134 IDENTIFYING WILD FLOWERS. 



racemes ; flower stalks 2-5-flowered ; waste places ; 1-4 

 ft. (R.) 817 



Marsh Sow-thistle. Heads diam. 1 in. ; florets all 

 rayed and strap-shaped ; stem 5-7 ft., stout, hollow, 

 angled, leafy ; lower leaves very large and long ; upper 

 entire, clasping, arrow-shaped ; flower stalks stout, very 

 rough ; bracts with sticky hairs ; marshy land ; 5-7 ft. 

 (R.) 622 



Medium. 



Dotted Westphalian Loosestrife. Diam. f in. ; flowers 

 solitary ; calyx 5-toothed ; corolla 5-lobed, fringed with 

 glandular hairs ; stamens 5 ; leaves opposite, oval-lanceo- 

 late ; waste places ; 1 ft. (R.A.) 976 



Large-flowered Bee Hemp-nettle. Diam. } in. or 

 more ; length 1 in. or over ; flowers whorled, with 

 upper and lower lip, lower with a broad purple spot ; 

 plant coarse and bristly ; stem 4-angled ; leaves ovate, 

 pointed, serrate ; sepals 5 ; stamens 4 ; cornfields ; 1-2J ft. 

 (c.) 917 



Common Meadow-rue. Diam, J in. ; flowers erect, 

 stamens many, long, spreading ; sepals 4-5 ; petals ; 

 stem stout, furrowed ; leaves bipinnate ; leaflets 1 in. and 

 3-lobed ; river banks ; 2-4 ft. (L.) 4 



Marsh St. John's-wort. Diam. J in. ; sepals 5 ; petals 

 5 ; stamens 15 in 3 bundles ; sepals with reddish glands ; 

 leaves roundish, half-clasping, f in. ; plant covered with 

 down ; bogs ; 3-12 in. (c.) 25.2 



Small. 



Downy Hemp-nettle. Diam. nearly J in. ; length 

 | in. ; flowers with upper and lower lip ; sepals 5 ; 

 stamens 4 ; plant softly hairy ; stem square, not swollen 

 at joints ; flowers in dense whorls, almost silky ; 

 leaves ovate, opposite, serrate ; sandy fields ; 10-12 in. 

 (R.) 915 



Yellow Mountain Oxytropis. Diam. f in. ; length f in. ; 

 flowers in close heads or racemes, tinged purple ; leaves 

 pinnate, leaflets f in., many ; plant stemless, with silky 



