AUGUST FLOWERS. 167 



Small 



Pearly Everlasting. Heads diam. ^ in. ; length -^ in. 

 stamens and pistils on different plants ; florets all tubular 

 stamens 5 ; heads many, in corymbs, densely cottony 

 leaves narrow-lanceolate, 4 in., sessile, half-clasping ; bracts 

 brown below, white above ; meadows ; 2-3 ft. (L.) 687 



Yellowish Annual Woundwort. Diam. -^ in. ; length 

 f in. or more ; sepals 5 ; corolla-tube long, 2-lipped ; 

 stamens 4 ; flowers in whorls of about 5, forming a spike ; 

 leaves opposite, lanceolate, 3-nerved, 1J in. ; calyx hairy ; 

 fields ; 6-18 in. (R.A.) 923 



Buff-yellow Milfoil or Yarrow. Heads diam. J in. ; 

 ray florets 5 or 6 ; disc florets 5-cleft ; leaves thick, downy, 

 very narrow -lanceolate, deeply cut or serrate ; stem erect, 

 leafy, downy ; fields ; 1-2 ft. (R.A.) 737 



Large. 



Yellow. 



Corn Sow-thistle. Heads diam. 1J in. ; florets all ray, 

 strap-shaped ; heads in corymbs, nearly umbellate, often 

 smooth, but sometimes covered thickly with sticky, 

 glandular hairs ; leaves sharply toothed, wavy, almost 

 prickly ; upper oblong-lanceolate, half-clasping ; corn- 

 fields ; 2-4 ft. (c.) 623 



Stinking St. John's-wort. Diam. 1J in. ; sepals 5 ; 

 petals 5, longer than sepals ; stamens many, in 3 bundles, 

 very long ; leaves sessile, lanceolate, acute ; plantations ; 

 2-3 ft. (R.A.) 253 



Black-headed Hawkweed. Heads diam. 1J in. ; florets 

 all ray, strap-shaped ; styles brown ; stem few-headed and 

 few-leaved ; bracts with black glandular hairs ; leaves 

 with large, irregular teeth ; mountains ; 6-15 in. (R.) 634 



Autumnal Hawkbit. Heads diam. 1 in. or over ; florets 

 all ray, strap-shaped ; leaves all radical, lanceolate, cut, 

 nearly smooth, 5 or 6 in. ; flower stem branched, stalks 

 swollen below the bracts ; pastures ; 6-18 in. (v.o.) 613 



Medium. 



Yellow Marsh Saxifrage. Diam. 1 in. ; flowers solitary 

 or nearly so ; sepals 5 ; petals 5 ; stamens 10 ; stem leafy ; 



