SUMMARY. ix 



Leaves two or three times pinnate, with filiform segments, sessile, 

 shining, alternate. Stems rigid, furrowed, spreading. Waysides and 

 fields. June, July, August, September, October. Annual. 



FORGET-ME-NOT, MYOSOTIS PALUSTRIS. Nat. Orel., Bo- 

 raginacea;. Calyx five cleft. Corolla monopetalous, salver-shaped ; 

 five obtuse lobes, throat of flower partly closed by scales ; bright blue 

 with yellow centre ; tube small and straight. Stamens five, inserted in 

 sides of tube. Ovary four-lobed. Nuts smooth and shining, In- 

 floresence racemose, scorpoid, forked, unilateral. Leaves oblong or 

 ovate, glabrous or slightly downy ; no stipules. Stem slender, weak, 

 ascending. Banks of streams and ditches. June, July, August. 

 Perennial. 



BIRD'S-FOOT TREFOIL, LOTUS CORNICULATUS. Nat. Ord., 

 Leguminosce. Calyx five-toothed. Corolla papilionaceous; yellow. In- 

 floresence umbellate, five to ten flowers on long peduncle. Leaf at 

 base of umbel. Stamens diadelphous. Ovary one-celled. Style one ; 

 stigma one. Legume straight, cylindrical, bearing several seeds, 

 Leaves obovate, trifoliate ; leafy stipules. Stem slender and herba- 

 ceous. Long taproot. Pastures and hedgerows. July, August. 

 Perennial. 



SEA - LAVENDER, STATICE LIMONIUM. Nat. Ord., Plum- 

 baginacece. Calyx tubular, expanded at top; five-lobed; dry and 

 membranaceous. Corolla of five petals, united at their bases, and car- 

 rying the stamens; petals a bluish purple. Stamens five. Ovary 

 single, one cell. Styles and stigmas five. A small bract below each 

 flower. Inflorescence unilateral, spikes forming paniculate, corym- 

 bose masses of blossom. Flower-stem erect, freely branching, leafless. 

 Leaves radical, obovate, lanceolate, on long stalks ; dark green, glossy, 

 thick in texture. Salt marshes and mud-covered shores. July, 

 August, September. Perennial. 



PRICKLY-HEADED POPPY, PAPAVER ARGEMONE. Nat. 

 Ord., Papaveracece. Calyx, of two sepals, falling off on flowering. 

 Corolla of four petals ; pale scarlet, and often with a dark spot at base. 

 Stamens very numerous, distinct, dark in colour. Ovary one-celled. 

 Stigma rayed, sessile. Fruit a capsule, oblong, having several short, 

 bristly hairs, especially on upper half. Leaves alternate, pinnatifid. 

 The whole plant somewhat hairy. Corn-fields and waste ground. 

 May, June, July. Annual. 



