120 IDENTIFYING WILD FLOWERS. 



smooth, hollow ; petals 5 ; stamens 5 ; bogs ; 4-5 ft. 

 (R.) 541 



Fine-leaved Water-dropwort. Diam. flowers J in. ; 

 small umbels J in. ; compound umbels 1J in. ; lower 

 leaves finely-cut into narrow segments ; stem very stout, 

 erect ; umbels lateral ; upper leaves tripinnate, with 

 broader segments ; petals 5 ; stamens 5 ; ditches ; 1-4 ft. 

 (o.) 528 



Parsley Water-dropwort. Diam. flowers J in. ; small 

 umbels f in. ; compound umbels 2 in. ; leaflets of upper 

 leaves few, linear ; stem nearly solid ; root fibres fleshy ; 

 leaves bipinnate ; petals 5 ; stamens 5 ; salt marshes ; 

 1-3 ft. (L.) 525 



Cornish Bladder-seed. Diam. flowers J in. ; small 

 umbels f in. ; compound umbels 2 J in. ; leaves 2-3-ternate, 

 segments wedge-shaped, J in. ; leaves, leaflets, and umbels 

 long-stalked ; stem erect, striped ; petals 5, with a long 

 point ; stamens 5 ; fields ; l|-2 ft. (L.) 500 



Whorled Water-milfoil. Diam. J in. ; leaves about 5 

 in a whorl, 1J in., close-set, cut into many hair-like seg- 

 ments ; stamen flowers : sepals 4, petals 2 or 4, stamens 8 ; 

 pistil flowers : sepals 4, petals 4, minute, styles 4 ; bracts 

 longer than flowers ; ponds ; 1-3 ft. (c.) 435 



Alpine Sandwort. Diam. J in. ; sepals 5, acute, 3- 

 nerved ; petals 5, narrow ; stamens 10 ; styles 4 ; flower 

 stalks 1 -flowered ; stems densely tufted ; leaves awl- 

 shaped, J in. ; mountains ; 1-2 in. (R.) 203 



Rock Whitlow-grass. Diam. J in. ; sepals 4 ; petals 

 4 ; stamens 6 ; leaves soft, fringed, oblong-lanceolate, 

 hairy, J in. ; rocks ; 1-2 in. (R.) 84 



Mountain Meadow Saxifrage. Diam. flowers nearly 

 J in. ; small umbels nearly J in. ; compound umbels 

 If in. ; umbels hemispherical ; leaves sessile, twice pin- 

 nate, leaflets cut ; bracts many ; stem stout, furrowed, 

 solid ; petals 5 ; stamens 5 ; fruit hairy ; pastures ; 

 1-2 ft. (R.) 532 



River Water-dropwort. Diam. flowers nearly J in. ; 

 small umbels J in. ; compound umbels 2 in. ; leaves twice 

 pinnate ; submerge^ leaves with wfdge-shaped parts ; 



