APEIL FLOWERS. 29 



Black Currant. Diam. T V i n - I flowers in hanging 

 racemes ; plant strongly scented, without spines, woody ; 

 sepals 5 ; petals 5, minute ; stamens 5 ; leaves 2J in., 

 angled with 5-7 pointed lobes ; hedges ; 3-5 ft. (R.) 456 



Red Currant. Diam. J in. ; flowers in hanging racemes ; 

 sepals 5, spreading ; petals 5, minute ; stamens 5 ; leaves 

 3 in., with 3-5 angles and crenate lobes ; hedges ; 3-5 ft. 

 (R.) 457 



Very Small. 



Box. Diameter nearly J in. ; flowers in small clusters, 

 sessile ; perianth 4-cleft ; stamens 4 ; styles 3 ; leaves 

 oval-oblong, f in., opposite, evergreen ; chalk hills ; 3-12 

 ft. (L.) 1070 



Mountain Currant. Diam. $ in. ; flowers, some 

 staminate, some pistillate, in erect racemes ; sepals 5, 

 smooth ; petals 5 ; stamens 5 ; leaves If in., broadly 

 ovate, 3-5 lobed ; woods ; 2-4 ft. (R.) 458 



Alexanders. Diam. of each flower J in. ; simple 

 umbels f in. ; compound umbels 2 in. ; stamens 5 ; petals 

 5 ; leaves with large sheathing stalks ; stem leaves with 

 3 serrate-ovate leaflets, each If in. ; stem stout, 2-4 ft. ; 

 waysides. (L.) 501 



Very Large. Greenish. 



Cuckoo-pint. Length of green spathe 5 or 6 in. ; 

 breadth 2 or 3 in. ; flowers hidden on a purple club- 

 like spike inside the folded spathe ; leaves 4-6 in., arrow- 

 shaped, radical, shiny, often spotted ; woods ; 8-24 in. 

 (c.) 1202 



Medium. 



Common Birch (tree). Staminate catkins 1 in. long or 

 more, hanging ; pistillate J in., nearly erect ; stamens 2 ; 

 styles 2, slender ; leaves nearly ovate, pointed, serrate, wide- 

 angled at base, 2 in. ; woods ; 20-50 ft. (c.) 1086 



Beech (tree). Diam. of staminate heads | in. ; pistillate 

 | in. ; stamens many ; styles 3, linear ; leaves silky when 

 young, folded fan-like, 2J in., ovate ; woods ; 20-100 ft. 

 (o.) 1081 



