELLOW HORNED-POPPY, GLAUCIUM LUTEUM. Nat. 

 Ord., Papaveracece. Calyx of two sepals, concave. Petals four, one 

 pair larger than the other, very fugacious, crumpled in bud, bright 

 yellow. Stamens numerous ; the filaments slender ; anthers erect. 

 Stigma sessile, two-lobed. Fruit a pod, ten to twelve inches long. 

 Leaves thick, the lower ones stalked and pinnately lobed, rough, the 

 upper ones shorter, broader, less divided, sinuate, serni-amplexicaul. 

 Stems two feet high, much branched; the whole plant glaucous. 

 Sandy sea-shore. June, July, August, September. Annual. 



LADY'S -SMOCK, or BITTER- CRESS, CARDAMIKE 

 PRATENSIS. Nat. Ord., Cruciferce. Calyx equal at base, four sepals. 

 Petals four, clawed, obovate, pale lilac, large, spreading. Stamens, 

 half as long as petals, six, two shorter than the others, and alternate 

 with petals, the others in pairs. Ovary and style one. Stigma 

 capitate; style short. Inflorescence racemose. Fruit a linear pod. 

 Stems one foot high, stiff and upright. Root-leaves pinnate, the 

 leaflets ovate, the terminal the largest, petiolate; the stem-leaves 

 alternate, pinnate, sub-sessile, the leaflets long and narrow. Rootstock 

 stoloniferous, perennial. April, May. Moist meadows. 



