68 IDENTIFYING WILD FLOWERS. 



clusters flat-topped, 2 or 3 in. across ; ray florets white or 

 pink ; disc whitish -yellow ; leaves alternate, feathery, 

 twice pinnatifid, not flat, and woolly ; fields, etc. ; 6-18 

 in. (v.c.) 735 



Kidney-shaped Saxifrage. Diam. J in. ; leaves round- 

 ish or kidney-shaped, toothed, hairy ; stems slender ; 

 leaf stalks channelled ; sepals 5 ; petals 5, separate ; 

 stamens 10 ; mountains ; 6-12 in. (R.) 474 



Shrubby Mignonette. Diam. J in. ; leaves pinnate, 

 wavy, whitish ; sepals 5-6, each 3-parted ; petals 5-6, 

 each 3-parted ; stamens 12-14 ; stigmas 4 ; shores ; 

 1-2 ft. (c ) 139 



Very Small. 



Mountain Flax. Diam. nearly J in. ; stems very 

 slender, smooth, branched ; leaves small, nearly J in., 

 oblong ; flower-buds drooping ; sepals 5, separate ; petals 

 5 ; stamens 5 ; heaths ; 2-10 in. (v.c.) 226 



Twisted-podded Whitlow Grass. Diam. ^ in. ; erect, 

 rough with starry hairs ; stem leaves oblong, clasping the 

 stem ; root leaves | in., in a rosette ; sepals 4 ; petals 4 ; 

 stamens 6 ; rocks ; 4-12 in. (R.) 85 



Smooth Heath Bedstraw. Diam. J in. or over ; petals 

 4, joined ; stamens 4 ; stem 4-angled, smooth, prostrate ; 

 flowers in clusters ; leaves 6 in a whorl, narrow, obovate ; 

 downs ; 4-10 in. (v.c.) 577 



Upright Bedstraw. Diam. J in. or over ; petals 4, 

 joined ; stamens 4 ; stem 4-angled ; flowers in slender 

 panicles ; leaves 6-8 in a whorl, linear-lanceolate with 

 prickles pointing forward ; hedges, etc. ; 1-2 ft. (R.) 578 



Bog Sandwort. Diam. J in. or over ; stem loosely 

 tufted ; flowers solitary, long-stalked ; sepals 5 ; petals 

 5 entire ; stamens 10 ; leaves awl-shaped ; sepals as long 

 as petals ; Teesdale ; 2-3 in. (R.) 204 



Brookweed or Water Pimpernel. Diam. J in. or over ; 

 root leaves obovate in a rosette ; stem leaves alternate, 

 1 or 2 in., oval; calyx 5-cleft ; petals 5; stamens 5; 

 watery places ; 8-18 in. (L.) 980 



Cross-leaved Bedstraw. Diam. J in. ; leaves 4 in a 



