x FAMILIAR WILD FLOWERS. 



Fruit dry, indehiscent, angular. Radical leaves, large, lanceolate, 

 serrate, coarse-looking, hairy. Stem-leaves opposite, small, sessile, 

 slightly lobed, variable in form. Pastures and banks. June, July, 

 August. Perennial. 



STONE-CROP or WALL-PEPPER, SEDUM ACRE. Nat. 

 Ord., Crasswtacetc. Calyx of five ovate, oblong, obtuse sepals, gibbous 

 at base. Corolla regular, of five golden yellow, lanceolate, acuminate, 

 spreading petals. Stamens ten. Ovaries five, glabrous, verticillate, 

 with nectareous scale beneath, and subulate style. Stigma simple. 

 Fruit of five carpels. Leaves alternate, erect, ovate, gibbous, fleshy, 

 smooth, bright green, acrid, and on the barren shoots closely imbri- 

 cated in rows. Inflorescence terminal, cymose. Stems ascending, 

 succulent, branched. Root creeping and fibrous. Walls and rocks. 

 June, July. Perennial. 



TUBEROUS PEA, OROBUS TUBEROSUS. Nat. Ord., Legu- 

 minosce. Calyx five-toothed, obtuse at base, oblique at mouth. Corolla 

 papilionaceous, purple, veined. Style linear. Stigma one. Stamens 

 ten, diadelphous. Legume two-valved, several-seeded, long, pendulous, 

 black, cylindrical. Leaves pinnate, without tendrils, stipulate, three 

 or four pairs of leaflets. Stipules sagittate. Flowers in axillary 

 racemes, borne on long peduncles. Stem winged. Eoot tuberous. 

 Woods and copses. May, June, July. Perennial. 



CORN MARIGOLD, CHRYSANTHEMUM SEGETUM. Nat. Ord., 

 Composite. Calyx adherent, with ovary. Kay-florets, conspicuously 

 ligulate. Involucre hemispherical, having imbricated and membra- 

 naceous scales. Stamens five; anthers syngenesious. Ovary one. 

 Style one, sheathed by anther-tube, bifid at apex. Stigmas extended 

 on each branch of style. Flower-heads large, on terminal peduncles. 

 Fruit an achene; disk achenes terete. Receptacle without scales. 

 Pappus wanting. Leaves amplexicaul, alternate, glaucous, lobed or 

 serrate, varying in form considerably according to position. Stems 

 branching freely. Cornfields. June, July, August, September, October. 

 Annual. 



SELF-HEAL, PRUNELLA VULGARIS. Nat.Ord., Ldbiatce. Calyx 

 tubular, ovate, closed on fruit; upper lip three-toothed; lower one 



