JULY FLOWERS. 137 



Very Large. Yellow. 



Rose of Sharon or Large-flowered St. John s-wort. 

 Diam. 3 in. ; sepals 5 ; petals 5 ; stamens many, in 5 

 bundles ; leaves sessile, oblong, 3 in. ; thickets ; 9-15 in. 

 (L.) 243 



Scented Evening Primrose. Diam. 2J in. ; calyx 4- 

 lobed ; petals 4 ; stamens 8 ; leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 waved, 4 in. ; stem erect, with hairs ; flowers fragrant, 

 open in evening ; coasts, etc. ; 2-3 ft. (R.) 430 



Elecampane. Heads diam. 2J in. or over ; ray florets 

 strap-shaped ; disc florets each 5-cleft ; bracts large, vel- 

 vety ; root leaves 1 ft., oblong-lanceolate, velvety be- 

 neath ; stem very stout ; meadows ; 2-5 ft. (R.) 718 



Large. 



Least Water-lily. Diam. 1J in. ; sepals 5-6 ; petals 

 many, small, round ; stamens many ; leaves oblong, with 

 2 spreading base-lobes ; stigma rays 8-10 ; leaf stalk 2- 

 edged ; lakes ; floating. (R.) 42 



Alpine Hawkweed. Heads diam. 1J in. ; florets all 

 rayed, strap-shaped ; flowers 1 or 2, terminal, drooping 

 before expanding ; stem hairy ; leaves hairy, lanceolate, 

 or spoon-shaped ; mountains ; 4-12 in. (L.) 633 



Moneywort Hawkweed. Heads diam. 1J in. ; florets 

 all rayed, strap-shaped ; heads 1-5, bright-coloured ; root 

 leaves in a rosette, ovate-lanceolate, stalks shaggy, stem 

 leaves broad, sessile, clasping ; flower-stalks hairy and 

 rather bristly ; mountains ;' 1-3 ft. (L.) 635 



Yellow Chamomile. Heads diam. 1J in. ; ray florets 

 yellow, broad, about 18 ; disc florets 5-cleft ; leaves twice 

 pinnatifid, rough or hairy above, white beneath ; stem 

 branched, cottony ; waste places ; 1-2 ft. (L.) 733 



Tall St. John's-wort. Diam. 1 in. or over ; sepals 5 ; 

 petals 5 ; stamens many, in 5 bundles ; flowers in terminal 

 few-flowered cymes ; plant shrubby ; leaves sessile, 

 broadly lanceolate, nearly cordate, acute ; thickets ; 4-5 

 ft. (R.) 254 



Nymph aea- like Villarsia. Diam. 1 in. or over ; calyx 

 5-cleft ; corolla 5-8-lobed ; lobes fringed at the base ; 



