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White Bryony. Diam. f in. ; corolla wheel-shaped, 

 5-lobed ; calyx 5-toothed ; stamens 3 or pistils 3, but not 

 both together ; leaves 5-lobed, 4 in., rough ; stem angled, 

 with tendrils ; hedges ; 1-3 ft. (c.) 445 



Small. 



Mountain Ash or Rowan (tree). Diam. nearly J in. ; 

 flowers resemble hawthorn, but not so white, and leaves 

 pinnate with 6-8 pairs of leaflets ; sepals 5 ; petals 5 ; 

 stamens many ; woods, (c.) 418 



Berry-bearing Cucubalus. Diam. nearly J in. ; length 

 f in. ; calyx 5-cleft ; petals 5 ; stamens 10 ; flowers 

 solitary, drooping ; leaves opposite, ovate, 1 in. ; stem 

 straggling, hairy ; fruit a black shining berry ; waste 

 places; 2-3 ft. (R.A.) 180 



Common Comfrey. Diam. f in. ; length f in. ; flowers 

 tubular, closed within ; corolla 5-cleft ; stem stout, broadly 

 winged above ; leaves rough, ovate-lanceolate, 3-10 in. ; 

 moist places ; 2-3 ft. (c.) 942 



Angular Solomon's Seal. Diam. J in. ; length J in. ; 

 leaves alternate, oblong, with 1-3 flowers to each ; flowers 

 widest in middle of length, hanging ; petals with sepals 6 ; 

 stamens 6 ; stem arched, angular ; woods ; 6-12 in. 

 (R.) 1184 



Very Small. 



Upright Fly Honeysuckle. Diam. J in. ; length f in. ; 

 flowers tubular, sessile in pairs, axillary ; corolla 5-cleft ; 

 stamens 5 ; leaves opposite, ovate ; thickets ; 2-5 ft. 

 (R.) 569 



Common Solomon's Seal. Diam. nearly J in. ; 

 length J in. ; leaves oblong, with 1 to 3 flowers each, hang- 

 ing, narrowest in middle of tube ; petals with sepals 6 ; 

 stamens 6 ; stem leafy, round ; woods; lj-3ft. (R.) 1183 



Wayfaring-tree. Diam. nearly J in. ; flowers clustered 

 in flat- topped cymes ; corolla 5-lobed ; stamens 5 ; leaves 

 ovate, 3 in., heart-shaped at base, very downy beneath ; 

 branches yellowish, mealy ; copses ; 5-20 ft. (L.) 566 



Tower-mustard or Smooth Rock-cress. Diam. J in. ; 

 flowers yellowish white ; sepals 4 ; petals 4 ; stamens 6 ; 



