50 IDENTIFYING WILD FLOWERS. 



Yellow Rocket. Diam. T ~ in. ; sepals 4 ; petals 4 ; 

 stamens 6 ; stem erect, grooved ; plant shiny and smooth ; 

 lower leaves lyrate, end lobe nearly round ; upper leaves 

 obovate, toothed, all dark green ; waysides and damp 

 places; 1-2J it. (o.) 102 



Tufted Horse-shoe Vetch. Diam. & in. ; length f in. ; 

 stem prostrate, smooth ; flowers 6-10 in a cluster ; calyx 

 5 -toothed ; petals 5, unequal, standard with brownish 

 veins ; leaves pinnate, leaflets f in. ; flowers rather pale ; 

 pastures ; 6-18 in. (c.) 339 



Tormentil. Diam. T 5 ^ in. ; flowers cross-shaped ; sepals 

 8 ; petals 4 ; stamens many ; stem slender, creeping ; 

 root leaves stalked, leaflets 3 or rarely 5, each J in., wedge- 

 shaped ; heaths ; 3-10 in. (v.c.) 384 



Hoary Rock-rose. Diam. | in. or over ; leaves ovate- 

 oblong ; opposite ; very hoary beneath, and hairy above ; 

 stem procumbent, shrubby ; sepals 3, and 2 very small ; 

 petals 5 thin, and soon falling ; stamens many ; rocks ; 

 6-8 in. (R.) 142 



Small-flowered Crowfoot. Diam. J in. ; stem slender, 

 low ; leaves kidney-shaped, lobed, hairy ; flower stalk 

 furrowed ; sepals 5, bent down ; petals 5 ; stamens many ; 

 cornfields ; 3-18 in. (R.) 24 



Yellow Cow-wheat. Diam. J in. ; length f in. ; corolla 

 4 times as long as calyx ; leaves lanceolate ; flowers in 

 pairs ; sepals 4 ; corolla 2 -lipped ; copses ; 6-15 ina 

 (c.) 846 



Common Yellow Rattle. Diam. J in. ; length f in. ; 

 stem erect ; leaves stiff, opposite, lanceolate, serrate ; 

 calyx much swollen, 4-toothed ; corolla 2-lipped ; damp 

 fields ; 4-18 in. (v.c.) 842 



Bushy Yellow Rattle. Diam. J in. at mouth ; below 

 mouth | in. wide ; length J in. ; purple spot on upper lip- 

 end ; flowers in crowded spikes ; leaves narrow, serrate ; 

 bracts yellow ; cornfields; 1-2 ft. (L.) 843 



Yellow Corydalis. Diam. J in. at mouth ; length nearly 

 | in. ; leaves prettily twice-pinnate and lobed ; stems 

 brittle, angular ; sepals 2 ; petals 4, forming a horizontal 

 tube ; near old walls ; 6-10 in. (R.) 58 



