170 IDENTIFYING WILD FLOWERS. 



Mountain Garlic. Diam. J in. ; perianth 6 ; stamens 

 6 ; flowers crowded in a head with bulbils, and 2 spathes 

 below ; leaves radical, flat near the tip ; stamens twice 

 as long as the perianth ; fields ; 10-18 in. (L.) 1166 



Very Small. 



Smooth Sea-heath. Diam. nearly J in. ; sepals 4-6 ; 

 petals 4-6 ; stamens 4 or more ; stem shortly hairy, 

 branches wiry ; leaves with margins rolled back, -^ in., 

 bunched or whorled, oblong-linear ; salt marshes ; 6-15 in. 

 (R.) 158 



Water-pepper or Biting Persicaria. Diam. J in. ; sepals 

 5, green and rose ; stamens 6 usually ; styles 2-3, free ; 

 flowers in very slender racemes 3-8 in. ; stem creeping and 

 rooting ; leaves alternate, lanceolate, 3 in. ; wet places ; 

 1-3 ft. (c.) 1026 



Lax-flowered Persicaria. Diam. J in. ; as preceding, 

 but stamens 5-6 ; styles 2-3, united half-way ; racemes 

 shorter, J-3 in. ; sepals white and pink ; wet places ; 

 1-2 ft. (L.) ' 1025 



Minute. 



Creeping Persicaria. Diam. nearly J in. ; as above, 

 but stamens 4-8 ; styles 2-3, united half-way ; leaves 1 J in., 

 narrow-lanceolate ; sepals smaller ; racemes 1J in. : 

 marshy places ; 6-18 in. (c.) 1027 



Very Large. Red Purple. 



Saffron Crocus. Diam. 2 in. or more ; length 3 in. or 

 more ; perianth 6 ; stamens 3 ; stigmas 3-cleft, orange, 

 hanging outside ; leaves linear, very narrow, 3-6 in., 

 appearing after the flowers ; meadows; 3-6 in, (R.) 1148 



Meadow Saffron. Diam. 2 in. ; length 3 in. or more ; 

 perianth 6 ; stamens 6 ; style thread-like, deeply 3-cleft ; 

 leaves flat, erect, broadly lanceolate, 5-10 m.j appearing 

 after the flowers ; meadows ; 3-10 in. (R.) 1187 



Large. 



Brown-rayed Knapweed. Heads diam. 1J in. ; length 

 | in. ; florets all tubular, 5-cleft, the outer much longer, 



