48 IDENTIFYING WILD FLOWERS. 



Very Large. Yellow. 



Yellow Flag or Iris. Diam. about 3 in. ; leaves sword- 

 shaped, 2-4 ft. and 1 in. broad ; petals 3, erect, in centre ; 

 sepals 3 larger, turned down ; stigmas 3 petaloid ; sta- 

 mens 3 ; wet places ; 2-4 ft. (c.) 1141 



Plantain-leaved Leopard 's-bane. Diam. 2J in. ; stem 

 leaves alternate, clasping the stem, lanceolate ; flower 

 heads solitary with ray and disc ; woods ; 2-3 ft. (R.) 717 

 Large. 



Great Leopard's Bane. Diam. 1J in. or more; flower- 

 heads rayed, about 4 on each stem; root-leaves cordate, 

 toothed, long-stalked ; upper leaves with two clasping ears 

 at the base ; damp woods ; 2-3 ft. (R). 716 



Mountain Globe Flower. Diam. If in. ; lower leaves 

 of 5 parts lobed and cut ; stem and leaves smooth ; flowers 

 ball-shaped ; sepals about 10, large ; petals about 10, 

 minute ; stamens many ; copses ; 6-18 in. (R.) 28 



Bulbous Crowfoot or Buttercup. Diam. 1J in. ; leaves 

 of 3 parts, each part trifid ; flower stalk furrowed ; root 

 bulbous ; sepals 5 hairy, bent down ; petals 5 ; stamens 

 many ; pastures ; 8-15 in. (v.c.) 21 



Medium. 



Upright or Common Buttercup. Diam. J in. ; leaves of 

 3 lobes, each lobe trifid ; flower stalk round ; sepals 5, 

 spreading ; petals 5 ; stamens many ; fields ; 1-3 ft. (v.c.) 19 



Creeping Crowfoot or Buttercup. Diam. in. ; leaves 

 of 3 parts, each part trifid ; flower stalk furrowed ; stem 

 creeping ; sepals 5, spreading ; petals 5 ; stamens many ; 

 pastures ; 6-12 in. (v.c.) 20 



Broom. Diam. J in. ; leaves of 3 separate leaflets, 

 each f in., nearly ovate ; upper leaves simple ; branches 

 angled, straight, switch-like ; calyx 5-toothed ; petals 5, 

 unequal ; flowers pea-flower shaped ; stamens 10 ; banks ; 

 2-10 ft. (c.) 284 



Chervil-leaved Buttercup. Diam. f in. ; stem erect, 

 simple, with silky hairs, 1 -flowered ; root fibres thick ; 

 leaves divided; sepals 5, spreading; fields; 5-10 in; 

 (R.) 26 



