part L 



FEBRUARY FLOWERS. 



Medium. White. 



Snowdrop. Diam. in. ; length in. ; flower solitary, 

 hanging ; sepals 3, white ; petals 3, white with green ; 

 stamens 6 ; leaves 2, linear, about 6 in. long and J in. 

 wide ; woods ; 5-10 in. (L.)* 1152f 



Small. 



Strawberry-leaved Cinquefoil or Barren Strawberry. 

 Diam. f in. or more ; flowers rayed, short-stalked ; sepals 10 ; 

 petals 5, notched ; stamens many ; leaves of 3 obovate 

 leaflets, each f in. ; plant hairy ; banks ; 1-6 in. (v.c.) 385 



Chickweed. Diam. J in. ; flowers rayed ; stem hairy 

 in alternate lines ; sepals 5 ; petals 5, cloven as if 10 ; 

 stamens 5-10 ; leaves egg-shaped, pointed, J-f in. ; 

 roadsides ; 3-15 in. (v.c.) 208 



Minute. 



Shepherd's Purse. Diam. nearly J in. ; flowers clus- 

 tered ; many triangular seed-cases or fruits below ; sepals 

 4 ; petals 4 ; stamens 4 long and 2 short ; root leaves in 

 a rosette, pinnatifid ; stem leaves sessile, oblong, toothed, 

 arrow-shaped at base ; roadsides ; 4-18 in. (v.c.) 68 



Small. Whitish with Lilac. 



Winter Heliotrope. Each flower head f in. diain. ; 

 many heads on a thickish stalk ; sweetly scented ; florets 



* Abbreviations used in Part I.: L. = Local? V.C. = Very 

 Common ; C = Common ; R. = Rare ; R. A. = Rare Alien j 

 Diam, = Diameter; in. Cinches; ft* = feet. 



t The figures correspond with those in Part II., where the 

 generic and specific names, etc., of the flower are given. 



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