MAY FLOWERS. 51 



Very Small. 



Yellow Bugle or Ground Pine. Diam. nearly J in. ; 

 length f in. ; stem reddish-purple, sticky, stem leaves with 

 3 linear parts ; plant hairy ; flowers in pairs shorter than 

 leaves ; sepals 5, joined ; corolla 2-lipped, upper lip short ; 

 stamens 4 ; fields ; 3-6 in. (R.) 905 



Spotted Medick. Diam. -$ in. ; length f in. ; leaves 

 ternate with stipules, leaflets obcordate with a purple 

 spot ; sepals 5 ; petals 5, unequal ; pastures ; 6-20 in. 

 (c.) 298 



Early Winter Cress. Diam. T 3 in. ; root leaves lyrate, 

 upper deeply cut into narrow segments ; fruit long 4- 

 angled ; stem angular ; sepals 4 ; petals 4 ; waysides ; 

 1-2 ft. (L.) 103 



Minute. 



Little Bur-medick. Diam. nearly \ in. ; leaflets 3, 

 obovate, downy ; flowers 2-4 together ; fruits twisted, 

 prickly ; sepals 5 ; petals 5, unequal ; fields ; 6-10 in. 

 (K.) 300 



Black Medick or Nonsuch. Diam. T V in. ; heads 

 J in. ; leaflets 3 obovate, finely toothed ; flowers in dense, 

 oblong heads ; ripe fruit kidney-shaped, black ; sepals 5 ; 

 petals 5, unequal ; waysides ; 6-24 in. (c.) 297 



Hop Trefoil. Diam. -^ in. ; heads J in. diam. ; length 

 nearly f in. ; flowers in roundish heads ; leaves stalked, 

 ternate ; fruit hop-like ; sepals 5 ; petals 5 ; pastures, 

 etc. ; 6-18 in. (v.c.) 324 



Very Small. Greenish Yellow. 



Irish Spurge. Diam. -^ in. ; flowers in clusters ' on 5 

 branches, unlike most flowers in structure ; leaves broad, 

 oval ; fruit warted, shiny ; flower-glands purple and kidney- 

 shaped ; plant with milky juice ; thickets ; 1-2 ft. (L.) 



1059 



Portland Spurge. Diam. T s in. ; flowers in clusters on 

 a 5-branched umbel, each branch 2-cleft ; leaves obovate, 

 | in. long, leathery ; flower-glands with 2 long points ; fruit 

 rough at the angles ; plant with milky juice ; stem and 

 leaves reddish ; shores ; 6-18 in. (L.) 1066 



