74 IDENTIFYING WILD FLOWERS. 



drooping, narrow in middle ; sepals with petals 6, joined ; 

 stamens 6 ; woods ; 1J-3 ft. (R.) 1182 



Erect Bastard Toadflax. Diam. J in. ; leaves linear, 

 1 -nerved, fleshy ; stem erect, branched ; flowers in spiked 

 racemes, sessile, with 3 bracts ; sepals 5 ; stamens 5 ; 

 downs ; 6-12 in. (R.) 1052 



Hoary Plantain. Diam. each flower J in. ; spikes 2-4 in. 

 long, 1 in. broad ; stamens very noticeable, long, white, 

 very numerous ; sepals 4 ; petals 4 ; stamens 4 ; leaves 

 radical, broad, oval, strongly ribbed, 2-4 in. ; pastures ; 

 6-18 in. (o.) 989 



Minute. 



Four-leaved Allseed. Diam. -^ in. or over ; stem small, 

 prostrate, branched ; lower leaves J in., in whorls of 4 ; 

 upper in pairs ; sepals 5 ; petals 5 small ; stamens 3 ; 

 shores ; 3-6 in. (L.) 453 



Wall Bedstraw. Diam. T ^ in. or more ; stem slender^ 

 rough with prickles pointing backwards ; leaves J in., 

 about 6 in a whorl, lanceolate, bristles on margin pointing 

 forward ; flowers in little clusters ; petals 4 ; stamens 4 ; 

 sandy places ; 6-12 in. (L.) 585 



Wild Celery. Diam. each flower T V in. or over ; small 

 umbels J in. ; compound umbels 1J in. ; stem furrowed 

 and branched ; leaves shining, pinnate generally ; lower 

 leaves on long stalks ; leaflets large, cut or lobed ; petals 5 ; 

 stamens 5 ; bracts ; marshes ; 1-2 ft. (L.) 503 



Hidden or Suffocated Trefoil. Diam. flowers T \ in. 

 length J in. ; heads J in., sessile, ovoid ; leaflets 3 obcor- 

 date J in., toothed ; leaf stalk long, 2 in. ; sepals 5 ; petals 

 5; shores; 1-3 in. (L.) 309 



Autumnal Water-Starwort. Diam. ^ in. ; leaves in 

 pairs, united at base ; flowers in axils of leaves ; stems long, 

 slender, rooting in water ; upper leaves floating, star- 

 formed ; sepals and petals absent ; stamen 1, or ovary 1 ; 

 ponds ; 2-4 ft. (L.) 439 



Small. Qreem 



Caper Spurge. Diam. J in. or more ; flowers unusually 

 formed ; plant with milky sap ; leaves opposite, sessile. 



