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Medium. Whitish. 



Large-flowered Bitter-cress. Diam. | in. ; leaves light 

 green, pinnate, about 2 in. ; root leaflets roundish, upper 

 leaves toothed ; sepals 4 ; petals 4 ; stamens 6, with 

 purple anthers ; wet places ; 9-20 in. (L.) 92 



Tooth-wort. Diam. f in. ; length \ in. or over ; plant 

 with scales, but no green leaves, tinged purplish ; stem 

 erect, thick, among dead leaves, with about 8 flowers ; 

 flowers 2-lipped ; woods ; 4-10 in. (R.) 877 



Large. 



Yellow. 



Wild Tulip. Diam. If in. ; flower solitary, drooping, 

 fragrant ; sepals with petals 6 ; stamens 6 ; leaves linear, 

 G-10 in. ; chalk pits ; 1-2 ft. (R.) 1156 



Pale Narcissus. Diam. If in., flower stalk being a 2- 

 flowered spathe ; flowers pale with a cup ; sepals with 

 petals 6 ; stamens 6 ; leaves linear, 10-18 in. ; sandy fields ; 

 9-15 in. (R.A.) 1149 



Primrose. Diam. 1J in. ; flower pale, wheel-shaped 

 with tube ; sepals 5, joined ; petals 5, joined ; stamens 5 

 on petals ; flower stalk 3-8 in. ; leaves wrinkled, radical, 

 narrow-obovate, 3-6 in. ; copses ; 4-8 in. (v.c.) 963 



Goat Willow or Palm. Catkins 1J in. long, each with 

 many staminate flowers ; buds silvery ; pistillate catkins 

 greenish on separate plants ; leaves later, oval ; woods ; 

 10-30 ft. (c.) 1092 



Medium. 



Wallflower. Diam. f in. ; flowers scented, often 

 reddish brown ; leaves narrow, 2-4 in. ; sepals 4, coloured ; 

 petals 4 ; stamens 6 ; walls and cliffs ; 6-12 in. (L.) 118 



Yellow Archangel or Dead-nettle. Diam. f in. ; length 

 | in. ; sepals 5 ; corolla tube-shaped and 2-lipped, lower 

 lip marked reddish ; stamens 4 ; leaves ovate, pointed, 

 1-2 in. ; woods ; 6-18 in. (c.) 908 



Goldilocks. Diam. f in. ; a species of buttercup ; 

 sepals 5 ; petals 5, unequal ; stamens many ; root leaves 

 smooth, roundish, lobed, about 1 in.; stem leaves sessile, with 

 about 8 narrow parts in a whorl ; thickets ; 6-10 in. (L.) 18 



