122 IDENTIFYING WILD FLOWERS. 



Procumbent Marshwort. Diam. flowers ^ in. or over ; 

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

 hollow, prostrate or creeping ; leaves pinnate or 3-foliolate ; 

 leaflets J in., egg-shaped, serrate ; umbels very short- 

 stalked, opposite the leaves ; petals 5 ; stamens 5 ; brooks, 

 etc., often with Water-cress ; 1-3 ft. (v.c.) 507 



Common Burnet Saxifrage. Diam. flowers y^- in. ; 

 small umbels f in. ; compound umbels If in. ; root 

 leaves pinnate ; leaflets 4-8 pairs, serrate ; stem 

 leaves bipinnate, with narrow segments ; stem round, 

 smooth ; petals 5 ; stamens 5 ; pastures ; 1-2 ft. 

 (v.c.) 515 



Narrow-leaved Water-parsnip. Diam. flowers -^ in. ; 

 small umbels f in. ; compound umbels 2 in. ; leaves 

 pinnate, 4-8 in. ; leaflets 5-10 in lower leaves, each sessile^ 

 oval ; stem leaves less ; umbels leaf -opposed ; bracts 

 many ; petals 5 ; stamens 5 ; ditches ; stem leafy, 1-3 ft. 

 (o.) 518 



Thyme-leaved Flax-seed. Diam. ^ in. or less ; sepals 4, 

 toothed ; petals 4 ; stamens 4 ; styles 4 ; stem much 

 forked ; leaves sessile, ovate, f in. ; damp places ; 1-4 in. 

 (o.) 227 



Whorled Knot-grass. Diam. about ^ in. ; stems 

 slender, tangled, reddish ; leaves sessile, glaucous, oval, 

 J in. ; sepals 5, coloured ; petals or 5 ; stamens 5 ; bogs ; 

 4-8 in. (R.) 450 



Medium. Creamy White. 



Traveller's Joy. Diam. f in. or over ; stem woody, 

 climbing ; leaves with 3-5 leaflets, each 2 in., ovate- 

 cordate ; sepals 4, hairy ; petals ; stamens many ; 

 hedges ; 3-10 ft. (L.) 1 



Small. 



White Mullein. Diam. f in. or more ; flowers in a 

 narrow panicle ; leaves glabrous and green above, white 

 beneath ; lower 5 in., oblong, crenate ; upper sessile, 

 ovate ; sepals 5, very woolly ; petals 5 ; stamens 5, hairy ; 

 banks ; 2-3 ft. (L.) 813 



