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long, sheathing, mostly radical. Eoot having two tubercles. April, 

 May, June. Woods and meadows. Perennial. 



BROAD-LEAVED GARLIC, ALLIUM URSINUM. Nat.Ord., 

 Liliacece. Perianth stellate, of six lanceolate, acute, and spreading 

 segments, white. About twelve flowers in each umbel, arising from a 

 two-leaved spathe. Umbel flat-topped ; pedicels rigid. Stamens six, 

 all simple, attached to the base of perianth segments. Ovary three- 

 angled. Style filiform ; stigma minute. Leaves broad and flat, all 

 radical, spreading, on long stalks, ovate-lanceolate, sheathing the base 

 of the three-angled flowering stem. Moist woods and hedgerows in 

 shade. April, May, June. Perennial. 



YELLOW IRIS, or WATER-FLAG, IRIS PSEUDACORUS. 

 Nat. Ord., Iridacece. The outer segments of the perianth large, 

 spreading, reflexed ; the inner segments small, sub-erect ; all bright 

 yellow. Stamens three, inserted into the base of the sepaloid seg- 

 ments. Stigmas three, petaloid in character, covering the stamens. 

 Two or three flowers on each stem, each issuing from a sheathing 

 bract. Capsule green, large, three-angled. Leaves mostly radical, 

 ensiform, equitant, stiff, erect, glaucous, upper leaves much smaller 

 than the lower. Ehizoma large, creeping, acrid. Wet meadows, by 

 the sides of streams. May, June, July, August. Perennial. 



RED DEAD-NETTLE, or RED ARCHANGEL, 



LAMIUM PVRPUREUM. Nat. Ord., ia&iate. Calyx five-cleft, teeth very 

 acute, and as long as the tube, spreading. Corolla purple, throat 

 much dilated; upper lip arched; lower trifid, spreading. Stamens 

 four, inserted in tube of corolla in pairs. Ovary of two carpels. Style 

 slender. Fruit a nutlet. Leaves crenate, cordate, stalked ; the lower 

 ones on long stalks, opposite, exstipulate ; the upper leaves very close 

 together, often purplish, and covered with fine silky hairs. Whorls of 

 flowers sub-terminal. In flower almost throughout the year. Hedge- 

 rows and waste ground. Annual. 



WHITE DEAD-NETTLE, or WHITE ARCHANGEL, 



LAMIUM ALHU.V. Nat. Ord., Labiate. Calyx five-cleft, teeth very fine, 

 acute, and spreading. Corolla white, tube bulging at base, throat 

 dilatad, upper lip very arched. Six to ten flowers in a whorl. The 

 organs of reproduction similar to those of the last species. Leaves 

 cordate, acuminate, acutely serrate, stalked, often thickly covered 

 with coarse hairs. On hedge-banks and waste ground. Flowers 

 almost throughout the year. Perennial. 

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