86 IDENTIFYING WILD FLOWERS. 



Creeping Cinquefoil. Diam. nearly J in. ; flowers 

 solitary ; sepals 10 ; petals 5 ; stamens many ; leaves 

 5-fingered mostly ; stem slender, creeping ; roadsides ; 

 6-18 in. (c.) 383 



Broad-leaved Ragwort. Diam. in. ; flowers rayed, 

 disc yellow ; florets 5-toothed ; stem erect, stout, leafy ; 

 leaves smooth, lanceolate, 5-8 in. ; meadows ; 3-5 ft. (L.) 713 



Stinking Barkhausia. Diam. heads J in. ; plant with 

 bad smell, rough, branched from below ; flower stalks long, 

 thickened upwards ; buds drooping ; florets all ray ; 

 chalky downs ; 1-2 ft. (L.) 643 



Marsh Flea-wort. Diam. heads nearly f in. ; flowers 

 rayed, disc yellow ; florets 5-toothed ; stem erect, leafy, 

 stout, unbranched ; leaves lanceolate, half -clasping ; bracts 

 many, slender ; Fens ; 2-3 ft. (L.) 714 



Rough Hawk 's-beard. Diam. heads f in. ; florets 

 all ray ; stem stout, ribbed ; leaves 6 in. or more ; stem 

 leaves sessile, cut, lower more cut ; bracts, inner long, 

 outer short, spreading ; pastures ; 1-4 ft. (L.) 628 



Perfoliate Yellow-wort. Diam. f in. or more ; plant 

 smooth, nearly white ; leaves opposite, ovate, united, 

 stem passing through ; sepals 8 ; petals 8 ; stamens 8 ; 

 pastures ; 6-18 in. (L.) 794 



Common Sow-thistle. Diam. heads about f in. ; rather 

 pale yellow ; florets all ray ; leaves sharply toothed, 

 clasping, with 2 spreading arrow-shaped ears ; lower 

 leaves stalked ; flower heads crowded, often cone-shaped ; 

 plant with milky sap ; waysides ; 1 J-3 ft. (v.c.) 624 



Sharp-fringed Sow-thistle. Diam. heads about f in. ; 

 as above, but leaves more prickly, clasping, with 2 

 rounded ears, (v.c.) 625 



Dyer's Green Weed. Diam. f in. ; plant shiny, with- 

 out spines ; leaves narrow -lanceolate, f in. ; flowers in 

 slender racemes ; sepals 5 ; petals 5, unequal ; stamens 

 10 ; banks ; 9-24 in. (v.c.) 288 



Wall Rocket. Diam. f in. ; flowers few, rather pale ; 

 sepals 4 ; petals 4 ; stamens 6 ; flowers almond-scented ; 

 leaves when crushed offensive, long, narrow, acute, cut ; 

 stem erect, leafy ; old walls j 1-2 ft. (L.) 131 



