JULY FLOWERS. 123 



Very Small. 



White Melilot. Diam. J in. ; length J in. or more ; 

 flowers in 1 -sided racemes ; plant fragrant ; leaflets 3, 

 obovate, toothed ; sepals 5 ; petals 5, unequal ; stamens 

 10 ; stem slender ; waste places ; 9-24 in. (c.) 303 



S ma ll Creamy White with Purplish. 



Common Hemp-nettle. Diam. J in. or over ; length 

 J in. or more ; flowers tubular and 2-lipped, in whorls of 

 many flowers ; stem square, nodes swollen ; plant branch- 

 ing widely, with prickly hairs ; leaves nearly ovate, 2 in. ; 

 calyx-teeth 5, prickly ; stamens 4 ; cornfields, etc. ; 1-2 

 ft. (v.c.) 916 



Very Small 



Alpine Meadow-rue. Diam. -% in. ; length J in. ; 

 sepals 4, whitish purple ; petals ; stamens 8-20, hang- 

 ing ; flowers 6-10 in a terminal spike-raceme, tip droop- 

 ing ; leaves twice ternate, leaflets J in. ; Alpine bogs, 

 etc. ; 4-10 in. (L.) 2 



Medium. Greenish White. 



Great Butterfly Orchis. Diam. f in. ; length with spur 

 1J in. ; spur long, pointing downwards, expanded at the 

 tip ; stem erect, rather stout ; leaves usually 2, elliptical ; 

 sepals 3, whitish ; petals 3, 1 lipped, linear-oblong ; 

 fragrant at night ; meadows ; 8-18 in. (o.) 1126 



Small. 



Sneezewort. Diam. heads nearly J in. ; leaves 

 sessile, narrow, 2 in., with stiff teeth ; heads in corymbs ; 

 bracts hairy, stifi ; ray florets 8-12, white ; disc florets 

 creamy, tubular, 5-toothed ; cornfields, etc. ; erect, 1-2 ft. 

 (c.) 731 



Serrate Winter-green. Diam. nearly f in. ; length Jin. ; 

 flowers drooping in a 1-sided raceme ; leaves 1 in., egg- 

 shaped nearly, serrated ; stem leafy, straggling and 

 branched ; sepals 5 ; petals 5 ; stamens 10 ; stigma broad, 

 5-lobed ; woods ; 2-5 in. (L.) 775 



