152 IDENTIFYING WILD FLOWERS. 



wavy, spiny, woolly, decurrent ; bracts spiny, recurved, 

 green ; stem stout, cottony ; waste places ; 2-5 ft. (c.) 665 



Melancholy Thistle. Heads diam. If in. ; length nearly 

 2 in. ; florets as in Woolly-headed Thistle ; plant not 

 prickly ; stem not winged ; leaves large, soft, sessile, 

 ovate-cordate ; bracts close pressed ; pastures ; 2-3J ft. 

 (c.) 664 



Dwarf Thistle. Heads diam. 1J in. ; florets as in 

 Woolly-headed Thistle ; plant prickly, close to ground ; 

 flower head solitary, oval ; leaves lanceolate, stiff, spiny ; 

 downs ; 1-10 in. (L.) 663 



Milk Thistle. Heads diam. 1J in. ; florets as in 

 Woolly-headed Thistle ; plant with strong spines ; leaves 

 large, sessile, clasping, wavy, white-veined ; bracts 

 recurved, spiny ; waste places ; 1-5 ft. (L.) 656 



Sea Tree-mallow. Diam. 1 J in. ; sepals 5, with 3 large 

 bracts ; petals 5 ; stamens many ; leaves nearly round, 

 5-9-lobed ; flowers glossy ; stem very stout ; sea-rocks ; 

 3-7 ft. (R.) 237 



Tuberous Thistle. Heads diam. 1J in. ; florets as 

 in Woolly-headed Thistle ; stem not winged ; leaves soft^ 

 with few spines, deeply pinnatifid, lobes distant, narrow ; 

 heads ovoid, 1-3 on a stem ; meadows ; 12-18 in. (R.) 662 



Spear Plume-thistle. Heads diam. 1J in. ; length 1 

 in. ; florets as in Woolly-headed Thistle ; stem winged ; 

 leaves pinnatifid , with long, stout spines, cottony 

 beneath ; bracts with long spines ; waste places ; stout, 

 2-5 ft. (v.c.) 657 



Corn Cockle. Diam. 1J in. ; length 1J in. ; calyx with 

 5 very long teeth, 1 in. ; petals 5 ; stamens 10 ; stigmas 

 5 ; flowers solitary ; leaves narrow, 2-5 in. ; cornfields ; 

 1-2J ft. (c.) 186 



Medium. 



Rose-bay Willow Herb. Diam. 1 in. ; sepals 4, red- 

 dish ; petals 4, 2 lower smaller ; stamens 8 ; stigmas 4 ; 

 leaves alternate, narrow lanceolate, 4 in. ; flowers many, 

 in a tall-pointed raceme ; copses ; 2-5 ft. (c.) 419 



House Leek. Diam. f in. or over ; sepals 12 ; petals 



