168 IDENTIFYING WILD FLOWERS. 



root leaves in a rosette, lanceolate, f in. ; petals dotted 

 red at the base ; wet moors ; 4-8 in. (R.) 478 



Small 



Flax-leaved Goldilocks. Heads diam. in.; clustered ; 

 'florets diam. J in., length J in., 5-cleft ; bracts shorter, 

 narrow, gummy ; leaves 2J in., smooth, linear, entire, 

 rather thick ; stem ribbed, wiry ; lime rocks, 6-18 in. 

 (L.) 679 



Small Flea-bane. Heads diam. nearly J in. ; flower 

 heads with ray and disc ; disc florets 5-cleft ; stem hairy, 

 leafy ; leaves sessile, oblong-lanceolate, 1J in. ; flower 

 heads nearly solitary, terminal ; moist places ; 6-12 in: 

 (L.) 723 



Bristly Barkhausia. Heads diam. \ in., bell-shaped ; 

 flower stalks rigid, and deeply grooved ; bracts very 

 stiff, slender, prickly ; plant rough, leafy ; lower 

 leaves lobed, upper clasping ; Clover fields ; 1-3 ft. 

 (R.) 645 



Sand Rocket. Diam. nearly \ in. ; sepals 4, spreading ; 

 petals 4 ; stamens 6 ; stem rough ; leaves long-stalked, 

 lobed ; petals 2 or 3 times as long as sepals, obovate ; 

 waste places ; 6-9 in. (c.) 132 



Tansy. Heads diam. f in. ; florets all disc, tubular, 

 5-cleft ; heads level-topped, button-like, numerous, in a 

 flat- topped corymb ; leaves 3J in.,- feathery, much cut, 

 segments narrow ; stem leafy, angled ; bracts short ; 

 waste places ; 2-3 ft. (c.) 681 



Sea-side Cotton-weed. Heads diam. f in. ; florets all 

 disc, tubular, 5-cleft ; heads in small, dense corymbs ; 

 plant densely woolly ; leaves alternate, oblong, \ in., 

 sessile ; stems very many, stout ; sandy shores ; 6-12 

 in. (L.) 680 



Woolly Yellow Milfoil or Yarrow. Heads diam. -^ in. ; 

 flower heads with ray and disc, both golden yellow ; 

 clusters of heads much branched ; leaves woolly, 

 with many narrow, crowded lobes, each lobe 2-cleft 

 or 3-cleft ; bracts woolly ; hilly pastures ; 6-8 in. 

 (L.) 736 



