56 IDENTIFYING WILD FLOWERS. 



Very Small. 



Great Bilberry or Bog Whortleberry. Diam. J in. or 

 more ; length yV in - J stem not angular ; leaves obovate, 

 strongly veined ; flowers bell-shaped ; calyx 4-5 -toothed ; 

 corolla 4-5-toothed ; stamens 8-10 ; mountain bogs ; 

 6-10 in. (L.) 769 



Minute. 



Marsh Pennywort. Diam. T ^- in. ; flowers about 5, in 

 simple umbels T s g in. ; stem creeping on bogs ; leaves 

 round, peltate, crenate ; petals 5. (c.) 494 



Knotted Hedge Parsley. Diam. T ^ in. ; flowers in 

 small, simple, sessile umbels opposite a leaf ; leaves fern- 

 like ; stem prostrate ; fruit bristly ; waysides ; 6-18 in. 

 (c.) 551 



Very Large. fled or Pink. 



Pseony. Diam. 4 in. ; flowers red, or pink, or white ; 

 leaves large, twice ternate, glabrous, segments ovate, entire; 

 sepals 5, unequal ; petals 5-10 ; stamens many ; Steep 

 Holmes, Severn ; 1-2 ft. (R.) 37 



Common Red Poppy. Diam. 2J in. ; sepals 2, falling 

 off ; petals 4, scarlet ; stamens many ; flower stalk with 

 hairs spreading ; fruit smooth, globose ; leaves pinnatifid, 

 sessile ; cornfields ; 1-2 ft. (c.) 46 



Long Smooth-headed Poppy. Diam. 2 in. or over ; 

 sepals 2, falling off ; petals 4, scarlet ; flower stalk with 

 hairs close pressed ; fruit smooth, oblong ; leaves pin- 

 natifid ; cornfields ; 1-2 ft. (o.) 45 



Large. 



Long Prickly-headed Poppy. Diam. 1J in. ; sepals 2 ; 

 petals 4, rather narrow ; flowers pale scarlet-red ; fruit 

 rough, club-shaped ; leaves bipinnatifid ; waste places ; 

 6-10 in. (c.) 44 



Round Prickly-headed Poppy. Diam. 1J in. ; flowers 

 purplish-scarlet, with black centre ; sepals 2 ; petals 4 ; 

 leaves much cut ; fruit round, bristly ; fields ; 10-18 

 in. (L.) 43 



