YELLOW OR YELLOWISH FLOWERS 53 



29. Same as 28, but not with 4 petals. 



Wo.\D-\v.\XEN' [Genista tinctoria). Pulse family. 



Ma.x. ht. 2 ft. ; flowers papilionaceous; leaves lance- 

 shaped. Growing in masses on hillsides. Early 

 summer. 



BuTTER-AND-EGGS (Linaria vulgaris). Figwort family. 

 Ht. I ft. or over; flowers in dense raceme, with 

 slender spurs, 2-lipped; leaves linear, numerous, 

 without teeth. Waste places. Summer and autumn. 



Fig. 25. 



Fig. 26. 



Hedge mustard (Sisymbrium officinale) . 



Butter-and-eggs {Linaria 

 vulgaris). 



PovERTY-GR.vss {Hudsonia tomentosa) . Rock-rose family. 

 Ht. under i ft.; heath-like; flowers numerous, 

 small, with very short stalks; leaves minute, pressed 

 together. Sandy shores. Early summer. 



Moth Mullein (Verbasciim BJaitaria). Figwort family. 

 Max. ht. 6 ft.; flowers in long, open raceme; corolla 

 (i inch) wheel-shaped, of 5 rounded lobes; leaves 

 pointed, toothed, upper clasping. Early summer, 

 autumn. (See Colored Plate I). 



