370 AUTUMN FLOWERS AND FRUITS. 



flowers capitate, small, rose-pink, the bracts ovate-obtuse, 

 membranous, overtopping the calyx. Gravelly pastures. Fi. 

 July to September. 



(6) Saponaria. SOAPWORT. 



S. officinalis : stem 12 feet high, stout, erect, leafy ; leaves 

 elliptic-lanceolate, ribbed; flowers fasciculate, corymbose, 

 flesh-coloured or pale pink, large and handsome, the petals 

 retuse, crowned. Roadsides and hedges, mostly near villages. 

 Fl. August, September. 



(7) Geranium. CRANE'S-BILL. 



Gr. Robertianum : annual or biennial ; stems -1 foot high, 

 bright red ; leaves ternate, the segments divided ; flowers 

 small, reddish-purple, with hairy sepals. Hedge-banks. Fl. 

 June to October. 



(8) Erodium. 



E. cicutarium : annual ; stem hairy, tufted ; leaves pinnate, 

 the leaflets deeply pinnatifid ; flowers small, purple or pink- 

 ish, in an umbel. Waste places. Fl. June to September. 



(9) Hypericum. 



* Stamens in Jive bundles. 



H. Androssemum : stem two feet high, shrubby, compressed, 

 two-edged ; leaves cordate-ovate, ^yith a strong aromatic smell 

 when rubbed ; flowers large, in terminal cymes, yellow, the 

 sepals unequal, subcordate-ovate, the petals oval, obtuse. 

 Tutsan. Hedges and thickets. Fl. July to September. 



** Stamens in three bundles. 

 H. perforatum : stem erect, 1-2 feet high, two-edged ; leaves 



