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FIELD AND WOODLAND PLANTS 



are of a red-purpic colour, changing to greenish blue as they fade ; 

 and are in loose racemes of from two to four. 



The other is the Narrow-leaved Everlasting Pea {L. sylvestris), 

 a straggling plant, from two to six feet long, flowering from June to 

 August. It is not so common as the last, but may be found in 

 similar situations. Its stem has verj- narrow wings ; and the 



leaves have very narrow- 

 leaflets, flattened stalks, 

 l)ranc]ied tendrils, and 

 lialf a r r o w -shape d 

 stijjules. The flowers 

 are rather large, of a 

 pale purple colour, with 

 a greenish keel, and a 

 green spot on the large 

 upper petal. They are 

 arranged in loose 

 racemes. 



The \\'ild Raspberry 

 {Rub us Idee u s — order 

 Eosaceoe) is to be found 

 in the woods and 

 thickets of most parts 

 of Britain. It may be 

 easily distinguished from 

 other species of its genus 

 by the following descrijD- 

 tion: — Rootstock creep- 

 ing, with many suckers. 

 Stems round, erect, with 

 a soft down and nume- 

 rous weak prickles. 

 Leaves pinnate, with three or five ovate, ])ointed, toothed leaflets, 

 pale green above, and white and hoary bcneatli. Stipules small, very 

 narrow and pointed, usuallj' attached part way up to the leafstalk. 

 Flowers Avhite, in long, terminal, drooping panicles. Calyx live- 

 lobed ; petals five, short and narrow ; stamens numerous ; and 

 fruit consisting of a globular cluster of red or yellow, lioarj% one- 

 seeded, succulent carpels which usually separate from the conical 

 receptacle when ripe. The busli grows from three to five feet 

 high, and flowers from June to August. 



THE Rose bat Willow Hkrb. 



