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FLOWERS OF THE WOODS AND COPSES 



smooth and bright green. They are reversed, and the stomata lie on 

 the upper surface below. The bulbs are slender and acute. 



The flowers are white, borne in terminal clustered umbels on a 

 naked triangular stem, with an egg-shaped, 2-valved spathe. The 

 flowering stem is solitary. The 6 stamens in 2 sets of 3 are all simple, 



Photo. J. H. Crabtrce 



GARLIC (Allium ursinum, L.) 



shorter than the segments, the anther-stalks free and slender. The peri- 

 anth segments are 6 in number. The capsule is 3-lobed and 3-valved. 



Garlic is i ft. high. Flowers are found in April and May. The 

 plant is perennial, and increased by offsets. 



The flowers contain honey at the base of the ovary in 3 notches 

 between the carpels, and are therefore visited by insects. The style 

 is about half its length when the flower expands, and without papillae, 

 and the anthers are not perfect. 



The flowers are imperfectly proterandrous, i.e. the anthers mature 

 first. The 3 inner anthers open first in succession, by which time the 



