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the nodes, in addition to the erect, flowering stems, which are either 

 round or two-edged, and branched towards the top. The leaves 

 are half an inch long, with opaque veins, many transparent dots, 

 and sometimes a few black dots on the under side. The yellow 

 flowers form a terminal corymb. Their sepals are narrow, about 

 half the length of the petals. The stamens are in three sets, united 

 at the base ; and both petals and anthers are marked with black 

 dots. 



4. The Hairy St. John's 

 Wort {H. hirsutum). — A stift", 

 erect plant, from one to three 

 feet high, common in the 

 woods and thickets of most 

 parts of Britain, flowering in 

 July and August. The stem 

 is round, and clothed with 

 soft hairs. The leaves are 

 ovate, oblong or elliptical, 

 tapering at the base into a 

 short stalk, about an inch 

 long, with many transparent 

 dots, and downy along the 

 veins on the under side. 

 The sepals are narrow, acute, 

 about half the length of the 

 yellow petals, and fringed 

 with stalked glands. The 

 stamens are in three sets. 



The Wood Crane's-bifl 

 {Oeranium sylvaticum — order 

 Geraniacece), one of the most handsome of our Wild Geraniums, is not 

 found in the South, but is moderately common in parts of Nortti 

 Britain, including North Ireland. Its stem is erect, from one to two 

 feet high, and branched towards the top. In general formthe leaves 

 are heart-shaped or shield-shaped, but they are very dee^jly divided 

 into five or seven radiating, cut, and toothed lobes. The lower ones 

 are on long stalks ; but the upper are shortly stalked or sessile, 

 and less divided. The flowers are of a bluish-purple or rose colour, 

 about an inch in diameter, arranged in a loose panicle with two 

 flowers on each pedicel. The five sepals are about half the length 

 of the petals, and terminate in a very fine point ; and the petals 



THE Dyer's Green-weed. 



