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prickly,, angular, four to five feet high. Hedges and roadsides. August 

 and September. Biennial. 



TUBEROUS MOSCHATEL, ADOXA MOSCHATELLIXA. Nat. 

 Ord. , Araliacea'. Flowers irregular in their parts, terminal flower having 

 two sepals and the laterals three sepals. Corolla superior, rotate, four 

 or five-cleft according to position. Stamens eight or ten. Berry fleshy, 

 four or five-seeded. Inflorescence a globular head of four lateral 

 flowers and one terminal one, borne on long peduncles. Leaves radical, 

 on long footstalks, triternate, two cauline and ternate, radicals longer 

 than the stem-leaves. Stem slender and herbaceous, and whole plant 

 light green in colour, very delicate and fragile-looking. "Woods and 

 shady banks. April and May. Perennial. 



EVERLASTING PEA, LArurnrft SYLrESTBis. Nat. Ord., 

 Leguminosa'. Calyx of five sepals, the fifth inferior, mouth oblique. 

 Petals five, papilionaceous, standard large, bright pink, veined. Stamens 

 diadelphous, ten. Ovary one-celled. Style and stigma one. Fruit a 

 two-ralved, large, and several-seeded legume. Leaves alternate, stipu- 

 late, one pair of leaflets, ensiform, branching tendrils, leaf-stalks flat- 

 tened, winged. Stems weak, climbing,winged. Inflorescence racemose, 

 on long axillary peduncles. Thickets and rocky places. June, July, 

 and August. Perennial. 



STRAWBERRY, FRAGARIA VEKCA. Nat.Ord.,Rosacece.C&l^x 

 persistent, ten-cleft, the alternate segments being larger than the 

 others. Petals five, equal,, perigynous, pure white. Stamens perigy- 

 nous, numeroiis, the anthers two-celled. Styles simple, short. Leaves 

 clothed with soft hairs, alternate, chiefly radical, stipulate on stem. 

 Achenes on fleshy crimson receptacle. Calyx reflexed on ripening of 

 the fruit. Stems herbaceous, radical, bearing a small number of 

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



UPRIGHT MEADOW CROWFOOT, BAXUNCULUS ACRIS. 

 Nat. Ord., Ranunculacece. Calyx yellowish green, spreading, five dis- 

 tinct sepals. Petals five, distinct, bright yellow, having nectariferous 

 spot at base. Stamens free, hypogynous, numerous, on receptacle. 



