32 IDENTIFYING WILD FLOWERS. 



Small. 



Soft Cranesbill. Diam. f in. or over ; plant soft with 

 short hairs ; sepals 5 ; petals 5, separate, pink-purple, 

 notched ; stamens 10 ; leaves 1-2 in., round, with 

 narrow slits towards centre ; waysides ; 6-15 in. ; nearly 

 prostrate. (L.) 264 



Shining Cranesbill. Diam. J in. or more ; stems often 

 reddish, jointed, brittle ; sepals 5 ; petals 5, separate, not 

 notched ; stamens 10 ; leaves 1-2 in., round, shiny, 

 with narrow slits towards centre ; walls and rocks ; 6-12 

 in. (L.) 268 



Very Small. 



Irish Heath. Diam. at mouth J in. ; length J in. ; 

 flowers bell-shaped ; sepals 4 ; petals* 4j* joined ; stamens 

 8 ; leaves 4 in a whorl, narrow.-," evergreen ; Ireland ; 

 2-5 ft. (L.) ..../ 758 



Large. Reddish Purple. 



Snake 's-head or Fritillary. Diam. 1 J in, ; length 1J in. ; 

 flowers dull purple, bell-shaped, hanging, solitary, with 

 small whitish square dots ; sepals with petals 6 ; stamens 

 6 ; stigmas 3 ; leaves linear, 3-8 in. ; pastures ; 6-12 in. 

 (R.) 1157 



Medium. 



Early Purple Orchis. Diam. f in. ; flowers deep red- 

 purple, gaping, dotted ; sepals 3, not green ; petals, 2 like 

 the sepals and 1 lipped, 3-lobed, broad, below the mouth ; 

 tube or spur J in. ; ovary twisted, below the flower ; 

 leaves narrow-oblong, usually spottedj 2-5 in. ; pastures ; 

 6-12 in. (o.) 1113 



Solid-rooted Corydalis. Diam. f in. ; length f in. ; 

 flowers in a terminal raceme, tubular^ closed at mouth, 

 horizontal ; sepals 2 ; petals 4 ; stamens 6 ; leaves much 

 divided, with stout stalks ; root thick ; stem stout, 6-10 

 in. ; thickets. (R.) 59 



Spotted Dead-nettle. Diam. f in. ; length f in. ; 

 flowers sessile, red-purple, in whorls of 4-6 ; leaves 



