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pointed, green below and yellow above. Stamens six, having their 

 filaments thickly clothed with a white wool, inserted in base of 

 perianth. Stigma entire. Capsule three-celled, three- valved ; seeds 

 numerous. Leaves linear, radical, parallel-veined, much shorter than 

 stems, sheathing at base. Pedicels with numerous bracts, stiff, erect, 

 bearing terminal racemes of flowers. Bogs and moorlands. July, 

 August. Perennial. 



WOODRUFF, ASPERULA ODORATA. Nat. Ord., Rubiacea;. 

 Calyx adherent with ovary. Corolla regular, fugacious, infundibuli- 

 form, pure white, four-cleft. Style one. Stamens four. Ovary one. 

 Inflorescence paniculate. Fruit dry, globular. Leaves about eight 

 in a whorl, lanceolate, entire. Stem erect. The whole plant very 

 fragrant when dried. Woods and copses. May, June. Perennial. 



KIDNEY VETCH, ANTHYLLIS VULNERARIA. Nat. Ord., Legu- 

 minosce. Calyx five-toothed, inflated, downy, contracted at mouth. 

 Corolla papilionaceous. Heads of flowers in pairs at end of stems; 

 the flowers numerous and sessile. Stamens ten, monadelphous. Ovary 

 one-celled. Style and stigma one. Legume two-valved, oval, few- 

 seeded, enclosed in calyx. Leaves alternate, stipulate, pinnate. 

 Bracts large and palmate. Whole plant covered with soft hair. Dry 

 pastures and embankments. June, July, August. Perennial. 



FUMITORY, FUMARIA OFFICINALIS. Nat. Ord., FumariacecE 

 Sepals two, deciduous, small and scale-like, ovate-lanceolate, acute, 

 toothed. Corolla irregular, tubular, of four more or less united petals, 

 one spurred at base. Stamens six, diadelphous, hypogynous. Style 

 filiform. Stigma lobed. Inflorescence racemose. Fruit globose, one- 

 seeded, dry, indehiscent. Stems weak and brittle, glabrous, pale 

 green. Leaves much divided, glabrous, delicate, having twisted 

 petioles. Koadsides, gardens, amongst field crops. Flowering all the 

 summer. Annual. 



BROOM RAPE, OROBANCHE MAJOR. Nat. Ord., Orobanchacea. 

 Calyx of two or four lanceolate segments, bifid, variously divided, 

 ferruginous, persistent, bract at base. Corolla monopetalous, irre- 



