140 IDENTIFYING WILD FLOWERS. 



Common St. John's-wort. Diam. } in. ; sepals 5 ; 

 petals 5 ; stamens many in 3 bundles ; stem erect, with 

 2 ridges ; leaves oblong, obtuse, J in., with transparent 

 dots ; thickets ; 1-2 ft. (v.c.) 244 



Hairy St. John's-wort. Diam. } in, ; sepals 5, with 

 glandular teeth on margins ; petals 5 ; stamens many, 

 in 3 bundles ; stem erect, hairy ; leaves oval-oblong, 

 1J in., smooth above ; thickets ; 1-3 ft. (c.) 250 



Hoary Ragwort. Heads diam. f in. ; heads with ray 

 and disc, large, in a dense corymb ; disc florets 5-cleft ; 

 leaves simply pinnatifid, 2-3 in.^ downy beneath ; stem 

 cottony, stout ; waysides ; 1-4 ft. (c.) 709 



Yellow Hairy Mullein. Diam. nearly f in. ; sepals 5 ; 

 petals 5 ; stamens 5, with white hairs ; leaves broadly 

 ovate, sessile, matted with woolly hairs ; chalky banks ; 

 2-3 ft. (R.) 814 



Great Yellow Loosestrife. Diam. f in. ; length J in. ; 

 sepals 5 ; corolla 5-cleft ; stamens 5 ; leaves opposite 

 and whorled, ovate-lanceolate, 2J in., sessile, with black 

 glands ; flowers many, in cymes ; river banks ; 2-3 ft. 

 (o.) 971 



Fringed Loosestrife. Diam. f in. ; length J in. ; sepals 

 5 ; corolla 5-cleft ; stamens 5 fertile and 5 sterile ; flowers 

 nodding, stalked, in whorls or axillary racemes ; leaves 

 cordate-ovate, opposite ; river banks, etc. ; erect ; 2-3 

 ft. (R.A.) 975 



Linear-leaved St. John's-wort. Diam. \ in. or over; 

 sepals 5 ; petals 5 ; stamens few, in 3 bundles ; leaves 

 linear, not pointed, f in. ; sepals with glands on margins ; 

 stems ascending, nearly round ; rocky banks ; 6-12 in. 

 (R.) 248 



Medium-Small. 



Yellow Star-thistle. Heads diam. J in. ; length f in. ; 

 heads globose, florets all tubular, with 5 slender lobes ; 

 bracts J in. long, spiny ; stem stifi, winged ; lower leaves 

 lyrate, upper linear, decurrent ; fields ; 1-2 ft. (L.) 672 



Small-flowered Balsam. Diam. \ in. ; length J in. ; 

 flower stalks erect, 3-10-flowered ; flowers hollow, with a 



