102 IDENTIFYING WILD FLOWEKS. 



shaped, crimson-scarlet ; stamens many ; cornfields ; 

 6-10 in. (R.) 9 



Earth-nut Pea. Diam. nearly J in. ; length f in. ; 

 leaflets obovate, 1 pair, with a tendril ; flower stalks 

 longer than leaves, 2-5-flowered ; stem angled ; sepals 5 ; 

 petals 5, unequal ; stamens 10 ; cornfields ; 2-4 ft. 

 (R.) 358 



Cranberry. Diam. f in. or over ; length nearly f in. ; 

 stem very slender, long, creeping ; leaves evergreen, ovate- 

 oblong ; petals 4, narrow, spreading, reflexed ; stamens 8, 

 prominent, yellow ; peat bogs ; 6 in. high, (c.) 771 



Crimson Clover. Diam. flowers J in., length J in. ; 

 heads oval-oblong, diam. f in., length 1 in. or more, 

 stalked, solitary, terminal ; calyx with 5 hairy teeth, 

 spreading in fruit ; petals 5, unequal ; stamens 10 ; leaflets 

 3, broadly ovate, 1 in. long ; fields ; 6-18 in. (L.) 315 



Very Small. 



Ciliated Heath. Diam. \ in. or more ; length nearly 

 f in. ; leaves 4 in a whorl, egg-shaped, J in., downy above, 

 fringed with hair ; flowers in 1 -sided racemes, bell- 

 shaped ; sepals 4 ; corolla 4-cleft ; stamens 8 ; heaths ; 

 6-18 in. (R.) 756 



Crimson and Pale Bluish. 



Rough-podded Vetch. Diam. f in. ; length J in. ; 

 flowers 2 together generally ; standard-petal crimson ; 

 sepals 5 ; petals 5, unequal ; stamens 10 ; leaflets 1 pair 

 with tendril ; stem winged ; fields ; 2-4 ft. (R.) 355 



Large. ffed Purple. 



Nodding or Musk Thistle. Diam. heads 1J in. ; heads 

 solitary, drooping, with a powerful odour ; leaves with 

 prickly teeth, deeply lobed ; bracts purplish, stiff-pointed, 

 lower bent back ; stem winged, nearly bare at the top ; 

 florets all tubular, disc ; downs; 1J-2J ft. (c.) 653 



Common Mallow. Diam. 1J in. ; calyx, outer 3-leaved, 

 inner 5-cleft ; petals 5, indented at the outer end, twisted 

 in bud ; stamens central column, many ; stems many 



