AUGUST FLOWERS. 



Very Small White. 



White Horehound. Diam. nearly J in. ; length f in. ; 

 flowers in dense whorls ; calyx with 10 hooked teeth ; 

 corolla 2-lipped ; stamens 4 ; plant stout, leafy, branched, 

 almost woolly ; leaves ovate, f in. ; waste places ; 12-18 

 in. (c.) 926 



Autumnal Ladies' Tresses. Diam. T 8 T in. ; flower spike 

 slender, twisted, with 1 row ; sepals 3 ; petals 3, all white 

 and similar ; flowers fragrant ; leaves parallel-veined, 

 ovate, 1 in., appearing after the flowers ; pastures ; 4-8 

 in. (L.) 1098 



Minute. 



Corn Parsley. Diam. flowers ^ in. ; small umbels 

 J in. ; compound umbels J in. ; petals 5 ; stamens 5 ; stem 

 slender, wiry ; leaves small, pinnate ; leaflets J in., cut ; 

 umbel-rays few, very unequal ; flowers few ; banks ; 1-1 J 

 ft. (L.) 505 



Medium. Whitish. 



Small Teasel. Heads diam. f in. ; length J in. ; flower 

 heads hairy and bristly ; corolla 4-Iobed ; stamens 4 ; 

 bracts many, short, linear ; leaves stalked, upper 8 in.y 

 oblong ; stem slender ; leaves with a pair of base leaflets ; 

 moist hedges ; 1J-4 ft. (L.) 602 



Grass of Parnassus. Diam. nearly J in. ; flowers 

 solitary ; sepals 5 ; petals 5, thickish, veined ; stamens 5, 

 and* 5 large fringed, glandular scales ; stem angular, with 

 only 1 cordate, sessile leaf, about the middle ; wet moors ; 

 3-10 in. (L.) 489 



Sallow-leaved Starwort. Heads diam. J in. ; florets of 

 ray white ; disc yellowish ; corolla 5-cleft ; bracts loose ; 



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