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MOUNTAIN POPPY, MF.CONOPSIS CAMBRICA. Nat. Ord., 

 Papaveracecc. Calyx of two deciduous sepals. Corolla of four large, 

 pale yellow, crumpled petals. Stamens indefinite. Stigma rayed. 

 Ovary one-celled. Fruit ropsular, oblong, glabrous, many-seeded. 

 Flowers singly on long peduncles. Leaves stalked, alternate, bright 

 green; downy or slightly hairy, pinnate, the segments toothed, lobed, 

 or pinnatifid. Stems erect, round. Whole plant herbaceous. Eocks 

 and woods. June. Perennial. 



MILK THISTLE, CARDUUS MARIANUS. Nat. Ord., Composite. 

 Flower-heads on summits of branches, large, purple ; florets perfect, 

 infundibuliform, with curved tube, segments five, equal, linear. Fila- 

 ments short, monadelphous; anthers purple. Ovary ovate, sur- 

 mounted by filiform style. Stigma bifid. Eeceptacle pilose. Fruit 

 angular, wrinkled, crowned with simple and rigid pappus. Invo- 

 lucre of many imbricate and recurved scales, spinous at apex and on 

 margins, subfoliaceous. Leaves large, alternate, sinuate, spiny, veined 

 with white; lower leaves spreading, pinnatifid; upper ones waved, 

 amplexicaul, ovate-lanceolate. Stems erect, firm, branched, striate. 

 Hedges, banks, rubbish-heaps. June, July. Biennial. 



HAIRY ST. JOHN'S WORT, HYPERICUM HIRSUTUM. Nat. 

 Ord., Hypericacece. Calyx five-partite, inferior, the sepals lanceolate, 

 acute, with glandular serratures. Petals five, unequal-sided. Sta- 

 mens numerous, triadelphous. Ovary one. Styles three. Flowers 

 numerous, in a pyramidal panicle, yellow. Capsules many-seeded, 

 Stem erect, hairy. Leaves opposite, stalked, slightly downy, ovate, 

 entire, marked with pellucid dots. Woods and thickets, more par- 

 ticularly on the chalk. July, August. Perennial. 



CORN BLUE-BOTTLE, CENTAUREA CYANUS. Nat. Ord., 

 Composite. Flower-heads capitate; flowers tubular, five-toothed. 

 Florets of the ray few, large, bright blue, infundibuliform, neuter; 

 florets of the disk, small, dark purple, fertile. Stamens five, inserted 

 on corolla. Filaments distinct, anthers united. Ovary adherent to 

 calyx. Style single, sheathed by anthers. Stigma bifid. Fruit an 

 achene, with simple pappus. Seed solitary. Involucre covered with 

 imbricated brown scales. Leaves alternate, long dull green; lower 



