482 THE NATURAL HISTORY 



Epilobium montanum (Broad, Smooth-leaved Willow- 

 herb). 



Sempervivum tectorum (Common House-leek). 

 Linaria Cymbalaria (Ivy-leaved Toad-flax). 

 Corydalis lutea (Yellow Corydalis). 

 Prenanthes muralis (Ivy-leaved Wall-lettuce). 

 Crepis tectorum (Smooth Hawk's-beard). 



Sandy wastes produce : 



Lycopsis arvensis (Small Bugloss). 



Jasione montana (Common Sheep's-bit). 



Trifolium aruense (Hare's-foot Trefoil). 



GnapJtalium uliginosum (Marsh Cudweed), in the 



Severals also. 



G. minimum (Least Cudweed). 

 G. Germdnicum (Common Cudweed). 

 Senecio Jacobcea (Common Ragwort). 

 Solidago Virgaurea (Common Golden-rod). 



Generally distributed in all soils : 



Senecio vulgaris (Common Groundsel). 



Urtica urens (Small Nettle). 



U. dioua (Great Nettle). 



Bellis perennis (Common Daisy). From a pretty 



poem by Miss Rogers, we extract the following 



lines referring to this species : 



" The Daisy was first to bid adieu 



To the light of the glorious Sun ; 

 He had watched his journey the whole day through, 

 His golden eye had been fondly true 

 To his course till the day was done." 



The characteristic of this flower, so accurately and 

 poetically described in the last three lines, often 

 produces a curious effect. On a bright sunny day 

 in spring, while yet the grass was short, we once 

 passed by a meadow that, at first sight, and at the 

 distance of a hundred yards or so, appeared to be 



