JUNE FLOWERS. 91 



5 ; petals 5, nearly equal ; stamens 10 ; plant sweet- 

 smelling when dry ; fields ; 1 J-3 ft. (c.) 301 



Minute. 



Gold of Pleasure. Diam. J in. ; sepals 4, short ; petals 



4, spathulate, erect ; stamens 6 ; stem leaves 2 in., entire, 

 sessile, arrow-shaped at base, lobes pointed; fruit large, 

 roundish, on long stalks ; flax fields ; 2-3 ft. (L.) 88 



Cypress Spurge. Diam. J in. ; plant smooth, glaucous, 

 with milky sap ; flowers numerous, of unusual construc- 

 tion ; leaves alternate, narrow -linear, 1 in., sessile ; bracts 

 near flowers, cordate ; fruit roughish ; stem with 10-20 

 rays ; woods ; 1 2 ft. (L.) 1064 



Golden Trefoil. Flowers diam. J in. ; length J in. ; 

 flowers in nearly round heads or spikes ; sepals 5 ; petals 



5, standard deflexed ; stamens 10 ; teeth of calyx awl- 

 shaped, unequal, smooth ; leaflets 3, oblanceolate, 

 toothed ; clover fields ; 6 in. (R.A.) 328 



Lesser Yellow Trefoil. -Diam. flowers nearly J in. ; 

 heads J in. or over ; length J in. ; sepals 5 ; petals 5 ; 

 stamens 10 ; leaflets 3, obcordate, toothed ; flowers 6-15 

 in a head, each flower with a little stalk ; pastures ; 10-20 

 in. (c.) 325 



Least Filago. Diam. heads nearly J in. ; length J in. 

 or more ; flower heads 3-6 in terminal clusters ; bracts 

 woolly ; florets all disc, tubular, no ray ; corolla 5-cleft ; 

 leaves J in., lanceolate ; dry places ; 4-6 in. (c.) 693 



Yellow Bedstraw. Diam. nearly J in. ; flowers very 

 many, in dense cymes, terminal mostly ; corolla 4-lobed, 

 cross-shaped ; stamens 4 ; stem 4-angled ; leaves 6 or 8 

 in a whorl, linear ; downs ; 1-2 ft. (v.c.) 573 



Marsh Yellow Cress. Diam. nearly J in. ; sepals 4, 

 spreading ; petals 4 ; stamens 6 ; leaves pinnatifid, end 

 lobe large; fruit curved; watery places ; 1-2 ft. (c.) 105 



Common Hedge Mustard. Diam. nearly J in. ; length 

 J in. ; stem rough, branches stiffly and horizontally spread- 

 ing ; leaves hairy, deeply lobed, the points turned back- 

 ward ; sepals 4 ; petals 4 ; stamens 6 ; fruits close-pressed 

 to the stalk ; waste places ; 1-2 ft. (v.o.) 108 



