62 IDENTIFYING WILD FLOWERS. 



spikes ; sepals 5 ; stamens 2 ; leaves oblong ; chalky 

 downs ; stem square ; 1-2 ft. (c.) 879 



Medium. Bluish Purple and Yellow. 



Wild Pansy. Diam. f in. ; flowers erect, facing out- 

 wards ; sepals 5 ; petals 5, unequal ; stamens 5 ; leaves ovate, 

 oblong, lyrate, crenate ; stipules leaf-like, f in. broad ; lower 

 petal largest, with, a spur ; waysides ; 4-10 in. (v.c.) 148 



Curtis 's Violet. Diam. nearly f in. ; rootstock woody, 

 creeping ; branches stout ; stem rough, angular ; petals 

 5, unequal, scarcely longer than 5 sepals ; lower petal 

 largest, with a spur ; leaves ovate, oblong, lyrate, crenate ; 

 stipules leaf-like, large ; shores ; 3-10 in. (L.) 149 



Very Small. 



Ivy-leaved Toadflax. Diam. nearly J in. ; length f in. ; 

 leaves kidney-shaped, 5-lobed, smooth, rather fleshy , J-2 in.; 

 flower stalk long and slender ; flowers lipped, spurred, and 

 closed ; yellowish at mouth ; sepals 5 ; stamens 4 ; walls ; 

 6-18 in. ; creeping, (c.) 857 



Least Toadflax. Diam. J in. ; length nearly J in. ; 

 leaves linear-oblong ; flowers lipped, spurred, pale purple 

 and whitish-yellow, on long stalks ; sepals 5 ; stamens 4 ; 

 cornfields ; 3-6 in. ; erect. (L.) 865 



Medium. Ulac - 



Dame's Violet. Diam. f in. ; sepals 4 ; petals 4 ; 

 stamens 6 ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, toothed, about 2 in. ; 

 flowers fragrant in the evening ; fruit pod 4-angled ; stem 

 stiff, erect ; hilly pastures ; 1-3 ft. (L.) 121 



Small Bluish. 



Germander Speedwell. Diam. nearly in. ; flowers 

 bright blue in long, axillary clusters ; petals 4, unequal, 

 lower narrowest ; sepals 4 ; stamens 2 ; leaves ovate- 

 cordate, sessile, deeply serrated ; stem with hairs in 2 lines, 

 shifting at each pair of leaves ; banks ; 8-20 in. (v.c.) 827 



Common Bugle. Diam. f in. ; length f in. ; flowers 

 bluish, with veins, upper lip short ; in whorls crowded into 



