MAY FLOWERS. 41 



Whitlow Pepperwort. Diam. & in - stem wav 7> 

 leafy ; leaves oblong, clasping the stem ; sepals 4 ; petals 



4 ; stamens 6 ; banks ; 1-2 ft. (L.) 74 



Hairy Rock-cress. Diam. ^ in. ; root leaves in a flat 

 rosette, dark green, obovate ; stem leaves sessile, half- 

 clasping ; all roughish ; sepals 4 ; petals 4 ; stamens 6 ; 

 top drooping ; walls ; 8-20 in: (c.) 99 



Bog Stitchwort. Diam. J in. ; stem slender, nearly 

 smooth ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, small ; sepals 5 ; petals 

 5, deeply cloven ; stamens 10 ; styles 3 ; boggy places ; 

 3-12 in. (c.) 212 



Fine-leaved Sandwort. Diam. J in. ; stem slender, 

 much branched ; leaves awl-shaped ; sepals 5, twice as 

 long as the 5 entire petals ; stamens 10 ; fields ; 4-6 

 in. (L.) 201 



Annual Small-flowered Pearlwort. Diam. J in. ; stems 

 slightly hairy, erect ; leaves fringed, awl-shaped, fV in. ; 

 sepals 4 ; petals minute or ; stamens 4 ; styles 4 ; 

 dry banks; 4-8 in. (L.) ^188 



Fringed Pearlwort. Diam. J in. ; stems creeping ; 

 leaves awl-shaped, sharp-pointed, T s in., fringed ; sepals 

 4, pressed to the fruit ; petals minute or ; stamens 4 ; 

 styles 4 ; waysides ; 1-4 in. (L.) 189 



Sweet Cicely. Diam. of single flower J in. ; simple 

 umbels f in. ; compound umbels 2J in. ; leaves bright pale 

 green, fern-like, large ; plant strongly scented ; ripe fruit 

 nearly 1 in. long ; waste places ; 1J-3 ft. (c.) 557 



Alpine Penny Cress. Diam. J in. ; sepals 4 ; petals 4 ; 

 stamens 6 ; root leaves obovate ; stem leaves arrow- 

 shaped ; pods large, flat ; pastures ; 6-10 in. (R.) 67 



Thale Cress. Diam. J in. ; sepals 4 ; petals 4 ; stamens 

 6 ; leaves few, nearly all radical, oblong, hairy ; plant 

 slender ; pod angular, f in. ; dry places ; 6-10 in. 

 (c.) Ill 



Perfoliate Claytonia. Diam. J in. or over ; flowers few, 

 with 2 leaves forming a basin below ; sepals 2 ; petals 



5 ; stamens 5 ; root leaves ovate ; waste places ; 3-10 

 in. (R.) 447 



Common Beaked Parsley. Diam. flowers J in. ; umbels 



