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Alternate-leaved Golden Saxifrage. Diam. J in. ; flowers 

 in flat-topped clusters, gold and green ; leaves alternate, 

 roundish, nearly f in. across ; sepals 4 ; petals ; stamens 

 8 ; wet places ; 2-6 in. (L.) 488 



Large. Greenish. 



Green Hellebore. Diam. 1J in. ; flowers pale green, 

 rayed ; stem few-flowered ; sepals 5 large ; petals 9-12 

 minute ; stamens many ; root leaves digitate, with 5-7 

 long, narrow, serrate leaflets ; woods ; 12-18 in. (L.) 30 



Medium. 



Stinking Hellebore. Diam. f in. ; stem many-flowered ; 

 flowers drooping, cup-shaped ; sepals 5 large ; petals 

 small ; stamens many ; leaves palmate or pedate, with 

 5-7 long leafletSj outer ones recurved ; woods ; 1-2 ft. 

 (L.) 31 



Small. 



Moschatel. Diam. of heads f in. ; length f in. ; each 

 of the 5 clustered flowers J in. diam. ; sepals 3 ; petals 4 

 or 5 ; stamens 8 or 10 ; plant slender ; root leaves tri- 

 angular-ovate, cut into 3-lobed leaflets, each J in. ; hedges ; 

 3-6 in. (v.c.) 490 



Very Small. 



Mistletoe. Diam. T S T in. ; flowers clustered without 

 stalks ; stamens on different plants from pistils ; petals 

 4 ; leaves oblong, 2 in. ; on trees ; 1-3 ft. (L.) 562 



Dog's Mercury. Staminate flowers diam. nearly J in. ; 

 yellowish green in a slender raceme, 2 in. long ; sepals 3 ; 

 stamens 8 to 20. Pistillate flowers diam. T V in., greenish, 

 on separate plants ; sepals 3 ; styles 2 ; leaves nearly 

 ovate, crenate-serrate. 1-3 in. long ; hedges and woods ; 

 6-18 in. (v.c.J 1071 



Yew (tree). Diam. nearly $ in. ; stamen flowers in 

 catkins J in. long ; pistillate flowers solitary ; flowers 

 under branches ; leaves J-l in., narrow, evergreen ; 

 woods; 10-50 ft. (L.) 1096 



