94 IDENTIFYING WILD FLOWERS. 



Snakeweed or Common Bistort. Diam. flowers J in. or 

 over ; length J in. or over ; flowers in a dense spike, 

 diam. nearly \ in., length If in. ; sepals 5, flesh-coloured ; 

 petals ; stamens 5; leaves oblong-ovate, 2-3 in. ; meadows ; 

 12-18 in. (o.) 1020 



Minute. 



Coriander. Diam. flowers J in. ; small umbels \ in. ; 

 compound umbels 2 in. ; petals 5 ; stamens 5 ; stem 

 slender, hollow ; leaves bipinnate, upper with thread- 

 like segments ; fruit ball-shaped with broad ribs ; waste 

 places ; 1-2 ft. (L.) 558 



Mudwort or Bastard Plantain. Diam. nearly J in. ; 

 sepals 5 ; petals 5 ; stamens 4 ; leaves narrow, 1 \ in.j 

 spathulate, stalk long ; flowers shortly stalked ; wet 

 places ; 1-4 in. (L.) 866 



Cornish Moneywort. Diam. T V in. or more ; stems 

 slender ; leaves round, downy, \ in.,- with 7-9 lobes ; 

 sepals 5 ; petals 5 ; stamens 4 ; banks ; 6-12 in. (L.) 867 



Chaffweed or Bastard Pimpernel. Diam. ^~ in. ; leaves 

 minute, J in., smooth, ovate ; flowers axillary, numerous ; 

 sepals 4 ; petals 4, usually ; stamens 4 ; heaths ; 1-3 in; 

 (c.) 979 



Hairy-headed Corn-salad. Diam. nearly ^ in. ; flowers 

 in dense cymes ; leaves linear-oblong, entire mostly, 

 sessile ; petals 5 ; stamens 3 ; calyx large, bell-shaped ; 

 fields; 6-12 in. (L.) 600 



Smooth Corn-salad. Diam. nearly T V in. ; flowers in 

 rather loose cymes ; leaves linear-oblong, entire mostly, 

 sessile ; petals 5 ; stamens 3 ; calyx small ; cornfields ; 

 6-12 in. (c.) 599 



Large. 



Lilac or Pink. 



Field Scabious. Diam. heads If in. ; outer flowers 

 larger, radiating ; each flower with bristly calyx ; corolla 

 4-lobed, bluish-lilac, hairy ; stamens 4 ; leaves hairy ; 

 root leaves 3-10 in., oblong-lanceolate ; stem leaves pinna - 

 tifid, lobed or cut ; stem stout, very hairy, with long 

 spreading branches above ; fields ; 2-5 ft. (v.o.) 606 



