JULY FLOWERS. 125 



natifid ; lobes small, obovate, spreading ; stem slender ; 

 plant with strong smell and disagreeable taste ; waste 

 places ; creeping, 2-6 in. (L.) 62 



Very Small. 



Greenish. 



Frosted Sea Orache. Diam. ^ in. ; plant silvery 

 white ; stem buff, angled ; leaves mealy, triangular, 1 in., 

 coarsely toothed ; flowers clustered in spikes ; bracts 

 sessile ; stamen flowers with 3-5 sepals and 3-5 stamens ; 

 pistil flowers with 2 sepals and 2 styles ; shores ; 4-10 in. 

 (L.) 1009 



Prickly Saltwort. Diam. J in. or over ; leaves succu- 

 lent, awl -shaped, prickle-pointed ; flowers solitary, with 

 3 bracts ; sepals with petals 5 ; stamens 5 ; stigmas 2 ; 

 shores ; 6-18 in. (L.) 1015 



Great Water Dock. Diam. J in. ; flowers in almost 

 leafless whorls ; perianth 6 ; stamens 6 ; styles 3 ; leaves 

 narrow, elliptical, 1-2 ft. ; river sides ; 3-6 ft. (L.) 1042 



Spreading Fruited Orache. Diam. J in. ; stem green, 

 with reddish stripes, procumbent ; leaves pale green, 

 mealy, oval-triangular ; flower spikes loose, leafy ; flowers 

 clustered ; stamen flowers with 3-5 sepals and 3-5 

 stamens ; pistil flowers with 2 sepals and 2 styles ; shores ; 

 6-30 in. (L.) 1010 



Mountain Scottish Asphodel. Diam. J in. ; leaves 

 tufted, narrow, sword-shaped, 2-3 in. ; flowers in egg- 

 shaped spikes ; perianth 6 ; stamens 6 ; style 3-cleft ; 

 mountain bogs ; 4-8 in. (R.) 1188 



Hairy Amaranth. Flowers diam. J in. in erect, clustered 

 racemes ; pistils and stamens in separate flowers on same 

 plant ; perianth 3-5 ; stamens 3-5 ; styles 3 ; bract 

 scaly, with a point, longer than fruit ; leaves ovate, wavy ; 

 branches downy ; waste places ; 2 ft. (R.A.) 995 



Perennial Knawel. Diam. J in. ; stems prostrate, 

 branched, pale green ; leaves awl-shaped, opposite, 

 sessile ; sepals 5 or 4 ; petals ; stamens 5 or 1, 2, 10 ; 

 styles 2, thread-like ; sepals with a broad white edge ; 

 fields ; 2-8 in. (R.) 455 



