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while the plant roots in the mud below : the flowers appear in 

 July, and are large, with a smell like brandy : the seecf-vessel 

 is urn-shaped. 



95. Rock-Rose, Helianthemum Chamcecistus, Rock-rose family. 

 This is a common plant on dry banks and pastures : it is 

 small, low-growing, and somewhat shrub- 

 by : the stems bear pairs of small, oval, 



slightly hairy leaves, with stipules, and 

 a few large, bright yellow flowers, with 

 fragile petals: flowers in summer and 

 autumn. 



96. St. 'John's Wort, Hypericum pul- 

 chrum, St. John's Wort family. The 

 loose spikes of the small yellow flowers, 

 with reddish buds and stamens, are a 

 common feature of our heaths and hedges 

 in summer : the slender stem may be 

 slightly branched, and has pairs of small, 



sessile, heart-shaped leaves : the small black dots on the petals 

 and sepals are glands : several other species, all with spikes of 

 yellow flowers, but differing in various respects, are common. 



95. Rock-Rose. 



96. St. John's Wort. 



97. Petty Whin. 



97. Petty Whin, Genista anglica, Vetch family. On heather 

 moors, in moist but not boggy positions, the Petty Whin is fre- 

 quently found : it is a little plant with a trailing, slightly 

 branched stem : the leaves are small and ovate, and, besides these, 



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