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Squinancy-wort {Asperula cynanchica), which is common in many 

 parts of England and Ireland. Its stem is smooth, sometimes ei-ect 

 with scattered leaves, and sometimes prostrate, leafy and tufted. 

 It varies in length from six to ten inches. The leaves are very 

 narrow, usually fom- in a whorl, and very unequal. At the upper 

 nodes two of each whorl are often reduced to mere scales, or are 



The dwarf Thistle. 



absent altogether. The flowers, which appear during June and 

 July, are white or pinkish, and are clustered at the tips of the erect 

 stems. The fruit is small, with a granulated surface. 



The Small Scabious {Scahiosa Columbaria), of the ordev Dipsacece, 

 is common on the diy heaths of England, and is readily distinguished 

 from the Devil's-bit Scabious, which is somewhat resembles, by its 

 deeply-divided leaves and pale pm-ple or Ulac flowers. Its stem 

 is erect, from one to two feet high. The lower leaves are rather 

 crowded, and usually have a large, oval or oblong, terminal segment, 

 deeply toothed or lobed, and some smaller ones below it. The stem 



