JULY FLOWERS. 155 



Irish Menziesia or Heath. Diam. J in. ; length J in. or 

 over ; sepals 4 ; corolla bell-shaped, mouth narrow, lobes 

 4, reflexed ; stamens 8 ; flowers 5-10 in a terminal raceme, 

 drooping ; leaves oval, white beneath, i in. ; heaths ; 

 1-2 ft. (L.) 762 



Common Star-thistle. Heads diam. J in. ; florets all 

 tubular, with 5 long lobes ; bracts with yellow spines J in. ; 

 leaves If in., pinnatifid, lobes distant, slender ; waste 

 places ; 1-2 ft. (L.) 671 



Lesser Skull-cap. Diam. J in. ; length f in. or over ; 

 sepals 5 ; corolla 2-lipped, tube longer than calyx ; stamens 

 4 ; flowers axillary, in pairs ; leaves ovate, f in. ; flowers 

 pink or purple ; heaths ; 4-6 in. (c.) 929 



Very Small. 



Red Bartsia. Diam. J in. ; length nearly \ in. ; sepals 

 4 ; corolla 2-lipped, purplish-pink ; stamens 4 ; flowers 

 in 1 -sided racemes, tip drooping ; leaves narrow, sessile, 

 \ in. ; stem 4-sided ; waysides ; 6-18 in. (c.) 840 



Cornish Heath. Diam. nearly J in. ; length nearly 

 J in. ; sepals 4 ; corolla bell-shaped, 4-lobed ; stamens 8 ; 

 leaves 3-4 in a whorl, J in., linear ; flowers in dense 

 racemes ; stem stout, woody ; branches densely eafy ; 

 heaths ; 1-3 ft. (L.) 759 



Marjoram. Diam. ^ in. ; length J in. ; flov 3rs in 

 4-sided cymes ; sepals 5 ; corolla obscurely lipped ; 

 stamens 4 ; bracts J in., ovate, long, purplish ; stem 4- 

 angled ; leaves broadly ovate, f in. ; plant hairy ; dry 

 banks ; 1-2 ft. (c.) ' 891 



Ling. Diam. -^ in. ; length -^ in. ; sepals 4, purplish- 

 pink ; corolla of 4 short lobes ; stamens 8 ; flowers many, 

 drooping, in racemes ; leaves -^ in., linear-oblong, 3-sided, 

 crowded ; stem woody ; heaths ; 1-2 ft. (v.c.) 760 



Crow Garlic Diam. J in. or over ; perianth 6, greenish 

 and purple-pink ; stamens 6 ; flowers about 12, in an umbel 

 with 1 bract below ; bulbs often present, crowded, J in.> 

 greenish ; leaves 10-20 in., very narrow, grooved ; waste 

 places ; 1J-2 ft. (c.) 1161 



Fine-leaved Heath. Diam. J in. ; length J in. er over ; 



