80 IDENTIFYING WILD FLOWERS. 



Minute. 



Wall Pellitory. Diam. T \- in. ; flowers hairy, clustered 

 in axils of leaves ; leaves oval, hairy, reddish, J-2 in. ; 

 perianth 4: ; stamens 4 ; walls ; 3-12 in. (c.) 1076 



Very Large. Creamy White. 



Trailing Rose. Diam. 2 in. ; flowers scentless, in 

 a corymb of about 4 ; branches long, trailing, rather 

 slender, purplish, with stout hooked prickles ; sepals 5, 

 nearly entire, purplish ; petals 5 ; stamens many ; hedges : 

 2-6 ft. (c.) 403 



Large. 



Honeysuckle or Woodbine. Diam. 1 in. ; length If in. ; 

 flowers many together, tubular, creamy within, reddish 

 outside ; sepals 5 ; corolla 5-cleft, spreading ; stamens 

 5 ; leaves oval, hairy ; copses ; 6-15 ft. (v.o.) 567 



Medium. 



Tall Broom-rape. Diam. J in. ; length f in. ; whole 

 plant stout, leafless, dull yellowish ; flowers in a spike 

 and lipped ; sepals 4 ; corolla 5-lobed ; stamens 4 ; 

 grows on scabious roots ; 6-12 in. (L.) 871 



Dropwort. Diam. f in. ; leaves pinnate, leaflets 

 deeply toothed or serrate, 4-9 in. ; stem often erect-wavy ; 

 sepals 5 ; petals 5 ; stamens many ; downs ; 12-18 in. (c.) 370 



Meadow-sweet. Diam. T V in. ; leaves rather large, 

 pinnate, downy beneath, end leaflet large and lobed ; 

 flowers clustered, plume-looking, strongly fragrant ; sepals 

 5 ; petals 5 ; stamens many, prominent ; wet meadows ; 

 2-4 ft. (v.c.) 369 



Tuberous Comfrey. Diam. f in. ; length nearly f in. ; 

 plant hairy, not rough ; stem hardly winged, rather leafy, 

 slender ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, 4-8 in. ; sepals 5 ; 

 corolla tubular, 5-toothedj closed ; stamens 5 ; woods ; 

 1-2 ft. (L.) 943 



Very Small. 



Starry-headed Trefoil. Diam. each flower -fa in. ; 

 heads f in. ; length 1 in. ; sepals 5, large, hairy, bristly- 



