124 IDENTIFYING WILD FLOWERS. 



Wild Leek or Great Round-headed Garlic. Diam. J in. ; 

 leaves 1-2 ft., folded, 1 in. broad ; flower stalk very stout ; 

 flowers in heads 3 in., many-flowered ; sepals with petals 6 ; 

 stamens 6 ; rocky places ; 2-4 ft. (R.) 1158 



Very Small 



Plantain Shore-weed. Diam. stamen flowers nearly J 

 in., length f in. ; pistillate flowers f in. long ; stamen 

 flowers on stalks 4 in. ; sepals 4 ; petals 4 ; stamens 4, 

 very long and erect ; pistil flowers sessile ; leaves radical, 

 linear, fleshy ; lake shores ; 2-6 in. (L.) 993 



Summer Lady's Tresses. Diam. ^ in. ; flowers sessile, 

 on a twisted, narrow spike ; leaves 2-6 in., radical, oblong- 

 lanceolate, upper linear ; sepals 3, whitish ; petals 3, 1 

 lip-shaped ; flowers fragrant ; bogs ; 6-18 in. (L.) 1099 



Black Bindweed or Climbing Bistort. Diam. -^ in. ; 

 stem climbing ; leaves cordate, arrow -shaped ; flowers in 

 slender racemes, about 4 each ; sepals 5, coloured ; petals 

 ; stamens 8 ; styles 3 ; fields ; 1-3 ft. (v.o.) 1030 



Garden Angelica. Diam. flowers ^ in. ; small umbels 

 f in. ; compound umbels 2J in. ; leaflets oval, sessile, end 

 one 3-cleft ; petals 5 ; stamens 5 ; fruit smooth, much 

 flattened ; leaves bright glossy green ; stem aromatic, very 

 smooth ; watery places ; 3-4 ft. (L.) 539 



Common Water-dropwort. Diam. flowers -^ in. ; small, 

 umbels f in. ; compound umbels 2 in. ; umbels with very 

 few rays ; stem and upper leaves a series of tubes, thin- 

 walled ; leaflets of upper leaves few, linear ; lower leaves 

 with flatter leaflets ; ditches ; 1J-3 ft. (o.) 523 



Large-leaved Milk Parsley. Diam. flowers J in. ; 

 umbels \ in. ; compound umbels 2J in. ; umbels flat- 

 topped ; rays about 14 ; bracts or few, awl-shaped ; 

 sepals ; petals 5, each 2-lobed ; stamens 5 ; leaves 6-12 

 in. ; leaflets ovate, \ in. ; stem ridged, almost winged ; 

 moist copses ; 2-4 ft. (L.) 559 



Minute. 



Lesser Wart-cress. Diam. nearly \ in. ; sepals 4, 

 short, spreading ; petals 4 ; leaves once or twice pin- 



