MAY FLOWERS. 53 



Sycamore (tree). Diam. J in. ; leaves 5-lobed, crenate ; 

 flowers in hanging racemes ; sepals 5 ; petals 5 ; stamens 

 8; woods; 30-50 ft. (c.) 256 



Common Buckthorn. Diam. J in. ; leaves ovate- 

 serrate ; plant thorny ; sepals 4 ; petals 4 ; stamens 4 ; 

 thickets ; shrub, 5-10 ft. (c.) 282 



Alder Buckthorn. Diam. J in. ; leaves obovate, entire ; 

 plant not thorny ; sepals 5 ; petals 5 ; stamens 5 ; 

 thickets; 5-10 ft. (c.) 283 



Sea Buckthorn. Diam. J in. ; staminate flowers in 

 clusters f in. ; pistillate on separate plants, solitary ; a 

 thorny shrub with very narrow, silvery leaves ; berries 

 orange coloured ; sepals or petals 2 ; stamens 4 ; shores ; 

 1-10 ft. (L.) 1048 



Dwarf Birch. Catkins f in. long ; leaves roundish, 

 crenate, f in., dark green ; flowers of 2 kinds ; stamens 

 2 ; fruit winged ; mountains ; 1-3 ft. (L.) 1087 



Very Small. 



Common Lady's Mantle. Diam. T 3 ^ in. ; flowers in 

 dense clusters ; calyx 8-cleft in 2 rows ; petals ; stamens 

 1-4 ; leaves kidney-shaped, fan-like, with 7-9 lobes, 

 serrated ; pastures ; 6-18 in. (v.c.) 408 



Black Bryony. Diam. T s g in. or more ; leaves heart- 

 shaped, pointed, very shiny, dark green ; stem slender, 

 twining ; flowers of 2 kinds ; perianth 6-cleft ; stamens 6 ; 

 hedges; 4-10 ft. (c.) 1186 



Minute. 



Seaside Arrow-grass. Diam. J in. ; spike or raceme 

 of flowers narrow, 2 in. long or more ; leaves radical, 

 linear, fleshy ; perianth 6-cleft ; stamens 6 ; salt marshes ; 

 10-12 in. (L.) 1198 



Field Lady's Mantle or Parsley Piert. Diam. -fa in. ; 

 leaves small, rather hairy, 3-parted, lobes deeply cut ; 

 flowers in sessile heads ; calyx 8-cleft ; petals ; stamens 

 1-4 ; banks ; 2-6 in. (c.) 410 



Vernal Water Starwort. Diam. ^ in. ; leaves in pairs 

 joined at base ; flowers in axils of leaves ; no sepals or 

 petals ; stamens 1 ; ditches and pools ; floating, (c.) 438 



