JULY FLOWERS. 153 



fringed, 12 usually ; stamens 12 ; stem stout ; leaves 

 oblong, very fleshy, 1J in. ; walls ; 9-24 in. (L.) 472 



Burdock. Heads diam. in. ; length f in. ; flower 

 heads resemble Thistle, sometimes sessile, sometimes 

 stalked, dull purple ; bracts with clinging hooks ; leaves 

 very large, cordate, stalked, 6-15 in., cottony beneath ; 

 waste places ; 1-6 ft. (v.c.) 650 



Creeping Thistle. Heads diam. f in. ; length 1 in. ; 

 florets as before ; heads many, light purple ; stem grooved, 

 angled, not winged ; bracts close-pressed, ovate ; leaves 

 cut, spiny, wavy ; waysides ; 2-4 ft. (v.c.) 660 



Marsh Thistle. Heads diam. f in. ; florets as before ; 

 heads many, in leafy clusters ; stem hollow, erect, un- 

 branched, winged by the leaves ; leaves hairy, spiny, with 

 narrow lobes ; marshy ground ; 2-8 ft. (v.c.) 659 



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

 florets all tubular, 5-lobed ; heads solitary ; bracts yellow- 

 brown, with 5 reflexed, short spines ; leaves oblong ; 

 pastures ; 1-2 ft. (B.) 670 



Purple-flowered Prenanthes. Heads diam. j in. ; florets 

 all ray, strap-shaped ; stamens 5 ; flowers long-stalked, 

 nodding, in a loose panicle ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 toothed, cordate, clasping ; waste places ; 3-4 ft. (R.A.) 621 



Seaside Everlasting Pea. Diam. J in. or over ; length 

 f in. ; flowers purplish -crimson, varied with blue ; sepals 

 5 ; petals 5, unequal ; stamens 10 ; raceme about 7- 

 flowered ; leaves with 3-5 pairs leaflets, 1J in., and a 

 tendril ; sea-shores ; 1-3 ft. (R.) 360 



Small. 



Purple Coronilla. Diam. i in. ; flowers in an umbel of 

 3-6 ; sepals 5 ; petals 5 ; stamens 10 ; pod cylindrical, 

 erect ; leaflets about 11, lanceolate-cuneate, smooth ; 

 waste places ; 3-4 ft. (R.A.) 341 



Wall Germander. Diam. nearly J in. ; length J in. or 

 more ; sepals 5, prickly ; corolla tube 2-lipped, upper 

 small, lower spotted white and red ; stamens 4 ; flowers 6 

 in a whorl ; leaves ovate, f in. ; stem 4-angled ; old walls ; 

 6-18 in. (L.) 902 



