JULY FLOWERS. 151 



Minute. 



Snowberry (shrub). Diam. nearly in. ; length J in. ; 

 sepals 4-5 ; corolla tube 4-5-lobed ; stamens 4-5 ; leaves 

 opposite, ovate ; fruit a white berry, in. ; hedges near 

 gardens; 5-10 ft. (L.) 571 



Pink Cicendia. Diam. J in. ; length -^ in. ; calyx 

 4-lobed ; corolla 4-lobed ; stamens 4 ; flowers sometimes 

 5-parted ; flower stalks slender ; leaves linear, J in. ; 

 commons ; 1-4 in. (R.) 789 



Six-stamened Waterwort. Diam. nearly J in. ; sepals 



3 ; petals 3 ; stamens 6 ; stems matted, in tufts ; flowers 

 stalked, alternate, axillary ; leaves spathulate, J in. ; 

 margins of lakes ; 1-3 in. (L.) 159 



Reversed Trefoil. Flowers diam. ^ in. ; length -& in. ; 

 flowers in roundish heads, f in., stalked ; sepals 5 ; petals 

 5, unequal, inverted from ordinary position ; calyx hairy, 

 acute, inflated after flowering ; leaflets 3, obovate ; waste 

 places ; stem prostrate, 2-6 in. (L.) 327 



Small Eight stamened Waterwort. Diam. -^ in. ; sepals 



4 ; petals 4 ; stamens 8 ; stems matted in tufts ; flowers 

 sessile ; leaves spathulate, J in. ; muddy ponds ; 1-3 in. 

 (R.) 160 



Very Large. Red-Purple. 



Woolly-headed Thistle. Heads diam. 2J in. ; florets all 

 disc, tubular, with 5 long, narrow lobes, and 5 stamens ; 

 stem stout, not winged, grooved, cottony ; leaves 1-2 ft., 

 pinnate, cottony beneath ; head round, woolly, prickly ; 

 fields ; 3-5 ft. (L.) 658 



Great Knapweed. Heads diam. 2 in., length 1 in. 

 or over ; florets all tubular, with 5 long lobes ; outer 

 florets much larger, forming a sort of ray ; stamens 5 ; 

 head globose below, covered with fringed, brownish bracts ; 

 leaves 4-10 in., almost pinnate, segments obovate ; dry 

 places ; stem strong, 1J-3 ft. (c.) 669 



Large. 



Cotton Thistle Heads diam. If in. ; florets as in Woolly- 

 headed Thistle ; stem broadly winged ; leaves pinnatifid- 



