JUNE FLOWERS. 105 



pinnate ; plant clammy and smelling of musk when 

 bruised ; waste places ; 1-2 ft. (R.) 273 



Hairy Mountain Oxytropis. Diam. f in. ; length f in. ; 

 flowers in heads, 6-10, pale purple tipped dark purple ; 

 plant silky ; leaflets many, J in. ; flower stalks longer than 

 leaves ; sepals 5 ; petals 5, unequal ; stamens 10 ; moun- 

 tains ; 4-6 in. (R.) 335 



Slender-flowered Thistle. Diam. f in. ; length nearly 

 J in. ; flower heads small, oblong, sessile, numerous, pale 

 purple-pink ; bracts narrow, with spines curved back ; 

 stem prickly ; leaves cut, prickly ; florets all tubular ; 

 sandy places ; 1-3 ft. (c.) 655 



Fragrant Orchis. Diam. f in. ; length J in., with long 

 spur ; flowers very sweet-scented, in a spike about 2 in. ; 

 sepals 3, coloured ; petals 2 and a broad lip-petal 3-lobed ; 

 stem slender, erect ; leaves oblong-lanceolate ; heaths ; 

 8-18 in. (c.) 1124 



Proliferous Pink. Diam. nearly f in. ; calyx very 

 narrow, 5-toothed ; flowers clustered, one open at a time ; 

 petals 5 ; stamens 10 ; styles 2 ; stem smooth ; leaves 

 short, narrow, edge roughish ; gravelly places ; 6-12 in. 

 (R.) 161 



Plantain-leaved Thrift or Sea-pink. Diam. flowers 

 nearly f in. ; flowers in a dense hemispheric head 1 in. ; 

 sepals 5 ; petals 5 ; stamens 5 ; styles 5 ; leaves all 

 radical, narrow -lanceolate ; banks, Jersey ; 6-18 in. (R.) 983 



Hedge Woundwort. Diam. nearly J in. ; length nearly 

 | in. ; flowers whorled in a spike 4-8 in. long ; flowers 

 dull red-purple, with white markings ; sepals 5 ; corolla 

 2-lipped ; stamens 4 ; stem solid, 4-sided ; leaves ovate- 

 cordate ; plant bad-smelling ; waysides ; 1-3 ft. (v.c.) 



920 



Black Bitter-vetch. Diam. ^ in. ; length J in. ; stem 

 angled ; leaflets 3-6 pairs, without tendrils, 1 in. ; flowers 

 livid purple, fading to blue ; sepals 5 ; petals 5, unequal ; 

 stamens 10 ; Scotch rocks ; 1-2 ft. (R.) 362 



Black Horehound. Diam. -^ in. ; length -| in. or 

 more ; flowers pale red-purple, whorled, crowded, sessile ; 

 leaves 1 J in., roundish-cordate, stalked ; plant hoary or 



