46 IDENTIFYING WILD FLOWERS. 



stems branched, wiry ; leaves f in., sessile, deeply serrate ; 

 heaths ; 2-10 in. (o.) 841 



Dwarf Orchis. Diam. -^ in. ; flowers in a dense, erect 

 spike ; 3 sepals and 2 petals dark purple and green, lip 

 petal larger, white and spotted, 3-lobed ; leaves narrow- 

 oblong, pointed, unspotted ; pastures ; 4-5 in. (L.) 1114 



Star-fruit. Diam. -^ in. ; flowers with yellow centre ; 

 sepals 3 ; petals 3 ; stamens 6 ; leaves floating, oblong, 



2 in. ; fruit 6 to 8 carpels, rayed ; ditches ; 4-6 in. (R.) 1195 



Wood Bitter-vetch. Diam. T 5 F in. ; length J in. ; 

 flowers in 1-sided clusters, cream with purple streaks; 

 sepals 5 ; petals 5, unequal ; stamens 10 ; leaflets 7-10 pairs,- 

 no tendrils ; stem prostrate, 1-2 ft. ; rocky places. (L.) 342 



White Dutch Clover. Diam. each flower T 3 in. ; length 

 | in. ; heads or clusters roundish, J in. ; flowers scarcely 

 pinkish, and brown when fading ; sepals 5 ; petals 5, un- 

 equal ; stamens 10 ; leaves of 3 obovate leaflets ; fields ; 

 creeping, 3-12 in. (v.c.) 310 



Pinkish Dutch Clover. Diam. each flower T 3 ff in. ; 

 length f in. ; heads or clusters J in. ; flowers more pink than 

 white ; sepals 5 ; petals 5, unequal ; stamens 10 ; leaflets 



3 obovate ; stem partly erect ; fields ; 6-24 in. (v.c.) 311 



Minute. 



Black Bear-berry. Diam. nearly J in. ; length J in. ; 

 flowers white with a purplish tinge ; sepals 5 ; corolla 

 egg-shaped, 5-pointed ; stamens 10 ; leaves obovate, 

 small, wrinkled, serrate, not evergreen ; mountains ; 3-4 

 in. (L.) 766 



Common Bird's-foot. Diam. each flower T V in. ; length 

 greater ; heads J in., with 3-6 flowers creamy white with 

 crimson veins ; sepals 5 ; petals 5 ; leaflets 6-14 pairs, 

 close-setj oblong, T \ in. ; dry places ; 6-18 in., prostrate. 

 (L.) 337 



Large. Pa/e Yellow. 



Mouse-ear Hawkweed. Heads diam. 1 in., reddish 

 beneath solitary, rayed with many strap-shaped florets like 

 Dandelion ; no disc ; leaves close to ground, obovate, 1 in.j 

 with long upright hairs ; banks ; 2-10 in. (v.o.) 631 



