340 THE BRITISH NATURE BOOK 



A WORKING ILLUSTRATION. 



I find a small red flower in August. On examination I find that its 

 petals are joined : I shall therefore place it among the " Monopetalous, Red 

 or Pink " class. Its size is between J and f inch : I shall therefore expect 

 it to be in the Group " Small." I decide that its leaves are " ovate and 

 sessile " : it must be one of ten species in that division, and its name is 

 soon discovered " Scarlet Pimpernel." 



