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forming a sort of ray ; stamens 5 ; bracts pale brown, 

 jagged-toothed ; leaves ovate below, upper ones lanceo- 

 late, 2-4 in. ; waste places ; 1J ft. (R.) 673 

 Purple Martagon Lily. Diam. nearly 1J in. ; flowers 

 pale purple, with darker spots ; perianth 6 ; stamens 6 ; 

 flowers drooping, odorous at night ; leaves in whorls of 

 6-8, oval, 4 or 5 in. ; copses ; 2-3 ft. (R.) 1155 



Small. 



Autumnal Squill. Diam. -fa in. ; perianth 6 ; stamens 

 6 ; stigma minute ; leaves radical, 4 in., narrow ; flowers 

 racemed, few, pale ; dry pastures ; 4-6 in. (R.) 1173 



Wood Calamint. Diam. f in. ; length J in. ; calyx 5- 

 toothed and 13-nerved ; corolla tube 2-lipped ; stamens 



4 ; flower-whorls many, compound, loose ; leaves ovate, 

 deeply serrate, 1J in. ; 2 lower sepals twice the upper 

 in length ; chalk banks ; 1-2 ft. (R.) 896 



Alpine Saussurea. Heads diam. f in. or more ; length 

 | in. or more ; no ray ; florets all tubular, rather large, 

 5-cleft ; stem stout, erect, leafy, cottony ; lower leaves 



5 in., oblong-lanceolate, cottony beneath ; heads in 

 dense corymbs ; bracts woolly ; mountains ; 8-12 in. 

 (L.) 651 



Saw-wort. Heads diam. nearly f in. ; length nearly 

 f in. ; no ray ; florets all tubular, with 5 narrow lobes ; 

 stem slender, erect, grooved ; lower leaves 6 in., lyrate- 

 pinnatifid ; upper sessile, strongly serrate ; bracts rigid ; 

 thickets; 1J-3 ft. (c.) 652 



Downy Woundwort. Diam. -fa in. ; length f in. ; 

 sepals 5, hairy-woolly ; corolla 2-lipped ; stamens 4 ; 

 whorls very dense-flowered ; plant white-woolly ; leaves 

 ovate, 2-5 in. ; spike stout ; chalky fields ; 1-3 ft. (R.) 



921 



Very Large. Ulac Purple. 



Wild Teasel. Heads diam. 2 in. ; length 2J in. or 

 more ; heads oval-oblong, prickly, with many long, up- 

 curved, rigid, linear bracts, longer than the head, around 

 it ; florets of flowers with 4-lobed corolla ; stamens 4 ; 



