xii FAMILIAR WILD FLOWERS. 



five, clawed, small ; delicate pink. Peduncles two-flowered. Stamens 

 ten five long, five short ; anthers conspicuous, bright yellow. Styles 

 five. Ovary five-lobed, five-celled. Fruit with five lobes, the carpels 

 arranged round central axis, curling upwards when ripening ; a long 

 beak. Leaves orbicular, palmately lobed, lobes obtusely notched, on 

 long stalks, opposite, very glossy, often (like the stems) turning a 

 bright red. Stems spreading, glossy, swelling at the joints, brittle. 

 Rocks, old walls. May, June, July, August. Annual. 



RAGGED ROBIN, LYCHNIS FLOS-CUCULT. Nat. Ord., Caryo- 

 phyllacece. Calyx tubular, ribbed, monophyllous, five teeth, brownish- 

 red. Corolla regular, of five petals, very deeply cut into lobes ; clawed 

 appendage at base of limb. Petals and stamens hypogynous. Flowers 

 in loose terminal panicle. Stamens ten. Styles five. Ovary one. 

 Capsule stalked, globular, opening by five teeth. Seeds numerous. 

 Leaves few, linear-lanceolate, entire, opposite, exstipulate. Stems 

 erect, slender, swelling at nodes. Damp meadows, sides of water- 

 courses. May, June. Perennial. 



WATER - RAGWORT, SENECIO AQUATICUS. Nat. Ord., 

 Composite. Involucre hemispherical, bracts linear. Florets of the ray 

 spreading and conspicuous, bright yellow, ligulate, often rolled back. 

 All florets perfect. Stamens five, having their anthers syngenesious 

 and without bristles at base. Style one, little longer than corolla, 

 sheathed by anther-tube ; stigmas in two rows on bifid style. Flower- 

 heads large, on long stalks, loosely corymbose. Achenes terete, 

 glabrous. Pappus pilose. Leaves lyrate, pinnatifid, serrate, the lower 

 ones undivided; alternate. Stems herbaceous, freely branching. 

 Damp meadows, sides of water-courses. July, August. Perennial. 



NIPPLEWORT, LAPSANA COMMUNIS. Nat. Ord., Composite. 

 All the florets ligulate and perfect, rather pale yellow, small. 

 Stamens five, their anthers syngenesious. Ovary one. Style one, 

 sheathed by tube of anthers; stigmas in two rows on bifid style. Fruit 

 an achene, slightly compressed, striate. Pappus wanting. Receptacle 

 naked. The involucre small, of about eight or nine nearly equal 

 scales arranged in a single row, and a few much smaller at base, 

 angular. Inflorescence loosely paniculate or corymbose. Leaves few, 

 thin in texture ; upper ones small, narrow, sessile, entire or slightly 

 toothed; lower ones larger, slightly lobed, stalked, coarsely serrate, 

 lyrate; all somewhat hairy. Stems erect, stiff, slightly branching. 

 Waste ground and gardens. July, August, September. Annual. 



