JUNE FLOWERS. 77 



flowers in a loose spike ; leaves oblong -lanceolate, parallel- 

 veined ; pastures ; 6-12 in. (E.) 1129 



Small. 



Common Lime (tree). Diam. f in. or more ; flowers in 

 a cyme growing from a large (2 in.), oblong, leaf-like, yellow- 

 ish bract ; sepals 5 ; petals 5 ; stamens many ; leaves 

 cordate-serrate, unequal-sided ; plantations ; 20-60 ft. 

 (L.) 240 



Broad-leaved Lime (tree). Diam. f in. ; flowers growing 

 from a large (2 in.), oblong, leaf-like, yellowish bract ; sepals 

 5 ; petals 5 ; stamens many ; twigs hairy ; leaves downy 

 beneath, cordate-serrate, unequal-sided ; woods ; 30-90 

 ft. (L.) 241 



Sun Spurge. Diam. J in. ; stamens and pistils in 

 separate flowers on the same plant ; stem with 5 umbel - 

 branches, each forked ; leaves and bracts membranous, 

 no stipules, obovate, alternate, wedge-shaped, serrated 

 upwards ; fruit 3-lobed, smooth ; plant with milky sap ; 

 waste places ; 6-18 in. (c.) 1057 



Very Small. 



Spanish Catchfly. Diam. nearly J in. ; petals 5, narrow, 

 entire ; calyx 5-toothed, not swollen ; stamens 10 ; styles 

 3 ; stem sticky, erect ; leaves spathulate ; stamens and 

 pistils in separate plants ; fields ; 1-3 ft. (R.) 171 



Wild Mignonette. Diam. nearly J in. ; sepals 6 ; petals 

 6, very unequal ; stamens about 18 ; leaves 3-cleft, lower 

 pinnatifid ; flowers in short spikes ; fields ; 1-2 ft. (c.) 138 



Roman Nettle. Diam. nearly J in. ; clusters about 

 J in. ; leaves opposite, ovate-cordate, 2 in. ; plant stinging ; 

 flowers of 2 kinds, larger than Common Nettle ; perianth 

 4-parted ; stamens 4 ; waysides ; 1-2 ft. (R.A.) 1075 



Wild Madder. Diam. - x \ in. ; flowers in short pani- 

 cles ; calyx small or ; corolla nearly bell-shaped, 

 5-lobed ; stamens 5 ; plant stiff, shining, very spiny 

 with short, curved prickles ; leaves 1J in., oblong, 4-6 

 in a whorl ; rigid ; stony places ; 6-24 in. (L.) 572 



Mossy Cyphel. Diam. T S T in. or more ; flowers solitary ; 

 sepals 5j each 3-nerved ; petals or 5 minute ; stamens 



