SUMMARY. 



IT should be prefaced that this Summary merely professes to give a 

 brief epitome of each of the plants represented in this volume, and 

 that it is principally a condensation from the writings of Hooker, 

 Lindley, Bentham, or other authorities on the subject.* 



CORN-MINT, MENTHA ABVENSIS. Nat. Ord., Ldbiatce. Calyx 

 tubular, campanulate, equal, five-toothed. Corolla monopetalous, 

 hypogynous, tubular, nearly regular, four-cleft. Stamens four, diverg- 

 ing. Ovary one, deeply lobed. Style arising from between lobes. 

 Stigma two-lobed. Flowers in dense axillary whorls. Achenes four, 

 within calyx. Leaves opposite, stalked, ovate, serrate, hairy. Stem 

 square. Cornfields. July, August, September. Perennial. 



ANEMONE, ANEMONE NEMOROSA. Nat. Ord., Ranunculaceas. 

 Calyx petaloid, white, often pink or purple beneath, glabrous, of five 

 to nine oval sepals. Corolla wanting. Stamens and styles indefinite. 

 Fruit an achene, horned. Flower-stem bearing single flower at its 

 summit, and having a single ring of three involucral tri-partite 

 serrate leaves. Eadical leaves of similar character. Boot-stock hori- 

 zontal, black. Woods and sheltered hedgerows. March, April, May. 

 Perennial. 



SAW-WORT, SERRATULA TINCTORIA. Nat. Ord., Composite. 

 Calyx adherent with ovary. Corolla tubular. Involucre oblong, 

 imbricated with unarmed or downy scales, glabrous. Stamens five. 

 Anthers syngenesious, ecaudate at base, appendages obtuse. Ovary 

 one. Style one, sheathed by anther tube, bifid at apex ; the stigmas 

 * See Prefatory Note to the Summary, Series I. 



