110 IDENTIFYING WILD FLOWERS. 



stamens 4, hairy ; stem simple, slender, tough ; grows 

 on Yarrow roots ; 6-12 in. (R.) 875 



Blue Marsh Vetchling. Diam. \ in. ; length f in. ; 

 leaves pinnate, 2-3 pairs ; tendril short, branched ; stalks 

 2-6-flowered, about 2 in. ; sepals 5 ; petals 5, unequal, 

 pale bluish -purple ; stamens 10 ; boggy places ; stem 

 winged, 2-4 ft. (R.) 359 



Small. 



Early Small -flowered Gentian. Diam. f in. ; length 

 f in. ; sepals 4 ; corolla 4-cleft ; stamens 4-5 ; stem 

 erect, square, dull purplish ; leaves entire, sessile, oppo- 

 site, ovate-lanceolate, about 1 in. ; flowers only open in 

 sunshine ; corolla-throat fringed with pale hairs ; dry 

 heaths ; 2-10 in. (L.) 786 



Purple Mountain Milk-vetch. Diam. flowers J in. or 

 more ; length in. ; flower heads or clusters large in pro- 

 portion to the plant ; spikes ovoid, 1 in., stalk stout ; 

 sepals 5 ; petals 5 ; stamens 10 ; leaves of many narrow 

 leaflets J in. ; chalky soil ; stem rather slender, 2-6 in. 

 (L.) 333 



Small Purple Toadflax. Diam. J in. ; length J in. ; 

 flowers in short, few-flowered racemes ; plant erect, 

 glabrous ; leaves linear, lower f in., in whorls of 3, upper 

 scattered ; sepals 5 ; corolla lipped and closed, spurred ; 

 stamens 4 ; Jersey ; 6-10 in. (R.) 864 



Alpine Bartsia. Diam. J in. ; length J in. ; flowers in 

 short, few-flowered spikes, with purplish bracts ; plant 

 hairy, glandular ; leaves sessile, ovate, \ in., roughish ; 

 sepals 4 ; corolla 2-lipped, dull blue-purple ; stamens 4 ; 

 mountain pastures ; 4-8 in. (L.) 838 



Lucerne or Purple Medick. Diam. J in. ; length 

 f in. ; flowers in short, dense racemes ; leaflets 3, obovate- 

 oblong, toothed ; sepals 5 ; petals 5, unequal ; stamens 

 10 ; fruit with 2-3 coils, downy ; fields and coast ; 1-2 ft. 

 (L.) 295 



Very Small. 



Smooth Round-headed Trefoil. Flowers diam. $ in. ; 

 length T \ in. ; heads J in. or more ; flowers in round 



