x FAMILIAR WILL FLOWERS. 



COMMON" MALLOW, MALVA SYLVESTRIS. Nat. Ord., Nal- 

 vacece. Calyx five-clef t ; and a three-leaved involucre. Corolla of five 

 petals, regular, obcordate ; purplish-red, with darker veins. Flowers 

 clustering at axils. Stamens numerous, monadelphous. Carpels 

 numerous, arranged in ring, single-seeded. Style much divided. 

 Laaves alternate, stipulate, stalked, orbicular, deeply lobed, serrate. 

 Stem erect, branching, hairy. Eoadsides, wastes, and rubbish-heaps. 

 June, July, August. Perennial. 



AGRIMONY, AGRIMONIA EUPATORIA. Nat. Ord., Rosacece 

 Calyx furrowed, turbinate, hard, covered at top with hooked and rigid 

 hairs ; cleft into five. Corolla of five yellow petals inserted on calyx. 

 Inflorescence a spike, a three-cleft bract at the base of each calyx ; 

 after flowering calyx is turned downwards, and becomes more bristly. 

 Stamens few. Style two-cleft. Stein erect, slightly branched, clothed 

 with soft hairs. Leaves interruptedly pinnate, deeply serrate ; upper 

 leaves having fewer and smaller leaflets than the lower; harsh in 

 texture, hairy. Eoadsides and waste places. June, July. Perennial. 



"WOOD -VETCH, VICIA SYLVATICA, Nat. Ord., Leguminosce. 

 Calyx gibbous at base. Corolla papilionaceous; white, standard 

 veined with violet. Stamens diadelphous, nine together and one 

 separate. Ovary one-celled. Style one, pubescent; stigma one. 

 Flowers in long racemes. Legume one-celled, two-valved, several- 

 seeded. Leaves alternate, pinnate; six to ten pairs of leaflets, the 

 common petiole ending in a long and branching tendril; leaflets 

 oblong or ovate, and notched at top. Stipules deeply cut. Stem long, 

 weak, climbing by aid of the tendrils. Open woods in hilly and 

 mountainous districts. June, July, August. Perennial. 



CORN SOW-THISTLE, SONCHUS ARVENSIS. Nat. Ord., Com- 

 positce. Florets all ligulate and perfect, homochromous. Stamens 

 five ; anthers syngenesious. Ovary one. Style one, sheathed by the 

 anther-tube, branched; stigmas forming two rows along the inner 

 surfaces of the branches of the style. Flower-heads large, bright 

 yellow, paniculate. Achene compressed, striated, beakless. Pappus 

 soft and silky, white. Peduncles and involucre glandulose-hispid. 

 Leaves long, pinnatifid ; upper leaves clasping the stem ; lower leaves 

 stalked; runcinate, all serrate. Root-stock large, creeping. Corn- 

 fields. August, September. Perennial. 



MUSK-MALLOW, MALVA MOSCHATA. Nat. Ord., Malvaceae. 

 Calyx divided into five broad lobes; a three-leaved involucre. 



