78 IDENTIFYING WILD FLOWERS. 



10 ; leaves densely crowded, linear, 3-sided, f in, ; moun- 

 tains ; 1-2 in. (R.) 222 



Alpine Lady's Mantle. Diam. T \ in. ; leaves white and 

 satiny beneath, with 5-7 oblong, blunt leaflets, serrated 

 at the end ; sepals 8 ; petals ; stamens 4 ; mountains ; 

 3-9 in. (L.) 409 



Dyer's-weed or Dyer's-rocket. Diam. -5^ in. ; sepals 

 4 ; petals 3-5, unequal ; stamens about 22 ; flowers in 

 spike-like racemes ; leaves long, linear, lanceolate, un- 

 divided ; waste places ; 2-3 ft. (o.) 137 



Sweet-flag. Diam. each flower J in. ; spike or spadix 

 dense, f in. diam. ; length 2J in. or more ; perianth 6 ; 

 stamens 6 ; plant fragrant ; leaves 3-6 ft., 1 in. broad, 

 midrib thick ; marshes ; 3-6 ft. (L.) 1204 



Spignel, Meu, or Bald-money. Diam. each flower J in. ; 

 small umbel f in. ; compound umbel 2 in. ; plant 

 with strong, pleasant odour ; leaves feathery, long, 

 twice pinnate ; leaflets with hair-like segments ; bracts 

 numerous ; petals 5 ; stamens 5 ; pastures ; 6-18 in. 

 (L.) 535 



Common Parsley. Diam. each flower J in. ; small 

 umbels \ in. ; compound umbels 2 in. ; petals 5 ; stamens 

 5 ; leaves shining, thrice pinnate ; leaflets wedge-shaped,; 

 3-cleft and toothed ; upper leaflets narrow ; bracts thread- 

 like ; walls ; 1-2 ft. (L.) 504 



Minute. 



Good King Henry. Diam. nearly J in. ; flowers in 

 leafless spikes 1-4 in. ; sepals 5 ; petals ; stamens 5 ; 

 stem stout, angled ; leaves about 3 in., triangular, arrow- 

 shaped ; waysides ; 1-3 ft. (o.) 1006 



Great Nettle. Diam. nearly J in. ; flowers of 2 kinds ; 

 stamen flowers in loose panicles ; pistil flowers dense ; 

 leaves about 3 in.^ ovate-cordate, serrate ; sepals 4 ; 

 stamens 4 ; waysides ; 1-4 ft. (v.o.) 1074 



Branched Bur-weed. Diam. T \- in. ; heads f in. ; 

 flowers of 2 kinds in dense globular heads ; perianth 3 ; 

 stamens 3 ; stem erect, branched ; leaves narrow, 3-sided, 

 2-4 ft. ; ditches ; 2-4 ft: (c.) 1207 



