126 IDENTIFYING WILD FLOWERS. 



Minute. 



White Goosefoot. Diam. nearly J in. ; leaves rather 

 fleshy, and covered with whitish, mealy powder ; leaves 

 egg-shaped, base triangular, bluntly toothed ; upper 

 narrow ; flowers in dense spikes ; perianth 5 ; stamens 

 5 ; stigmas 2 ; waste places ; 1-3 ft. (v.c.) 1001 



Mountain Sorrel. Diam. ^ in; or over ; leaves all 

 radical, fleshy, kidney-shaped ; flowers in clustered spikes ; 

 plant acid ; perianth 2 small and 2 large ; stamens 6 ; 

 styles 2 ; rocks ; 6-10 in. (L.) 1047 



Rupture-wort. Diam. -jV in. ; leaves often hairy, 

 oblong, ^g- in. ; sepals 5 ; petals 5, narrow ; stamens 5 ; stig- 

 mas 2; stem prostrate, slender; sandy places; 4-6 in. (E.) 452 



Wild Amaranth. Diam. -^ in. ; leaves all radical, 2 in. ; 

 long-stalked, obovate, narrowed at base ; perianth 3 ; 

 stamens 3 ; flowers in small axillary clusters ; stem 

 angled, furrowed, stout ; waste places ; 1-2 ft. (L.) 994 



Grass-leaved Sea Orache. Diam. -^ in. ; leaves lanceo- 

 late, entire or toothed ; stem erect ; flowers in narrow 

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

 pistil flowers with 2 sepals and 2 styles ; salt marshes ; 

 1-2 ft. (L.) 1013 



Annual Sea-blite. Diam. -^ in. ; perianth 5-cleft ; 

 stamens 5 ; styles 2 ; flowers with 2 bracts at the base ; 

 leaves fleshy, half-cylindrical, pointed, about J in. ; flowers 

 3-5 together ; branches straggling, slender ; salt marshes ; 

 3-18 in. (L.) 1016 



Shrubby Sea-blite. Diam. ^ in. ; perianth 5-cleft ; 

 stamens 5 ; styles 3 ; flowers with 2 bracts ; leaves fleshy, 

 J in., half-cylindrical, blunt ; stem erect, shrubby ; branches 

 straight, leafy ; shores ; 1-3 ft. (R.) 1017 



Small. Pinkish White. 



Common Balm. Diam. f in. ; length J in. ; flowers in 

 axillary one-sided whorls, few-flowered ; calyx 5-toothed, 

 with 13 ribs ; corolla lipped, upper lip notched ; stamens 

 4 ; leaves ovate, 1} in., crenate- toothed ; stem square ; 

 waste places ; 1-3 ft. (L.) 897 



