MAY FLOWERS. 49 



Greater Celandine. Diam. nearly f in. ; plant juice 

 orange-yellow ; leaves pinnate ; flowers in loose umbels ; 

 fruit linear ; sepals 2 ; petals 4, separate ; stamens many ; 

 shady places ; 1-2 ft. (L.) 49 



Hybrid Geum. Diam. f in. ; flowers pale orange- 

 yellow, nearly erect ; sepals 5 large and 5 small, not re- 

 flexed in fruit ; petals 5, obovate ; fruit with long hair- 

 like bent styles hooked at end ; lower leaves pinnate with 

 a large end leaflet ; hedges ; 1-2 ft. (L.) 374 



Field Flea-wort. Heads diam. \ in. or more ; flowers 

 in umbels, ray and disc both yellow ; root leaves oblong^ 1 J 

 in., nearly entire ; stem leaves few, narrow, tapering ; 

 plant shaggy ; stem simple ; downs ; 4-12 in. (L.) 715 



Charlock. Diam. \ in. ; length f in. ; stem and leaves 

 bristly ; leaves toothed or lyrate, 1-3 in. ; sepals 4, spread- 

 ing ; petals 4 ; stamens 6 ; fields ; 1-2 ft. (v.c.) 127 



Small 



Yellow Pimpernel or Wood Loosestrife. Diam. nearly 

 J in. ; leaves 1 in.; ovate, acute, nearly sessile ; flowers 

 solitary, axillary ; sepals 5, joined ; corolla 5-lobed ; 

 stamens 5 ; stem creeping, 2-12 in. ; woods, etc. (c.) 974 



Needle-greenweed or Petty-whin. Diam. f in. or over ; 

 branches spiny ; leaves nearly J in., narrow, smooth ; 

 flowers solitary, axillary , curly ; sepals 5, joined ; petals 

 5, unequal, spreading ; stamens 10 ; heaths ; 6-24 in; 

 (c.) 290 



Hairy Greenweed. Diam. f in. ; stem prostrate, much 

 branched and bent ; leaves J in., narrow, not pointed, 

 sometimes obovate, silky beneath ; sepals 5, joined ; petals 

 5, unequal ; stamens 10 ; heaths ; 6-12 in. (R.) 289 



Turnip. Diam. f in. ; root fleshy or oblong ; root 

 leaves large, rough, and lyrate ; upper leaves cordate and 

 clasping the stem ; sepals 4, erect ; petals 4 ; stamens 6 ; 

 waysides ; 1-2 ft. (L.) 125 



Rape. Diam. f in. ; root oblong ; leaves large, all 

 smooth, glaucous, lower ones lyrate ; fruit pods spreading ; 

 sepals 4, erect; petals 4; stamens 6; waysides; 1-2 ft. 

 (L.) 124 



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