JULY FLOWERS. 147 



flowers in a spreading compound corymb ; waste places ; 

 1 ft. (R.A.) J 738 



Large. Pa/e Pinkish. 



Musk Mallow. Diam. If in. ; sepals 5, with 3 small 

 bracts ; petals 5, each somewhat 2-pointed ; stamens 

 many ; leaves 1J in., 5-7-lobed, lobes cut ; banks ; 1 J-3 ft. 

 (c.) 228 



Medium. 



Night-flowering Catchfly. Diam. nearly } in. ; calyx 

 5-toothed, 10-nerved ; petals 5, each 2-cleft ; stamens 10 ; 

 styles 3 ; leaves opposite, oblong-lanceolate, 3 in. long, 

 f in. broad ; stem hairy and sticky ; flowers in evening ; 

 sandy field* ; 8-24 in. (L.) 174 



Small. 



Great Water Plantain. Diam. f in. ; sepals 3 ; petals 

 3 ; stamens 6 ; leaves erect, ovate-lanceolate or cordate, 

 radical, 6-8 in. ; flowers numerous, in spreading panicles ; 

 ditches ; 1-4 ft. (c.) 1192 



Spear-leaved Willow Herb. Diam. f in. ; sepals 4 ; 

 petals 4 ; stamens 8 ; stigma 4-cleft, lobes short, spreading ; 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate, toothed, 1J in. ; stony places ; 

 1-3 ft. (L.) 424 



Common Calamint. Diam. nearly f in. ; length J in. ; 

 sepals 5 ; corolla tube 2-lipped ; stamens 4 ; stem 4- 

 angled ; leaves opposite, ovate, crenate, 1J in. ; flowers 

 in loose one-sided cymes ; calyx teeth triangular, spread- 

 ing ; waste places ; 1-2 ft. (c.) 895 



Lesser Calamint. Diam. J in. ; length f in. or over ; 

 sepals 5, upper triangular, recurved, lower awl-shaped ; 

 corolla tube 2-lipped ; stamens 4 ; stem 4-angled ; leaves 

 opposite, ovate, f in. ; cymes about 10-flowered ; waste 

 places ; 1-2 ft. (R.) 894 



Very Small. 



Motherwort. Diam. nearly J in. ; length J in. ; calyx 

 with 5 prickly teeth ; corolla tube 2-lipped, upper very 

 hairy ; gtamens 4 ; flowers in whorls, dense-flowered ; 



