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elliptic-oblorig or linear -oblong, with pellucid dots; flowers 

 small, yellow; sepals erect, lanceolate, acute, denticulate 

 near the apex ; petals obliquely- oblong. St. John V wort. 

 Thickets and hedges. Fl. July to September. 



(10) Malva. MALLOW, 



M. sylvestris : stem erect, 2-4 feet high ; leaves kidney- 

 shaped, with seven deep crenate lobes ; stipules lanceolate ; 

 flowers large, purple, on axillary aggregated peduncles, the 

 petals much longer than the hairy calyx ; fruit-stalks erect, 

 the fruit glabrous. Waste places. Fl. June to September. 



M. rotundifolia : annual ; stem decumbent ; leaves roundish- 

 heartshaped, with five shallow, acutely-crenate lobes ; stipules 

 ovate-acute ; flowers small, purple ; fruit-stalks deeurved, the 

 fruit pubescent. Waste places. Fl. June to September. 



(11) Althea. 



A. officinalis : stem 2-3 feet high, covered thoughout with 

 soft, velvety pubescence ; leaves soft on both sides, cordate or 

 ovate, 3-5 -lobed ; peduncles axillary, many- flowered, shorter 

 than the leaves ; flowers pale rose. Marsh Mallow. Marshes 

 near the sea. 4 F1. August, September. 



(12) Ulex. FURZE. 



IT. nanus : stem procumbent, with the primary spines short, 

 spreading, branched at their base only; flowers smaller and 

 of a deeper golden yellow than the common Furze, the calyx 

 nearly glabrous, with scarcely perceptible bracts. Dry heaths. 

 Fl. August to October. 



(13) Ononis. REST-HARROW. 



O. arvensis : stem procumbent, uniformly hairy, usually 



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