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WILD FLOWERS 



Hyacinth family. The plant rests in the form of a bulb through- 

 out the winter, and in spring sends up several long, narrow, 

 fleshy leaves : in early summer appears the flower stalk, about 

 9 ins. high, with a terminal spike of drooping, bell-shaped 

 flowers, bright blue in colour : a flower of shady woods. 



BROWN FLOWERS, 178-184 



178. Hare's-foot Trefoil, Trifolium arvense, Vetch family. 

 On dunes and other sandy ground the Hare's-foot Trefoil is 

 frequently met with : the stem is branched, often creeping, and 

 may reach a length of about 1 ft. : the leaves are compound, with 

 3 harrow leaflets : the flowers are united in stalked, oval heads, 



178. Hare's-foot Trefoil. 



179. Cudweed. 



of a light greyish-brown colour: flowers in late summer and 

 autumn. 



179. Cudweed, Gnaphalium sylvaticum, Daisy family. A 

 common, but not very conspicuous, plant of dry fields and 

 pastures, flowering in late summer : the simple stem is usually 

 6 to 9 ins. high, but varies greatly, and may be much taller or 

 shorter: the small, oval flower-heads are chocolate-brown in 

 colour, and form a spike on the upper half of the stem: the 

 leaves are narrowly lance-shaped. The Marsh Cudweed, a related 

 plant of moist meadows, has a shorter, branched stem and paler 

 flower-heads. 



180. Knotted Figwort, Scrophularia nodosa y Foxglove family. 



