MAY FLOWERS. 



White. 



Large. 



Common Medlar (tree). Diam. 1J in.; flower stalk 

 J in. long ; calyx 5-cleft, large ; petals 5 ; stamens many ; 

 leaves lanceolate, 3-4 in. ; plant spinous ; hedges ; 15 ft. 

 (L.) 411 



White or Evening Campion. Diam. 1J in. ; flowers 

 open mostly at night ; calyx 5-toothed ; petals 5 ; stamens 

 10 ; plant hairy ; root leaves 3-6 in., obovate ; stem 

 leaves oval, 2 in. ; fields ; 1-2 ft. (c.) 185 



Star of Bethlehem. Diam. 1J in. flowers ; rayed, 

 6-10 in a corymb ; sepals with petals 6, white, 

 narrow ; leaves radical, linear, 6-8 in. ; copses ; 6-12 in. 

 (E.) 1171 



Narrow-leaved Helleborine. Diam. 1 in. ; flowers in 

 few-flowered spikes ; sepals 3 ; petals 3, 1 forming a 

 lip ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, 4-8 in. ; woods ; 6-18 in. 

 (L.) 1108 



Medium. 



White Meadow Saxifrage. Diam. f in. ; flowers nearly 

 cup-shaped ; sepals 5 ; petals 5 ; stamens 10 ; pistils 

 2 ; leaves kidney-shaped and lobed, 1 in. ; meadows ; 

 6-15 in. ; plant rather slender, (c.) 481 



Hautboy Strawberry. Diam. J in. ; plant larger than 

 Wood Strawberry ; sepals 10 ; petals 5 ; stamens many ; 

 short flower stalk with spreading hairs ; leaves of 3 ovate 

 leaflets ; woods ; 3-10 in. (R.) 390 



Strawberry-leaved Rock Cinquefoil. Diam. J in. ; 

 flowers few ; sepals 10 ; petals 5 ; stamens many ; leaves 

 with 3 or 5 oblong leaflets, each } in. ; mountains ; 1-2 ft. 

 (R.) 378 



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