viii FAMILIAR WILD FLOWERS. 



SEA CAMPION, SILESR JIABITIMA. Nat. Ord., Caryophyllacece. 

 Calyx monophyllons, tubular and inflated, five-toothed, strongly veined 

 and reticulated. Corolla of five white petals, having two-cleft and 

 spreading lamina. Stamens ten. Styles three. Ovary one. Fruit a 

 dry capsule opening at the top, 6-toothed. Leaves opposite, entire, 

 ovate-lanceolate, small, exstipulate. Flowers few in number. Stems 

 spreading. On sandy and stony beaches. June, July, August. 

 Perennial. 



FURZE, fi-EX EUROP.f.US. Nat. Ord., Leguminosa>.~Ca,lyx two- 

 partite, segments slightly toothed, having two small bracts at base, 

 pubescent, yellowish. Corolla papilionaceous, bright yellow, fragrant . 

 Stamens ten, inonadelphous. Style and stigma one. Fruit a two-valved 

 legume. Leaves simple, alternate, stipulate, inconspicuous. Stems freely 

 branching, covered with spreading and rigid spines. Growth compact 

 and bushy. Commons and sandy or gravelly heaths, railway embank- 

 ments and cuttings, open forest land, &c. Flowers more or less through- 

 out the year, but chiefly in the spring. Perennial. 



BROAD-LEAVED PLANTAIN, PLAXTAGO MAJOR. Nat. 

 Ord., Plantaginacece. Calyx minute, scariose, four-partite. Corolla 

 four-lobed, minute, scariose, tubed, reflexed. Stamens four, long, 

 springing from tube of corolla. Style and stigma one. Fruit indehiscent, 

 ovate capsule, many seeded. Inflorescence a long cylindrical and dense 

 spike ; bract at base of each flower. Leaves spreading, radical, broadly 

 ovate, conspicuously nerved, dull green. Root-stock short and thick. 

 Meadows and roadsides. June, July, August. Perennial. 



TEASEL, DIP3ACCS SYLVESTRIS. Nat. Ord., Dipsacacea. Flowers 

 in compact cylindrical heads, having at base an involucre of six to 

 twelve prickly bracts, rigid, unequal, curving upwards. Calyx minute, 

 cup-shaped. Eeceptacle bearing the florets covered with spinous and 

 hooked scales. Corolla four-lobed, monopetalous, lilac, having oblique 

 limb. Stamens four, inserted in tube. Ovary one-celled. Style one. 

 Fruit small, dry, indehiscent, crowned by calyx. Leaves opposite, the 

 upper leaves connate, undivided, prickles on midribs. Stems rigid, 



