AUGUST FLOWERS. 169 



Very Small. 



Crested Cow-wheat. Diam. ^ in. ; length f in. ; 

 calyx 4-toothed ; corolla 2-lipped ; stamens 4 ; bracts rose- 

 purple at the base, showy, heart-shaped, toothed, long, 

 tapering ; spike of flowers If in., crowded ; leaves narrow, 

 2 in. ; copses ; stem 4-angled, 6-24 in. (R.) 844 



Common Wormwood. Heads diam. -^ in. ; length -5^- 

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

 twice or thrice cut, segments many, spreading, silky on 

 both sides ; flower heads silky ; plant scented ; waste 

 places ; 1-2 ft. (c.) 684 



Minute. 



Field Wormwood. Diam. nearly J in. ; length J in. or 

 over ; no ray ; all florets tubular, 5-cleft ; leaves nearly 

 smooth, pinnatifid and cut, segments few, slender, f in. ; 

 heads in long, slender racemes ; bracts purplish brown ; 

 sandy heaths ; l|-2i ft. (R.) 682 



Large. 



Rose or Pink. 



Marsh Mallow. Diam. nearly 1J in. ; sepals 5, with 

 6-9 bracts beneath ; petals 5 ; stamens many ; leaves 2J 

 in. broad, thickish, ovate-cordate or roundish, toothed ; 

 flowers in axillary cymes, shorter than the leaves ; sea- 

 marshes ; 1J-3 ft. (L.) 235 



Medium. 



Soapwort. Diam. 1 in. ; length | in. ; flowers pale pink ; 

 calyx tubular, 5-toothed ; petals 5 ; stamens 10 ; styles 2 ; 

 root-stock white, fleshy ; plant smooth, glaucous ; leaves 

 3 in., oblong - lanceolate, 3-ribbed ; roadsides; 1-1 J ft. 

 [L.) 167 



Small. 



Cut-leaved Annual Germander. Diam. -^ in. ; length 

 J in. or over ; calyx 5-toothed ; corolla tube 2-lipped, 

 upper with 2 very small lobes, lower spotted white and 

 red ; stamens 4 ; flowers in whorls of about 4 ; leaves pin- 

 natifid, f in., segments 4 pairs, linear ; bracts leaf -like ; 

 fields ; 4-8 in. (R.) 901 



