28 IDENTIFYING WILD FLOWERS. 



Oxlip. Diam. f in. ; length f in. ; flowers pale yellow 

 in an umbel of 10-20, each more open than Cowslip ; 

 sepals 5 ; corolla 5-lobed ; leaves radical, 3-6 in. ; stamens 

 5 ; copses ; 4-12 in. (L.) 964 



Cowslip. Diam. nearly J in. ; flowers cup-shaped 

 with tube, drooping, 6-20 in an umbel ; sepals 5, long ; 

 corolla 5-lobed ; stamens 5 ; leaves radical, 2-4 in. ; 

 pastures ; 6-12 in. (v.c.) 965 



Small. 



Spring Cinquefoil. Diam. J in. ; flowers 2 or 3 to- 

 gether ; sepals 5 large, 5 small ; petals 5 roundish ; stamens 

 many ; plant prostrate ; root leaves with about 5 leaflets, 

 serrated ; hilly pastures ; 3-6 in. (R.) 381 



Yellow Fig-wort. Diam. \ in. ; length J in. ; flowers 

 swollen, oval, mouth narrow ; sepals 5 ; petals 4, joined ; 

 stamens 4 ; leaves oval, 2-3 in. ; plant hairy ; waysides ; 

 1-3 ft. (R.) 853 



Very Small. 



Toothed Medick. Diam. T V in. ; length J in. ; flowers 

 2 or 3 together, pea-flower shaped ; sepals 5 ; petals 5, 

 unequal ; stamens 10 ; leaflets 3, cordate, toothed, J in. ; 

 fruit spiny ; fields ; 6-24 in. ; prostrate. (L.) 299 



Minute. 



Yellow and Blue Scorpion-grass. Diam. nearly J in. 

 flowers usually yellow first, then dull bluish ; sepals 5 

 petals 5, joined ; stamens 5 ; leaves linear-oblong, f in. 

 meadows; 3-10 in. (v.c.) 937 



Cross-wort Bedstraw. Diam. nearly J in. ; flowers in 

 little clusters ; sepals 4 ; petals 4 ; stamens 4 ; leaves 4 

 in a whorl, hairy, f in., elliptical ; waysides ; 6-18 in. 

 (v.c.) 574 



Small. Yellowish Green. 



Mousetail. Diam. T V in. ; length 1 in. ; flowers erect, 

 lengthening in fruit to about 2J in. ; leaves radical, linear, 

 2J in. ; sepals 5 ; petals 5, narrow ; stamens many ; corn- 

 fields ; 2-6 in. (L.) 10 



