90 IDENTIFYING WILD FLOWERS. 



turned backward ; plant smooth ; old walls, etc. ; 1-2 

 ft. (L.) 109 



Yellow Vetch. Diam. J in. ; length J in. ; sepals 5 ; 

 petals 5, unequal ; stamens 10 ; flower stalks single- 

 flowered ; leaves reduced to tendrils ; stipules leaf-like, 

 | in. broad, hastate, in pairs ; fields ; 1-3 ft., trailing. 

 (L.) 353 



Yellow Sickle Medick. Diam. J in. ; length nearly 

 J in. ; sepals 5 ; petals 5, unequal ; stamens 10 ; stem 

 bending ; leaflets 3, oblong, toothed ; flowers numerous, 

 in racemes ; fruit curved ; banks ; 6-24 in. (L.) 296 



Upright Yellow Wood-sorrel. Diam. J in. ; plant acid, 

 erect, with runners ; leaflets 3, obcorda-te, J in. ; leaves often 

 whorled, not radical ; sepals 5 ; petals 5 ; stamens 10 ; 

 waste places ; 6-18 in. (R.A.) 279 



Serpent 's-tongue Spearwort. Diam. Jin. ; stem slender, 

 nearly erect, nearly smooth ; lower leaves broadly ovate 

 or cordate ; sepals 5 ; petals 5, equal ; stamens many ; 

 marshes ; 6-10 in. (L.) 17 



Very Small. 



Common or Small Purslane. Diam. nearly J in. ; flowers 

 sessile ; sepals 2 ; petals 5 ; stamens 5 ; leaves obovate, 

 fleshy ; calyx obtusely keeled ; waysides ; 9 in. (L.) 449 



Yellow Wood-sorrel. Diam. about J in. ; plant acidj 

 erect, hairy, without runners ; leaflets 3, obcordate, J in. ; 

 leaves not radical ; sepals 5 ; petals 5 ; stamens 10 ; 

 waste places ; 6-18 in. (R.A.) 278 



Calycine Alyssum. Diam. T \- in. ; sepals 4, not falling ; 

 petals 4 ; stamens 6 ; plant hairy ; leaves nearly J in;, 

 few, linear-spathulate ; pods nearly round, thin ; sea- 

 coasts ; 3-8 in. (L.) 90 



Slender Bird's-foot Trefoil. Diam. T \ in. ; length 

 | in. ; plant clothed with soft hairs ; flowers in umbels of 

 3 or 4 ; sepals 5, very long ; petals 5, unequal ; stamens 

 10 ; banks ; 2-6 in. (L.) 331 



Common Melilot. Diam. J in. or over ; length -^ in. 

 or more ; plant erect, branched, light green ; leaflets 3, 

 narrow-oval, serrated ; flowers in 1 -sided racemes ; sepals 



