42 IDENTIFYING WILD FLOWERS. 



J in. ; compound umbels 1 J in., on the side of the stem ; 

 petals 5 ; stamens 5 ; leaves fern-like ; fruit, bristly ; 

 waysides ; 2-3 ft. (c.) 553 



Field Penny Cress. Diam. J in. or over ; petals 4 ; 

 sepals 4 ; stamens 6 ; leaves oblong, arrow-shaped at base ; 

 fruit flat, silvery, f in., roundish ; fields ; 1-2 ft. (c.) 65 



Minute. 



Common Earth-nut. Diam. flowers nearly J in. ; small 

 umbels f in. ; large umbels 1J in., drooping ; petals 5 ; 

 stamens 5 ; leaf-segments hair-like ; plant slender, smooth ; 

 fields ; 8-20 in. (v.c.) 514 



Garden Chervil or Beaked Parsley. Diam. flowers nearly 

 J in. ; small umbels J in. ; compound umbels 1J in., ses- 

 sile ; petals 5 ; stamens 5 ; leaves fern-like ; fruit smooth ; 

 hedges; 12-18 in. (R.) 555 



Three-lobed Laserwort. Diam. flowers nearly J in. ; 

 small umbels f in. ; compound umbels 2J in. ; petals 5 ; 

 stamens 5 ; root leaves with long stalks, 3-lobed, cut ; 

 stem leaves ternate ; waste places ; 3 ft. (E.A.) 560 



Water Blinks. Diam. over -^ in. ; calyx 2-leaved ; 

 petals 5, unequal, 3 smaller than the others ; leaves oppo- 

 site, spoon-shaped ; wet places ; 1-4 in. (c.) 446 



Honewort. Diam. T V in. ; small umbels J in. ; com- 

 pound umbels 1 in. ; leaves thrice pinnate and shiny, 

 leaflets very narrow ; stamens and pistils on separate 

 plants ; limestone ; 3-8 in. (R.) 506 



Common Pepperwort. Diam. ^ in. ; sepals 4 ; petals 

 4 ; stamens 6 ; leaves downy, upper arrow-shaped at base ; 

 fruit roundish, rough ; fields ; 10-12 in. (L.) 76 



Narrow-leaved Bitter-cress. Diam. T X F in. ; sepals 4 ; 

 petals 4 ; stamens 6 ; leaves pinnate, 2-4 in., stipules 

 fringed ; fruits many, long, linear ; rocky places ; 6-24 

 in. (L.) 95 



Medium. Whitish. 



Large White Helleborine. Diam. f in. ; leaves broadly 

 ovate or lanceolate ; flowers sessile in few -flowered spikes ; 

 sepals with petals 6, unequal ; woods ; 6-18 in. (L.) 1107 



