76 IDENTIFYING WILD FLOWERS. 



Annual Knawel. Diam. J in. ; flowers solitary in the 

 lower axils, or in cymes ; sepals 5 ; petals ; stamens 1, 2, 

 5, or 10 ; leaves small, awl-shaped, f in. ; stem slender, 

 green, erect or spreading ; fields ; 2-8 in. (c.) 454 



Minute. 



Marsh Arrow-grass. Diam. nearly J in. ; flowers in 

 a very narrow spike 2 in. or more ; a grass-looking plant ; 

 sepals with petals 6 ; stamens 6 ; leaves radical, linear, 

 4-10 in., fleshy ; marshes ; 6-18 in. (c.) 1199 



Buck's-horn Plantain. Diam. each flower T J F in. or 

 over ; spike of flowers 1 in. or more, variable ; leaves linear, 

 cut, 1 -ribbed ; stalk not furrowed ; sepals 4 ; petals 4 ; 

 stamens 4 ; dry places ; 2-8 in. (L.) 992 



Spiked Water Milfoil. Diam. T ^ in. ; greenish-white ; 

 spike protruding from water 1-4 in. ; stamen flowers : 

 sepals 4, petals 2 or 4, stamens 8 ; pistil flowers : sepals 

 4 small, petals small or ; styles 4 ; leaves whorled in 

 fours, feathery, under water ; ponds ; 1-3 ft. (c.) 436 



Common Hornwort. Diam. -^ in. ; leaves close- 

 packed in a cylindrical horn-like spike, bristle-like, 

 whorled, and repeatedly forked ; plant entirely under 

 water ; flowers of 2 kinds ; sepals many ; petals ; 

 stamens 12-20 ; streams ; stem slender, 1-3 ft. (L.) 440 



Greenish Goose-grass or Cleavers. Diam. T \ in. ; stems 

 straggling, very long, rough, matted ; leaves 6-8 in a whorl, 

 rough, lanceolate, with short, hooked, reflexed prickles ; 

 corolla 4-lobed ; stamens 4 ; cymes 3-9 flowered ; fruit 

 rough with hooked bristles ; fields ; 1-4 ft. (R.) 583 



Very Large. Yellowish Green. 



Italian Cuckoo-pint. Diam. of leafy spathe 2 in. or 

 more ; length 6 in. or more ; flowers very small on a club- 

 shaped, yellow spadix inside, length 2 in. or more ; leaves 

 radical, large, triangular, base lobes wide apart, appear- 

 ing before winter ; copses ; 10-20 in. (R.A.) 1203 



Medium. 



Green Man-orchis. Diam. fin. ; lip petal Jin.,yelloW| 

 narrow j edges red ; 3 sepals and 2 petals forming a hood ; 



