xvi FAMILIAR WILD FLOWERS. 



pendulous, campanulate, inflated, unequal ; upper lip slightly divided, 

 lower one cut into large rounded lobes, hairy ; pink, spottad on inner 

 surface. Stamens four, two longer than the other two. Stigma 

 two-lobed. Capsule ovate, two-celled, many-seeded. Inflorescence 

 an elongate, densely-flowered raceme. Pedicels short, one-flowered ; 

 bracts leafy. Stems three to five feet high, occasionally branched 

 in the lower portion. Biennial. May, June, July, August. Woods 

 and dry banks. 



BUBDOCK, ARCTIUM CAPPA. Nat. Ord., Composite. All 

 florets having tubular corollas, five-cleft, equal, dull purple; tube 

 slender. Anthers exserted ; filaments papillose. Pappus short and stiff. 

 Flower-heads in terminal corymbs. Involucre globular, often more or 

 less covered with a soft white wool, the bracts armed with hooked 

 points. Stem about three feet high, stout, and branching freely 

 Lower leaves very large, heart-shaped, stalked, at times slightly 

 serrate; upper leaves smaller, obovate, all often covered on under 

 surface with grey woolly hairs Waste places and roadsides. July, 

 August. Biennial. 



