164 IDENTIFYING WILD FLOWERS. 



Stalked Sea-purslane. Diam. -fa in ; plant mealy, 

 slender ; leaves narrow, obovate- oblong, in. ; flowers in 

 terminal spikes, staminate with 3-5 stamens and 3-5 

 sepals ; pistillate stalked, with 2 sepals and 2 styles ; 

 muddy shores ; 3-8 in. (R.) 1008 



Shrubby Sea-purslane. Diam. nearly $ in. ; as pre- 

 ceding, but pistillate flowers sessile ; leaves 2 in. ; muddy 

 shores ; 1-3 ft. (L.) 1007 



Minute. 



Falcate-leaved Hare 's-ear. Flowers diam. ^ in. ; 

 small umbels J in. ; compound umbels 2 in. ; petals 5 ; 

 stamens 5 ; upper leaves very narrow ; lower oblong, 1| 

 in. ; stem slender ; hedges and fields ; 2-4 ft. (R.) 521 



Slender Hare 's-ear. Flowers diam. -^ in., in axillary 

 umbels J in. ; leaves linear, very sharply pointed, in. ; 

 stem solid, wiry ; salt marshes ; 6-18 in. (R.) 519 



Small. Greenish. 



Broad-leaved Bur-reed. Staminate heads diam. J in.$ 

 roundish, containing many smaller heads ; pistillate heads 

 diam. J in. ; length J in.-, ovate, with a prickly involucre, 

 2-beaked and 2-flowered ; both kinds on same plant ; lower 

 leaves heart-shaped ; waste ground ; 1-2 ft. (L.) 674 



Spiny Bur-reed. As preceding, but more spiny ; leaves 

 with 3-pointed spines at the base ; fruit with a single 

 straight beak ; waste places ; 1-2 ft. (R.) 675 



Very Small. 



Copse Buckwheat or Bistort. Diam. -^ in. or over ; 

 flowers in racemes or clusters ; sepals 5 ; stamens 8 ; 

 styles 3, united ; leaves cordate, arrow-shaped, 2 in. ; 

 3 outer sepals with broad wings ; thickets ; 1-4 ft. (R.) 



1031 



Sea Wormwood. Heads diam. J in. ; length -^ in. ; 

 no ray ; all florets tubular, 5-cleft ; leaves 1J in., twice 

 pinnatifid, downy on both sides ; heads crowded in oblong 

 racemes ; sea-shores ; 10-18 in. (L.) 683 



Annual Mercury. Diam. J in. ; flowers of 2 kinds on 



