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ing, with numerous fibrous tufts.- -Waste places, hedgerows. July, 

 August, September. Perennial. 



THRIFT, ARMERIA MARITIMA. Nat. Orel, Pliimbaginacea?. 

 Calyx tubular, dry, membranous, teeth short. Corolla regular, of 

 five petals, united at base. Ovary single, one-celled. Stamens in- 

 serted on corolla. Styles five, hairy. Stigmas five, filiform. Flowers 

 in dense terminal, globular heads, with bracts, and inverted sheath 

 clothing upper portion of scape. Capsule one-seeded. Leaves long 

 and linear, radical, numerous, one-nerved. Salt marshes. April, 

 May, June, July, August. Perennial. 



BLADDER CAMPION, SILENE INFLATA. Nat. Of-d., Caryo- 

 phyllacece. Calyx tubular, monophyllous, five-toothed, persistent, 

 inflated, reticulated. Corolla of five petals, clawed, deeply cleft, 

 white. Stamens ten. Ovary one. Styles three. Inflorescence pani- 

 culate, flowers slightly drooping. Capsule three-celled, many-seeded, 

 dry, six-toothed, opening at top. Leaves opposite, entire, exstipulate, 

 ovate-lanceolate, glaucous. Stems tumid and fragile at joints, erect, 

 glaucous, glabrous. Eoadsides, hedgerows, meadows. June, July, 

 August. Perennial. 



LESSER RED -RATTLE, PEDICULARIS SYLVATICA. Nat. 

 Ord., Scrophulariacea. Calyx angular, glabrous, persistent, inflated, 

 teeth foliaceous, segments five, unequal. Corolla monopetalous, 

 irregular, deciduous, ringent, open at throat; upper lip compressed 

 and arched; lower one flat and three-lobed. Stamens four, didy- 

 namous, two of them hairy. Style one. Stigma two-lobed. Capsule 

 two-celled, compressed; seeds angular. Leaves, alternate, pinnate, 

 deeply serrated. Stem branched and spreading. Moist pasturage 

 and waysides. April, May, June, July. Perennial. 



WATER PIG-WORT, SCROPHULARIA AQUATICA. Nat. Ord., 

 Scrophulariacece. Calyx persistent, five-lobed. Sepals having mem- 

 branous margin. Corolla monopetalous, irregular, deciduous, globose ; 

 two short lips, one two-lobed and straight, the other three-lobed, and 

 having central lobe decurved, dull purple. Stamens four, didynamous. 

 Style one. Stigma two-lobed. Flowers in terminal and long panicles. 



