APRIL FLOWERS. 25 



Triangular-stalked Garlic. Diam. f in. ; flowers bell- 

 shaped, all to one side of stalk ; sepals or petals 6 ; stamens 

 6 ; leaves linear, 6 in. ; hedges ; 10-18 in. (E.) 1165 



Mossy Saxifrage. Diam. f in. ; flowers creamy white, 

 buds pinkish, drooping ; sepals 5 ; petals 5 ; stamens 10 ; 

 leaves, forming cushions, 3-5- cleft, lobes narrow, pointed, 

 J in. ; shady places ; 3-12 in. (L.) 485 



Wild Service (tree). Diam. f in. ; flowers many in 

 corymbs ; sepals 5 ; petals 5 ; stamens many ; leaves 3 in., 

 oblong-ovate, with 6-10 deep, sharp lobes ; woods ; 

 small tree. (L.) 416 



White Dead-nettle. Diam. f in. ; length f in. ; flowers 

 2-lipped, gaping ; 6-10 in a whorl ; sepals 5 ; petals 

 forming a tube ; stamens 4 ; leaves 2 in., cordate, toothed ; 

 waysides; 6-18 in. (v.c.) 909 



Field Mouse-ear Chickweed. Diam. J in. ; flowers with 

 5 cloven petals, twice as long as sepals ; sepals 5, with 

 glands ; stamens 10 ; leaves linear-lanceolate ; 5-8 in. 

 (c.) 219 



Small. 



Umbelliferous Jagged Chickweed. Diam. f in. ; flowers, 

 in umbels of 5, bent back after flowering ; sepals 5 ; petals 

 5, toothed ; stamens 3-5 ; leaves J-l in., oblong ; stem 

 sticky ; old walls ; 4-8 in. (R.) 206 



Common Scurvy-grass. Diam. -$ in. ; flowers clus- 

 tered ; sepals 4 ; petals 4 ; stamens 6 ; leaves fleshy, 

 nearly heart-shaped, 1 in. ; fruit roundish ; shores and 

 mountains ; 4-15 in. ; trailing. (L.) 79 



Common Mouse-ear Chickweed. Diam. J in. ; flowers 

 in panicles ; sepals 5 ; petals 5, cloven ; stamens 10 ; 

 stem hairy, sticky ; leaves lanceolate, f in. ; dry places ; 

 6-10 in. (v.c.) 216 



Garlic Mustard. Diam. T 5 F in. ; flowers clustered ; sepals 

 4; petals 4, roundish ; stamens 6; leaves 1-3 in., heart-shaped, 

 shiny, veiny, with large broad teeth ; bruised plant rather 

 disagreeable; hedges; l-3 ft. (v.c.) 112 



Very Small. 



Broad-leaved Mouse-ear Chickweed. Diam. T s in. ; 



