JULY FLOWERS. 



Large. White. 



Thorn-apple. Diam. If in. or more ; length 3 in. ; 

 flowers trumpet-shaped, erect ; calyx 5-cleft ; corolla 5- 

 lobed, angular, plaited ; stamens 5 ; leaves ovate, un- 

 equally serrate ; rubbish heaps ; 1-2 ft. (R.A.) 810 



Water-soldier. Diam. 1 J in. ; plant floating only while 

 in flower ; leaves stiff, brittle, 6-18 in., tapering, spiny- 

 serrate ; stamens and pistils on different plants ; sepals 3 ; 

 petals 3 ; stamens about 12 ; stigmas 6 ; ponds ; 4-6 in. 

 (R.) 1191 



Blackberry or Bramble. Diam. 1J in. or more ; a 

 very variable species, with about 20 sub-species ; sepals 

 5 ; petals 5 ; stamens many ; stem angular, with prickles 

 only on the angles ; leaves ternate or pinnate, with white 

 down beneath ; flowers clustered ; hedges ; 2-10 ft. 

 (v.c.) 394 



Common Hazel-leaved Bramble. Diam. 1J in. ; stem 

 round, prostrate, without hairs, but covered with glau- 

 cous bloom ; prickles slender, nearly equal ; leaflets 5, 

 hazel-like, pale and soft beneath ; sepals 5, ovate, reflexed 

 in fruit ; petals 5 ; stamens many ; hedges ; 3-8 ft. (o.) 395 



Medium. 



Dewberry. Diam. nearly 1 in. ; a Bramble with whitish 

 (glaucous) stems and fruit ; stem prostrate ; leaflets 

 usually 3, end one ovate or 3-lobed ; prickles very un- 

 equal ; sepals 5, ovate-lanceolate ; petals 5 ; stamens 

 many ; thickets ; 1-4 ft. (c.) 396 



Common Chamomile. Diam. heads nearly 1 in. ; plant 

 bitter, with a smell of Apples ; ray florets white, pistillate ; 

 disc yellow ; leaves with hair-like segments ; stem pros- 

 trate ; flower heads solitary, drooping in bud ; bracts 

 obtuse ; downs ; 6-12 in. (L.) 730 



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