JUNE FLOWERS. 113 



Small 



Creeping Speedwell. Diam. f in. or over ; flowers lilac- 

 blue ; sepals 4 ; corolla 4-partite, lobes unequal ; stamens 

 2 ; resembles Thyme-leaved Speedwell, but corolla much 

 larger ; cultivated ground ; 2-8 in. (R.A.) 836 



Corn Bell-flower. Diam. -^ in. ; length f in. ; flowers 

 sessile^ axillary ; calyx lobes 5, linear, longer than lobes 

 of corolla ; corolla 5-cleft, blue inside, lilac outside ; 

 stamens 5 ; stem erect ; stem leaves oblong or ovate, 

 serrate ; fruit 1 in. long ; fields ; 6-10 in. (L.) 749 



Tufted Vetch. Diam. J in. ; length nearly \ in. ; plant 

 climbing, with branched tendrils ; leaves with many pairs 

 of leaflets ; leaflets J in., linear-oblong ; flower stalks long ; 

 flowers 10-30 in dense racemes, curved or drooping ; stem 

 angled, 2-6 ft. ; hedges, (v.c.) 344 



Very Small. 



Kent Milkwort. Diam. T 3 -g in. ; length -^ in. ; leaves 

 spathulate in a rosette ; sepals 5, the 2 inner petaloid ; 

 petals 3 ; stamens 8 ; inner sepals narrower than fruit ; 

 fruit roundish, notched ; downs ; 2-4 in. (L.) 157 



Hairy Tare. Diam. J in. ; length -^ in. ; leaflets 6-8 

 pairs, with a tendril ; flower stalks long, 1-6-flowered ; 

 flowers rather pale ; sepals 5 ; petals 5, unequal ; stamens 

 10 ; fruit hairy ; waste places ; 1-2 ft. (c.) 351 



Large. 



Blue. 



Corn Bluebottle or Cornflower. Diam. heads 1$ in. ; 

 florets all tubular, outer larger, spreading, 5-lobed, without 

 stamens and pistils, bright blue ; inner smaller, purplish ; 

 bracts deeply-toothed, forming an ovoid involucre ; leaves 

 sessile, narrow, 2-3 in. ; plant rather cottony ; cornfields ; 

 1-2 ft. (L.) 668 



Medium. 



Borage. Diam. nearly 1 in. ; plant stout, rough, 

 bristly, leafy, branched, juice smelling strongly of Cucumber ; 

 flowers in terminal drooping clusters ; sepals 5 ; petals 5, 



