128 FAMILIAR WILD FLOWERS. 



outline, and they are almost always long and narrow. 

 Where the width increases in proportion to the length the 

 form is still quite simple. There are no stipules. The 

 stems, circular in transverse section, are generally some- 

 what swollen at the points where the pairs of leaves are 

 thrown off, and the plants snap readily at these points. 

 These features may all be seen in the following plants, 

 members of the same family as the corn-cockle, viz., the 

 stitchwort, figured together with the yellow nettle, on 

 one of our plates ; the white campion, the subject of another 

 illustration ; and the ragged-robin, represented, together 

 with one of our wild geraniums or crane's-bills, on another 

 plate in our series. Other examples of the family are 

 the soapwort, the bladder-campion, and the mouse-ear 

 chickweed ; while amongst cultivated blossoms the sweet- 

 william and the numerous varieties of pinks and carnations 

 are easily accessible for comparison. 



