x FAMILIAE WILD FLOJTEES. 



Fruit a globular head of numerous carpels. Inflorescence a loose, 

 many-flowered panicle. Stems round, erect, two to three feet in height, 

 freely branching, covered with soft hairs. Leaves deeply divided into 

 palmate and strongly serrated segments, the lower leaves being on 

 stalks, and much more richly cut than the upper and more linear 

 leaves. Meadows and banks. June and July. Perennial. 



LAMB'S - TONGUE, PLASTAGO LAXCEOLATA. Nat. Ord., 

 Plantaginacea*. Calyx scariose, four-partite. Corolla minute, having 

 tube and four spreading lobes in limb. Stamens four, long and con- 

 spicuous, inserted on tube of corolla. Style and stigma simple. Fruit 

 a capsule. Inflorescence densely spicate, borne on long, leafless, erect, 

 and angular peduncles. Leaves lanceolate, tapering at each extremity, 

 strongly marked by the parallel nerves, radical, spreading. Meadows, 

 rubbish-heaps, waste ground. June, July. Perennial. 



COMMON VETCH, VICIA SAW A. Nat. Ord., Leguminosa-. 

 Calyx of five sepals, gibbous at base. Corolla papilionaceous. Stamens 

 ten, diadelphous. Ovary one-celled. Style filiform, simple. Fruit a 

 legume, two-valved, several seeded. Leaves alternate, pinnate, leaflets 

 four to ten in each leaf, varying from obcordate to linear. Branching 

 tendrils. Stipules small, deeply serrate. Flowers axillary, on very 

 short peduncles, solitary or in pairs. Open spaces in woods, pastures, 

 waste ground. May, June. Annual and biennial. 



DEWBERRY, nunus c&Sll'S. Nat. Ord., Rosacecc. Calyx of 

 five narrow segments. Corolla of five equal, perigynous petals. Flowers 

 few in number, in loose panicles. Stamens perigynous, numerous. 

 Style short. Drupes clustered on a common receptacle, superior, more 

 or less enveloped in calyx, covered with a grey bloom. Leaves of three 

 serrated and strongly-veined leaflets. Stems more or less with a bloom 

 on them, and covered with small and weak prickles. Thickets and 

 waste ground. June, July. Perennial. 



HENBIT, r.A.Mn:v AUPLEXICAULE. Nat. Ord., Labiates. Calyx 

 campanulate, five-toothed, hairy, nearly regular. Corolla rose-colour, 



