72 IDENTIFYING WILD FLOWERS. 



Very Small. 



Wild Carrot. Diam. each flower J in. ; small umbels J 

 in ; compound umbels 2 in. ; flowers often in hollow 

 pinkish umbels, sometimes white ; leaves ferny, tripinnate ; 

 bracts large and cut : plant scented ; coasts and pastures ; 

 1-2 ft. (o.) 546 



Fenugreek. Diam. in. ; length J in. or over ; stem 

 smooth, prostrate, closely matted ; leaflets 3, obcordate ; 

 flowers white or pink, 1 or 2 together, short-stalked ; sepals 

 5 ; petals 5 ; pastures ; 2-8 in. (L.) 305 



Clover Dodder. Diam. J in. ; heads J in. or over, 

 sessile, with a bract ; corolla tube cylindric, lobes spread- 

 ing ; stem thread-like, slender, reddish ; leaves none ; 

 sepals 4 or 5 ; petals 4 or 5 ; stamens 4 or 5, exserted ; 

 grows on clover ; 1-2 ft. (L;) 804 



Great Hartwort. -Diam. each flower J in. ; small 

 umbels f in., about 7 in number, stiff, crowded; compound 

 umbel 1 J in. ; leaves pinnate ; leaflets about 2 pairs, cut, 

 J in., oblong ; bracts short ; petals 5 ; stamens 5 ; way- 

 sides ; 1-4 ft. (L.) 545 



Minute. 



Small Bur Parsley. Diam. each flower T \ in. or more ; 

 small umbel J in. ; compound umbels 1 in. ; leaves 3 or 

 4 in., twice or thrice pinnate, segments small ; stem erect, 

 solid, roughish ; branches spreading ; bracteoles linear ; 

 petals 5 ; stamens 5 ; fruit with hooked spines ; corn- 

 fields ; 6-18 in. (L.) 547 



Very Small. Greenish White and Pink. 



Knot Grass or Knotweed. Diam. -^ in. ; length T ^- in. ; 

 stem branched, prostrate ; leaves \ in. or more, narrow, 

 elliptical, nearly sessile ; flowers short-stalked, clustered 

 in the axils ; perianth 5 ; stamens 8 ; styles 3 ; fruit 

 triangular ; waste places ; 6-30 in. (v.c.) 1028 



Medium. Greenish White. 



Lesser Butterfly Orchis. Diam. f in. ; length nearly 

 1 in. ; stem erect, smooth ; leaves 2, ovate, parallel veined, 



