114 FIELD AND WOODLAND PLANTS 



general l.uil.l. lu.l its stem is more or less erect, the flowers are 

 purple, and the ^hole j.lant is generally more hairy. The stipules 

 are ovate, larger, veined, and have long points ; and each flower- 

 head has a pan- of trifoliate leaves at its base. The individual 

 flowers are al)Out half an inch long ; and the hairy calyx has the 

 lower tooth longer tlian the otluns. The pod contains only one seed, 



TIIF. rmirLE CLOVER, 



and is surrounded by the broNNU, ^^ithered corolla, as well as by the 

 LlvKwldch remains erect while the fruit ripens. This species 

 also flowers from May to the end of the summer. 



Two of the Vetches {Vicia-oi the order Legum^nosce) are also 

 to b included among our spring-flowering field-plants. One of 

 these is the Spring Vetch ( F. lathyroides), which may be found in 

 flower fill April to June on dry pastures. It is a small plant 

 fXa imiry im that gives oft" spreading branches, from six to 



