ROSE FLOWERS 



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ROSE FLOWERS, 100-116 



A. Leaves compound, deeply cut, or lobed . . 100-104 



B. Leaves quite simple, at most toothed . . 105-116 



100. Fumitory, Fumaria officinalis, Fumitory family. A 

 common weed of cultivated land : the stem is low, weak, and 

 much branched, so that the plant has a 



bushy appearance : the leaves are bright 

 green, and twice compound : the flowers, 

 which are small ana gathered in little 

 spikes at the ends of the branches, have 

 a little spur, so that they appear to be 

 fixed sideways on the stalk : the tips of 

 the petals are often darker than the rest 

 of the flower : flowers throughout the 

 summer. 



101. Rest-harrow, Ononis repens, 

 Vetch family. The prostrate, branched, 

 and often somewhat woody stem grows 

 along the sand and turf of dunes and 



similar barren situations : the leaves are compound, with 3 leaf- 

 lets, and usually the plant is provided with a few spines ; the 



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101. Rest- Harrow. 



102. Water-Avens. 



flowers, which occur singly in the leaf-axils, are fairly large, and 



rose-pink, veined with crimson ; they appear throughout summer. 



102. Water Avens, (Jeum rivale, Rose family. Stem is 1 to 



