RED FLOWERS 



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RED FLOWERS, 117-121 



117. Poppy, Corn-Rose, Papaver Rheeas, Poppy family. 

 Stem 1 to 2 ft. high, rough with hairs : the leaves are oval and 

 deeply feather-divided into notched segments : the flowers are 

 large, with 4 scarlet petals, the bases of which are black : the 

 seed-vessel is roundish and smooth : common in corn-fields, 

 flowering in summer. P. Argemone, the Prickly-headed Poppy, is 



117. Poppy, Corn-Rose. 



118. Purple Clover. 



also fairly common : it has smaller, paler flowers, and long seed- 

 vessels, covered with stiff hairs. 



118. Purple Clover, Trifolium pratense, Vetch family. The 

 stem is prostrate at the base, and then rises to a height of about 

 1 ft., bearing dense, oval heads of many, deep crimson, almost 

 purple flowers : the leaves are compound, with 3 oval leaflets, 

 and are provided with stipules : common in fields and pastures, 

 and very frequently cultivated as a fodder plant: flowers 

 throughout summer. 



119. Marsh Cinquefoil, Potentilla palustris, Eose family. A 

 common marsh plant : the stem rises from the water : the leaves 

 are feather-compound with 5 to 7 elliptical, serrate leaflets, and 

 have stipules : the flowers are large, occurring in small groups 

 at the tip of the stem, and are deep crimson -brown, or with 

 a purple tinge, in colour : flowers in August. 



