88 IDENTIFYING WILD FLOWERS. 



Inelegant Ragwort. Diam. heads J in. ; flower heads 

 rayed ; disc yellow, corolla 5-cleft ; plant smooth ; stem 

 leafy, rather stout ; heads in a very loose corymb ; leaves 

 unevenly cut, upper half -clasping ; old walls ; 8-12 in. 

 (L.) 708 



Dark Mullein. Diam. J in. ; flowers wheel-shaped in 

 long racemes ; sepals 5 ; petals 5 ; stamens 5, with purple 

 hairs ; plant hairy ; stem angular ; leaves ovate -cordate ; 

 banks ; 2-3 ft. (L.) 815 



Welsh Rock Stonecrop. Diam. flowers J in. in round- 

 topped cymes 3 in. ; sepals 6 or 5 ; petals 6 or 5 ; stamens 

 12 or 10 ; leaves \ in., thick, slightly flattened, spurred^ 

 sessile, not glaucous ; rocks ; stem not very stout ; 6-10 

 in. (L.) 471 



Biting Stonecrop or Wall Pepper. Diam. nearly J in. ; 

 sepals 5 ; petals 5 ; stamens 10 ; flowers starry ; stems 

 tufted in cushions ; leaves fleshy, J in., sessile, crowded ; 

 walls ; 3-6 in. (v.c.) 467 



Common Mustard. Diam. nearly J in. ; flowers cross- 

 shaped ; sepals 4, spreading ; petals 4 ; stamens 6 ; lower 

 leaves lyrate, upper entire, narrow ; fruits pressed to 

 stem ; fields ; 1-2 ft. (o.) 129 



Wild Navew. Diam. nearly J in. ; sepals 4, erect ; 

 petals 4 ; stamens 6 ; root leaves roughish, cut and 

 toothed ; stem leaves smooth, cordate, pointed, clasping,- 

 rather whitish ; fields ; 6-24 in. (v.c.) 123 



Agrimony. Diam. f in. or more ; plant scented, 

 slender, hairy ; flowers in long spikes ; calyx 5-cleft, with 

 hooked bristles ; petals 5 ; stamens about 15 ; leaves pin- 

 nate, with the alternate leaflets smaller, cut ; copses ; 

 1-3 ft. (c.) 404 



Ivy-leaved Lettuce. Diam. heads f in. or more ; 

 florets 5, all ray ; bracts few, narrow ; flower heads in 

 loose, angular panicles ; plant slender, dark ; leaves 

 3-8 in.j cut, with end piece ivy-shaped ; walk ; 1-3J ft. 

 (c.) 620 



Greater Bladderwort. Diam. f in. or more ; length 

 \ in. ; plant 2-8-flowered, floating, with fine root-like 

 branches, and thread-like Branched leaves bearing tiny 



