62 SPRING FLOWERS. 



** Flowers axillary, solitary or in pairs. 



A. Chamsepitys : annual; leaves crowded, deeply cut into 

 three linear lobes, the lateral of which are sometimes again 

 divided ; flowers yellow, shorter than the leaves. Ground 

 Pine or Yellow Bugle. Sandy fields. PL April, May. 



(74) Daphne. 



D. Mezereum : shrub ; leaves deciduous, narrow-oblong ; 

 flowers purple or white, sweet-scented, in clusters of 2-3 

 along the preceding years' wood before the leaves appear ; 

 berries red or yellow. Spurge Olive or Mezereon. Woods. 

 Fl. March. 



D. Laureola : shrub ; leaves obovate-lanceolate, evergreen ; 

 flowers green, scentless, in clusters of 3-5 in the leaf-axils; 

 berries bluish-black. Spurge Laurel. Woods and thickets. 

 Fl. March. 



(75) Ulmus. ELM. 



U. montana : tree ; leaves obovate cuspidate, doubly coarse- 

 toothed, scabrous ; flowers in dense clusters before the leaves, 

 reddish, succeeded by the flat winged fruits, slightly notched 

 at the top, the seed-bearing cavity considerably below the 

 notch. Wych or Witch Elm. Woods and hedges. Fl. 

 March, April. 



U. campestris : tree ; leaves smaller, rhomboid -ovate, acu- 

 minate, oblique at the base, doubly coarse- toothed, scabrous ; 

 flowers as in the former ; fruits deeply notched almost to the 

 cavity of the seeds. English Elm. Hedges. Fl. March, 

 April. 



(76) Asarum. ASARABACCA. 

 A. europseum : stems short ; leaves about two, roundish, 



