158 IDENTIFYING WILD FLOWERS. 



furrowed, leafy ; leaves ovate, 3-6 in., upper sessile ; 

 raceme very leafy ; copses and woods ; 2| 5 ft. (L.) 743 



Spreading Bell-flower. Diam. 1 in. or more ; length 

 I in. ; sepals 5 ; corolla broadly bell-shaped, 5-lobed to 

 the middle ; stamens 5 ; stem slender, angled ; stem leaves 

 narrow ; root leaves oblong ; copses ; 1-3 ft. (L.) 741 



Nettle-leaved Bell-flower. Diam. 1 in. ; length 1J in. ; 

 sepals 5, rough, hairy ; corolla bell-shaped, 5-lobed ; 

 stamens 5 ; leaves stalked, ovate, base broad, coarsely 

 serrate ; stern erect, hairy ; woods ; 1-3 ft. (L.) 745 



Creeping Bell-flower. Diam. 1 in. ; length 1 in. ; sepals 

 5 ; corolla bell-shaped, with 5 recurved lobes ; stamens 

 5 ; stem leaves ovate ; root leaves cordate ; racemes long, 

 flowers drooping ; woods ; 1-2 ft. (L.) 744 



Medium. 



Monkshood. Diam. nearly 1 in. ; sepals 5, bluish, 

 irregular, upper one hooded, containing 2 spurred petals ; 

 leaves alternate, palmately cut in to 5-7 toothed lobes; raceme 

 long, simple, close-flowered ; stream banks ; 1-2 ft. (L.) 35 



Peach-leaved Bell-flower. Diam. } in. ; length 1 in. ; 

 sepals 5 ; corolla hemispheric, with 5 short lobes ; stamens 

 5 ; stem smooth ; leaves roughish, lower sessile, spathulate- 

 lanceolate, If in., upper linear-oblong, finely serrate ; 

 woods ; 1-2 ft. (L.) 747 



Alpine Blue Sow-thistle. Heads diam. f in. or more ; 

 florets all ray, strap-shaped ; stamens 5 ; leaves 4-8 in., 

 lobed, broad, narrow below, half-clasping ; stem stout, 

 succulent, grooved ; juice milky ; mountains ; 2J-4 ft. 

 (R.) 626 



Hare-bell or Hair-bell. Diam. f in. ; length nearly 1 in. ; 

 sepals 5 long and narrow ; corolla bell-shaped, 5-toothed ; 

 stamens 5; leaves about 2 in., linear mostly, first and lowest 

 ovate-cordate ; stem slender ; flowers drooping, racemed ; 

 heaths ; 6-24 in. (v.o.) 740 



Sea Starwort. Heads diam. in. ; ray florets pale 

 purplish blue ; disc florets yellowish, 5 -cleft ; stamens 5 ; 

 leaves lanceolate, fleshy, 3 in. ; stem stout ; salt marshes ; 

 1J-3 ft. ' (L.) 



