34 IDENTIFYING WILD FLOWERS. 



Cuckoo-flower. Diam. f in. ; flowers lilac, cross- 

 shaped ; sepals 4 ; petals 4 ; stamens 6 ; leaves pinnate, 

 dark, narrow ; moist places ; 6-18 in. (v.c.) 93 



Marsh Violet. Diam. f in. ; flowers lilac with dark 

 veins ; sepals 5 ; petals 5, unequal, lower one spurred at 

 back ; stamens 5 ; leaves cordate, j-2 in., smooth ; 

 marshy places ; 2-6 in. (L.) 144 



Butter-bur. Diam. of heads f in. ; length \ in. ; many 

 on a thick lengthening stalk ; flowers minute ; 

 corolla 5-toothed ; stamens 5 whitish; enormous leaves 

 later, 1-4 ft. across, rhubarb -like ; river banks; |-4 ft. 

 (o.) 695 



Small. 



Spring Vetch. Diam. J in. ; length f in. ; flowers pea- 

 flower shaped, solitary, sessile, bright lilac-purple ; sepals 

 5 ; petals 5, unequal ; stamens 10 ; leaves f in., pinnate, 

 of 4-6 leaflets ; pastures ; 6-8 in. (L.) 346 



Minute. 



Field Madder. Diam. J in. ; flowers close-set, cross- 

 shaped ; petals 4, joined ; stamens 4 ; leaves 4-6 in a 

 whorl, J in., oblong-lanceolate ; cornfields ; 3-12 in. 

 (o.) 587 



Lamb 's-lettuce or Corn-salad. Diam. nearly T V in. ; 

 flowers in clusters -^ in. across ; corolla 5-cleft, pale lilac^ 

 resembles white glass ; fruit with 3 minute teeth ; leaves 

 linear-oblong, 1-3 in. ; waysides ; 3-12 in. (L.) 596 



Keeled Corn-salad. Diam. nearly -^ in. ; flowers 

 in clusters T S T in. across ; resembles Lamb's-lettuce ; 

 leaves strap-shaped, 1-3 in. ; fruit with 1 tooth ; way- 

 sides ; 3-12 in. (R.) 597 



Large. Bluc r Bluish. 



Blue Mountain Anemone. Diam. If in. ; flower solitary 

 with a 3-leaved involucre below ; sepals or petals 12 or 

 more ; leaves thrice ternate, lobed and cut ; stamens many ; 

 woods ; 4-8 in. (n.) 7 



Great Periwinkle. Diam. If in. ; flowers solitary, 

 wheel-shaped, with a central cup or hollow ; sepals 5 ; 



