42 WILD FLOWERS 



leaflets : the leaflets are sharply pointed : the plant is common 

 in dry pastures, flowers in summer, and has a pleasant odour. 



76. Meadow Vetchling, Lathyrus pratensis, Pea family. The 

 stem may be a yard long, and rambles over the banks on which 

 the plant grows : the leaves have 2 lance-shaped leaflets, and 

 2 fairly large stipules : the tip of the leaf is converted into a 

 delicate branched tendril, which aids the plant in climbing: 

 the flowers occur several together in loose heads, borne on long 

 stalks, in the leaf axils : flowers in late summer. 



77. Wood Ayens, Geum urbanum, Rose family. The stem 

 is about 2 ft. high, and is branched : the small vellow flowers 



74. Lady's Finger, Kidney 

 Vetch. 



75. Bird's-foot Trefoil. 



occur singly about the tips of the branches : the leaves are lyre- 

 shaped ; leaflets serrate ; stipules prominent. The little seed-like 

 fruit, when ripe, is provided with a hooked spine, by which it 

 becomes attached to passing animals, and is carried oft' to a new 

 situation : it is common in woods and thickets, flowering in 

 summer. 



78. Tormentil, Potentilla sylvestris, Rose family. The stem 

 is trailing, and arises from a woody stock : the leaves are palm- 

 compound, the upper sessile, the lower stalked ; leaflets serrate ; 

 stipules prominent : the flowers are small, with slender stalks, 

 ana stand singly in the leaf axils: common on dry banks, 

 flowering in summer: the woody stock has been used in 

 medicine, and for dyeing. 



79. Silver- weed, Potentilla Anserina, Rose family. The stem 

 is creeping, and bears leather-compound leaves, with many 



