118 IDENTIFYING WILD FLOWERS. 



ovate-cordate ; sepals 5 ; petals 5, narrow, deeply cleft ; 

 stamens 10 ; styles 5 usually ; wet places ; 1-2 ft. (L.) 214 



Alpine Stitchwort Chickweed. Diam. nearly f in. ; stem 

 bending, with an alternate hairy line ; leaves oblong, 

 tapering at the base ; flowers 2 or 3 together ; sepals 5 ; 

 petals 5, bifid, much longer than sepals ; stamens 10 ; 

 styles 5 ; mountains ; 4-6 in. (L.) 213 



White Stonecrop. Diam. J in. or over ; stem prostrate 

 below ; flower stalk erect ; leaves nearly cylindrical, succu- 

 lent, oblong, obtuse ; sepals 5, green ; petals 5, spreading ; 

 stamens 10 ; rocks ; 3-5 in. (L.) 466 



Great English Sundew. Diam. J in. or over ; leaves 

 radical, narrow, reddish, with sticky, shining, glandular 

 hairs, oblong, long-stalked ; sepals 5 ; petals 5 ; stamens 

 5 ; bogs ; 4-8 in. (R.) 153 



Intermediate Winter-green. Diam. J in. ; length 

 J in. ; leaves roundish oval ; flowers in spike-like racemes, 

 drooping, roundish ; sepals 5 ; petals 5, distinct ; stamens 

 10 ; style protruding ; woods ; 8-12 in. (L.) 773 



Drooping Bulbous Saxifrage. Diam. J in. ; rarely 

 flowers in Britain ; stem erect, simple, 1-3-flowered ; 

 leaves kidney -shaped, palmately-lobed ; stem leaves with 

 scarlet buds in the axils ; sepals 5 ; petals 5 ; stamens 10 ; 

 styles 2 ; rocks ; 2-6 in. (R.) 482 



Knotted Pearlwort. Diam. J in. ; stems numerous, 

 nearly erect ; flowers few, 1-2 ; leaves awl-shaped^ J in. ; 

 sepals 5 ; petals 5, twice as long as the sepals ; stamens 

 10 ; styles 5 ; damp places ; 3-4 in. (o.) 193 



Bitter Candytuft. Diam. J in. ; sepals 4 ; petals 4, 

 the 2 outer much longer ; stamens 6 ; leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, 1 in. ; stem ribbed ; fruit broad, flat ; fields ; 

 6-9 in. (L.) 72 



Very Small. 



Sweet Alyssum or Seaside Koniga. Diam. nearly J in. ; 

 flowers scepted ; sepals 4 ; petals 4 ; stamens 6 ; stem 

 ascending, leafy ; leaves linear, 1 in. ; coasts ; 4-8 in. 

 (L.) 89 



Hemlock Water Dropwort. Diam. each flower -^ in. ; 



