xiv FAMILIAR WILD FLOWERS. 



HEART'S-EASE, or PANSY, VIOLA TRICOLOR. Nat. Ord., 

 Violacece. Calyx of five sepals, produced at base. Petals five, unequal, 

 the lowest produced into a spur; very variable in colour. Stamens 

 five, filaments very short ; anthers connate, two of them spurred, on 

 inner broad surface of filaments. Style single, clavate ; stigma large, 

 capitate. Ovary one-celled, with three parietal placentas. Fruit 

 capsular, three-valved. Stipules very large, foliaceous, deeply divided 

 into linear lobes, crenate. Leaves oblong, deeply crenate. Stem weak, 

 angled, branching freely. Cultivated fields and waste ground. May, 

 June, July, August, September. Annual or biennial. Very variable. 



YARROW, ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM. Nat. Ord., Composite. 

 Outer florets few in number, with an obcordate ray. Central florets 

 tubular; all either white or rose-coloured. Stamens five, syngene- 

 sious ; anthers linear, and united in a sheath round the style. Style 

 one, branched at top, and having stigmas on the inner surface of the 

 upper part. Ovary one. Fruit an achene, without pappus. Receptacle 

 flat. Involucre ovoid, imbricate. Inflorescence dense, corymbose. 

 Stems erect, furrowed, slightly branched. Leaves deeply cut into very 

 numerous bipinnatifid linear segments. Eoadsides, meadows, rubbish- 

 heaps. June, July, August, September. Perennial. 



SNOWDROP, GALANTIIUS NIVALIS. Nat. Ord., Amaryllidacew. 

 Perianth in six divisions, the three inner being shorter than the 

 alternate three; outer ones white, oval, spreading; inner ones pendant, 

 emarginate, white tipped with green. All the segments quite distinct 

 down to the ovary. Stamens six ; filaments very short, inserted at 

 the base of the segments; anthers opening at the top. Style one; 

 stigma three-lobed. Ovary three-celled. Fruit-ft capsule, three-valved, 

 numerous seeds. Flowers spring from a spathe, singly. Leaves radical, 

 two, linear, parallel-veined, short and erect at flowering-season, but 

 afterwards growing considerably, and becoming drooping. Bulbous 

 root. Woods, orchards, hedges. February, March. Perennial. 



SNOWFLAKE, LEUCOJUM MSTIVUM. Nat. Ord., Amarylli- 

 dacecF. Perianth in six nearly equal segments, campanulate, drooping, 

 pure white tipped with green, ovate, broad. Stamens six, inserted in 

 base of segments; anthers large, opening inwards near the apex. 

 Style one, club-shaped; stigma three-lobed. Ovary three-celled. 

 Fruit a capsule. Scape flattened in cross-section. Inflorescence, four 

 or five flowers springing from a spathe. Leaves long, linear, parallel- 



