PURPLE FLOWERS 



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feather-compound, with stipules: the leaflets, of which there 

 are about 10 pairs, are lance-shaped, and provided with 



141. Field Crane's-bill. 



142. Herb Robert. 



minute, sharp points : from the axils of the upper leaves spring 

 the long flower-stalks, each with a dense tuft of many small, 

 bright bluish-purple flowers : flowers in summer. 



143. Tufted Vetch. 



144. Bush Vetch. 



144. Bush Vetch, Vicia sepium, Vetch family. Another 

 common plant of banks and hedges : the stem is not so long as 



