64 IDENTIFYING WILD FLOWERS. 



petals 5 ; calyx of 5 triangular lobes ; stamens 5 ; hairs 

 of calyx and stem close pressed ; wet places ; 6-18 in. 

 (c.) 932 



Common Milkwort. Diam. -^ in. ; length -j^- in. (See 

 White, Very Small.) 



Starch Grape Hyacinth. Diam. over J in. ; length f\ 

 in. ; flowers dark blue, bell-shaped, in a terminal cluster 

 or close spike ; perianth 6-toothed ; stamens 6 ; leaves 

 linear, 4-10 in. ; fields ; 6-12 in. (R.) 1175 



Common Echinospermum. Diam. J in. ; flowers nearly 

 sessile, deep blue ; sepals 5 ; corolla 5-cleft, bell-shaped, 

 larger than calyx ; stamens 4 ; leaves lanceolate, J in. or 

 more ; plant roughish, prickly ; fruit prickly ; waste places ; 

 3-12 in. (R.A.) 955 



Minute. 



Field Woodruff. Diam. nearly | in. ; flowers blue in 

 clusters, surrounded by long fringed bracts ; sepals 4, 

 very small ; corolla 4-lobed ; stamens 4 ; leaves 6-10 in a 

 whorl, very slender, linear-lanceolate ; cornfields ; stem 

 erect, square, 4-8 in. (R.A.) 591 



