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TlELt) AND WOODLAND PLANTS 



abruptly in a point. The pod is compressed, semicijcular in form, 

 indehiscent, and toothed along the lower edge. This species Howers 

 during June and Jul}'. 



THE Sainfoin. 



On some chalky heaths tlie True 8\veet-briar (i?osa rvhiginosa — 

 order liosacea') is a common slirub. growing fi'om three to six feet 

 high, and flowering during June and July. It is an erect and 

 compact bush, with numerous jirickles of varying shapes — the 

 larger ones being hooked, wliile the smaller are straight and very 



