JUNE FLOWERS. 75 



2-6 in., deep green with whitish bloom, often purplish ; 

 bracts large, pointed ; fruit round, nearly J in. ; stamens 

 many ; thickets ; 2-4 ft. (L.) 1069 



Very Small. 



Marsh Isnardia. Diam. J in. ; length J in. ; leaves 

 opposite s ovate, pointed, shortly stalked ; stem low, 

 rooting, smooth ; flowers solitary, nearly sessile ; sepals 

 4 ; petals ; stamens 4 ; boggy pools ; 6-10 in. (R.) 431 



Minute. 



Common Marestail. Diam. nearly J in. (not to be con- 

 fused with the Horsetail, or Equisetum, a non-flowering 

 plant ) ; leaves many, linear, 6-8 in a whorl ; stem stout, 

 erect, jointed ; flowers sessile ; sepals and petals ; 

 stamen 1 ; style 1 ; ponds ; 6-18 in. (o.) 434 



Smooth-fruited Corn Bedstraw. Diam. T V in. ; re- 

 sembles Goose-grass, but flowers more numerous ; petals 4 ; 

 stamens 4 ; leaves 6-8 in a whorl, narrow, lanceolate, with 

 prickles on margin ; fruit -$ in. ; waysides ; 2-4 ft. 

 (L.) 586 



Very Small Greenish. 



Wall Pennywort. Diam. nearly J in. ; length f in. ; 

 leaves round, peltate, fleshy, 1 or 2 in. ; stem erect, with a 

 raceme of hanging flowers ; sepals 5 ; corolla bell-shaped, 

 5-toothed ; stamens 10 ; walls ; 6-12 in. (c.) 473 



Wild Beet. Diam. T 3 ^ in. ; leaves fleshy, glossy ; lower 

 broad, stem leaves small lanceolate ; flowers in long, 

 loose, leafy spikes ; stem angular ; perianth 5-cleft ; 

 stamens 5 ; shores ; 1-2 ft. (L.) 1014 



Green Musk Orchis. Diam. J in. or more ; root leaves 

 2, oblong, acute ; flowers in a slender spike, smelling of 

 musk ; sepals 3 ; petals 3, narrower and longer, lower 

 one lipped, narrow and 3-lobed ; pastures ; 4-6 in. (R.) 



1131 



Seaside Plantain. Diam. each flower J in. ; spike of 

 flowers 1 J in., variable ; leaves linear, fleshy, 2-8 in. ; stalk 

 not furrowed ; sepals 4 ; petals 4 ; stamens 4 ; shores 

 and mountains ; 3-10 in. (L.) 991 



