100 IDENTIFYING WILD FLOWERS. 



Very Small 



Sea Milkwort. Diam. nearly J in. ; calyx 5-partite, 

 flesh-pink, dotted with crimson ; petals ; stamens 5 ; 

 stem procumbent ; leaves fleshy, ovate, glabrous, opposite ; 

 muddy shores ; 3-6 in. (L.) 981 



Bog Milkwort. Diam. T V in. ; length nearly f in. ; 

 flowers rosy ; plant rather fleshy ; sepals 5, 3 greenish and 

 2 petaloid ; petals 3 ; stamens 8 ; leaves spathulate in a 

 radical rosette ; upper leaves narrow ; marshy ground ; 

 2-4 in. (R.) 156 



Hyssop-leaved Purple Loosestrife. Diam. T 3 T in. ; calyx 

 with 8-12 teeth ; petals 4-6, oblong ; stamens about 6 ; 

 leaves linear-lanceolate, f in., sessile ; flowers lilac pink, 

 solitary; moist places; 6-12 in. (R.) 442 



Entire Habenaria. Diam. y\ in. ; flowers purplish - 

 pink ; sepals 3, darker ; petals 3, pointed, 1 lipped and 

 3-lobed ; spur nearly round ; leaves oblong, smooth, 

 parallel-veined ; pastures ; stem erect, 4-10 in. (R.) 1130 



Squinancy-wort. Diam. T 8 y in. ; flowers clustered, 

 flesh, purplish-pink outside ; leaves linear, 4 in a whorl ; 

 stem 4-angled, slender ; downs ; 6-10 in. (L.) 589 



Minute. 



Black Hellebore. Diam. flowers \ in. ; umbels 2 or 3 in. 

 diam. ; flowers many, dull pinkish ; petals 5 ; stamens 5 ; 

 bracts below flowers greenish -pink, f in., ovate-lanceolate, 

 white beneath ; leaves palmately 3-7-lobed, serrate ; root 

 leaves 3-4 in. diam., teeth bristle-pointed ; woods ; 

 1-2 ft. (R.A.) 496 



Teasel-headed Trefoil. Diam. flowers J in., length 

 J in. ; flowers in oval heads, diam. i in., length f in. ; 

 calyx teeth 5, broad, pointed, stiff, enlarging and spread- 

 ing ; petals 5, unequal ; stamens 10 ; leaflets 3, obovate- 

 oblong, J in. ; salt-marshes ; stem rigid, 6-18 in. (L.)* 320 



Soft-knotted Trefoil. Diam. flowers nearly J in., 

 length 1 in. ; flower heads diam. J in., length f in. ; plant 

 with soft hairs, tufted, spreading ; leaflets 3, obovate ; flower 

 heads rosy, chiefly terminal, sessile ; sepals 5, erect ; petals 

 5 ; stamens 10 ; pastures ; 4-12 in. (c.) 321 



