138 IDENTIFYING WILD FLOWERS. 



stamens 5-8 ; leaves roundish, wavy, floating ; flowers 

 opening one at a time ; stem long, round, thickish ; ponds ; 

 floating. (R.) 795 



Hawkweed Picris. Heads diam. 1 in. or over ; florets 

 all rayed, strap-shaped ; stem rough, with hooked bristles ; 

 leaves narrow, rough and toothed, sessile, 4-9 in. ; heads 

 numerous ; flower stalks scaly ; waste places ; 2-3 ft. 

 (c.) 610 



Spotted Cat's-ear. Heads diam. 1 in. or over ; florets 

 all rayed, strap-shaped ; flower heads 1 or few, deep yellow ; 

 bracts many, slender, forming a bell-shaped involucre ; 

 leaves radical, obovate, wavy, toothed, rough, spreading, 

 often spotted ; pastures ; 6-12 in. (R.) 615 



Wood Hawkweed. Heads diam. 1 in. or over ; florets 

 all rayed, strap-shaped ; root leaves not in a crowded 

 rosette, clearly alternate, lanceolate, sharply toothed ; 

 stem with about 5-6 leaves ; woods ; 1J-2J ft. (c.) 638 



Yellow Monkey-musk or Mimulus. Diam. 1 in. ; 

 length 1| in. ; corolla nearly bell-shaped, 2-lipped ; calyx 

 5-toothed ; stamens 4 ; leaves ovate-oblong, 1-2 in., coarsely 

 toothed ; stem stout, hollow, brittle ; river banks ; 6-24 

 in. (c.) 868 



Marsh Ragwort. Heads diam. 1 in. ; ray florets yellow ; 

 disc florets 5-cleft ; heads many, in a very loose corymb ; 

 lower leaves ovate or oblong, toothed ; upper leaves cut ; 

 wet places ; erect, 1-4 ft. (c.) 711 



Golden Samphire. Heads diam. 1 in. ; heads with rays 

 and disc ; disc florets 5-cleft ; leaves very narrow, 1-2 in.; 

 sessile ; bracts close-pressed, narrow ; sea -shores ; 6-18 

 in. (L.) 721 



Medium. 



Yellow Flea-bane. Heads diam. nearly 1 in. ; heads 

 few, terminal, with ray and disc ; disc florets 5-cleft ; plant 

 woolly, very leafy ; leaves oblong, clasping, If in. ; moist 

 places ; 6-15 in. (c.) 722 



Imperforate St. John's-wort. Diam. | in.; sepals 5; 

 petals 5, broad ; stamens many, in 3 bundles ; sepals 

 spreading, recurved ; stem with 4 elevated lines ; leaves 



