MAY FLOWERS. 45 



roundish ; stamens many ; leaves ovate, 1J in., serrate ; 

 woods; 10-25 ft. (c.) 415 



Burnet-leaved Rose. Diam. 1J in. ; flowers creamy 

 white with pink on buds and petals ; sepals 5, simple ; 

 petals 5 ; stamens many ; leaflets smooth, small, serrate ; 

 prickles many, crowded, unequal, straight ; heaths ; 

 1-4 ft. (L.) 397 



Perfoliate Honeysuckle. Diam. 1J in. ; length If in. ; 

 flowers in terminal sessile heads or clusters, tubular ; corolla 

 5-cleft ; stamens 5, long ; upper leaves and bracts united 

 (connate) at the base ; woods ; twining. (R.) 568 



Water Crowfoot. Diam. 1 in. ; flowers white with 

 yellow centre ; sepals 5 ; petals 5, yellow at base ; stamens 

 many ; floating leaves roundish, 1 in. ; water leaves with 

 hair-like divisions sometimes very long ; water ; 1-10 

 ft. (o.) 11 



Medium. 



Bastard Balm or Wild Balm. Diam. f in. ; length 

 1J in. ; flowers lipped, with rose colour ; calyx 2- or 3- 

 lobed ; corolla with a tube ; stamens 4 ; leaves large, 

 hairy ovate, serrated ; flowers in whorls of 2-6 ; copses ; 

 1-2 ft. (R.) 898 



Buckbean or Marsh Trefoil. Diam. f in. ; length J in. ; 

 flowers with many white hairs, pink in bud and tips ; 

 leaves of 3 leaflets, each oblong, 2 in., thickish ; sepals 5 ; 

 petals 5 ; stamens 5 ; bogs ; 3-9 in. (L.) 796 



Wild Radish. Diam. J in. ; flowers whitish straw with 

 purple veins ; sepals 4 ; petals 4 ; stamens 6 ; root 

 leaves rough^ lyrate ; fruit jointed or lumpy ; fields ; 

 8-24 in. (L.) 133 



Summer Snowflake. Diam. f in. ; length J in. ; flowers 

 marked green, hanging, 2-6 together ; sepals with petals 

 6 ; stamens 6 ; leaves linear, 10-14 in. ; stem 2-edged ; 

 meadows; 1-2 ft. (R.) 1154 



Small. 



Eyebright. Diam. f in. ; flowers white with purple 

 lines and yellow spot ; sepals 4 ; corolla lipped ; stamens 4 ; 



