MAY FLOWERS. 57 



Ragged Robin. Diam. 1J in. ; stem erect, slender, 

 narrow ; leaves very narrow ; sepals 5, joined ; petals 5, 

 each with 4 long parts ; wet places ; 1-2 ft. (v.c.) 183 



Medium. 



Marsh Lousewort. Diam. f in. ; length 1 in. ; flowers 

 lipped, dull pink ; leaves 1-3 in., linear-oblong, pinnate ; 

 calyx reddish green, ovoid, ribbed, hairy ; stamens 4 ; 

 marshes ; 6-18 in. (c.) 848 



Field Lousewort. Diam. nearly f in. ; length f in. ; 

 flowers lipped, rose-pink ; leaves about 1 in., pinnate, 

 segments acute ; calyx angled, smooth ; stamens 4 ; wet 

 pastures ; 3-10 in. (v.c.) 849 



Small 



Thrift or Sea-pink. Diam. f in. ; flowers pink, in 

 roundish heads nearly 1 in. diam. ; leaves radical, linear, 

 crowded ; calyx 5-cleft ; petals 5 ; stamens 5 ; cliffs and 

 shores ; 3-10 in. (L.) 982 



Scarlet Pimpernel. Diam. f in. ; flowers wheel-shaped, 

 crimson-scarlet or deep blue ; leaves ovate, sessile, nearly 

 \ in. ; sepals 5 ; petals 5, joined ; stamens 5 ; waysides ; 

 creeping, 3-12 in. (c.) 977 



Tuberous Bitter Vetch. Diam. f in. ; length j in. ; 

 flowers crimson, fading to bluish, pea-flower shaped ; 

 petals 5 ; leaflets 2-4 pairs, oval ; tendrils ; flowers 2-6, 

 in long-stalked racemes ; heaths ; 6-12 in. (v.c.) 361 



Crimson Vetch or Grass Vetch. Diam. f in. ; length 

 \ in. ; leaves (petioles really) linear, 3-6 in. long ; flowers 

 solitary, crimson ; tendrils ; petals 5, unequal ; stamens 

 10; copses; 1-2 ft. (L.) 354 



Common Vetch (slender variety). Diam. f in. ; length 

 4 in. ; flowers bright crimson, 1 or 2 together, sessile ; 

 stem slender ; leaflets narrow ; sepals 5, 2 upper shortest ; 

 petals 5 ; dry sandy places ; 4-12 in. (L.) 348 



Jagged-leaved Cranesbill. Diam. nearly f in. ; leaves 

 roundish, much divided, segments narrow ; stems hairy ; 

 sepals 5, with long points ; petals 5, notched ; stamens 

 10 ; fruit long-beaked ; waysides ; 9-24 in. (o.) 265 



