APPENDIX 



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2~3-ternate. Bracts lobed, leafy. Flowers purple 

 in a terminal raceme. Spur long. Stvle per- 

 sistent. 6- 10 la. ApriL Herbaceous perennial 



Purple Fumitory (Capnoides tuberosa, DC.). 

 Differs from last mainly in the hollow tuber and 

 the entire bracts. 



ORDER GERAXIACE. 



Geranium nod>ssum, L. Erect. Stem smooth, 

 slender. Leaves 3~5-lobed ; lobes ovate, with Jong 

 narrow point, toothed. Flowers paired, pale rose- 

 purple. Sepals awned. Carpels downy. PetaLs 

 obcordate, long. 1-2 ft. July. Plantations. 

 Rare. 



ORDER LEGLMINOS. 



Coronilla raria, L. Prostrate-ascending. Stem 

 branched. Leaflets ovate-oblong, with blunt 

 point. Flowers umbellate, on long stalks, purple 

 or white. 1-3 ft. Ju5y. Herbaceous perennial 

 Rare. 



Black Bitter Vetch >Lathyrus niger. L. '. 

 Chief differences from L. macrurrhizus: Stern 

 angled. Leaflets 3-6 pairs. Stipules very narrow. 

 Calyx-teeth very short. Flowers livid - purple, 

 turning blue. Pods narrow, inflated, more or less 

 septate, rough, blunt-pointed at both ends. Seeds 

 flattened, bluntly -angled. 1-2 ft. June. Her- 

 baceous perennial. Scotland, rocky sub-alpine 

 valleys. Rare. 



ORDER ROSACE.*: 



Cherry Laurel \Pruntis Lanrocrasus> L. 1. 

 Leaves aimond-scented when bruised, evergreen, 

 shiny above. Flowers white. 4-9 ft. May. 

 Eversrreen shrub. Plantations. 



Fragrant Agrimony (Agrimonia odvrata. Mill.). 

 Differs from A. Eupatoria as follows: More 

 oranched. racemes denser. Flowers and fruits 

 larger. Calyx bell-shaped, with few or no furrows. 

 ij-ift. June. Herbaceous perennial Rare. 



Agrimonia agrimonioidfs, L. Radical -leaves 

 termite, with large oval lobes. Stem kafy. in- 

 terrupted, branched. Flowers yellow, enclosed in 

 a leafy involucre. 9-15 in. July. Herbaceous 

 perennial. Very rare. 



ORDER SAXIFRAGACE.* 



Opposite-leaved Golden Saxifrage (Chn-sospk- 

 r.iiim oppiysiti folium. L. i. Differs from C. a/ferni- 

 foliunij L., as follows: Stem more leafy, branched, 

 creeping, rooting below. Leaves opposite, round, 

 narrowed suddenly into short broad stalk. 2-4 in. 

 May-July. Herbaceous perennial. 



ORDER VALERIANACEJE 



Pyrenean Valerian ( I'aJfr-ana pvrenaiea. LA 

 Erect. Stem tall, furrowed. Leaves very large, 

 cordate, coarselv toothed, upper with a few basal 

 leaflets. Flowers as in I', ofRrinaiis, L. 2-4 ft. 

 June. Herbaceous perennial. 



ORDER COMPOSITE 



Great Burdock (A ret turn Lappa, L. = A. majus. 

 Schkuhr). Differs from A. minus, Schkuhr, as 



follows: Radical leaves verr large. Leai-stalks 

 I solid. Flower-heads in a loose corymb, large, on 



long stalks. Involocral bracts spreading. 3-4 ft. 

 I July. Herbaceous perennial 



Arctium vulgare, Evans ( = A. intermedium*. 



Involucral bracts spreading. Otherwise like A. 

 minus. 2-4 ft. 



ORDER BORAGINACE.-E 



Omphalodts T*TTU, Maench. Creeping, stoloni- 

 ferous. Radical - leaves cordate-ovate; cautine 

 ovate-lanceolate. Flowers racemed, few, large, 

 J bright-blue. May. Herbaceous bienniaL 



ORDER SCROPHILARIACE.* 



Scrophularia a.'ata, Gibb. ( = 5. vmbrosa, Dum. \. 

 Differs from S. nodosa. L., as follows: Stem 

 broadly winged, bract* 3eafy. Capsules rounded. 

 , 2-4 ft. July-September. Herbaceous perennial. 



ORDER AMEXTACE.C 



Sessile Oak (Qufrcus $essiJif>!ia = Q. 

 flora, Salisb. ). Differs from Q. ptd'u nculata, Ehrh., 

 as follows : Often stunted. Leaves hairy, with two 

 auricles at base ; petioles short. Acorns smaller, 

 rounder, closer together, on very short stalks. 

 60-100 ft. April. Deciduous tree. Characteristic 

 of siliceous soils. 



ORDER LILIACE.C 



Star of Bethlehem \Ornithogalum umbtUotum, 

 L.). Bulb with several bulbils. Leaves green, 

 with a white stripe. Flowers in a corymb. 

 Flower-stalks slender, erect. Perianth -segments 

 linear. Filaments awl-shaped. Capsule obovoid. 

 6-8 in. May. Bulbous perennial 



ORDER JIXCACE.C 



Wood Rush i Junms sjr!ra firms, Reich. = /. 



am.'if.orus. Ehrh. I. Tall, stems jointed internallv. 



Leaves flattened, jointed. Flowers 5-6, in dense 



clusters. Perianth-segments dark -chestnut, long- 

 ' pointed, as long as the capsule. Capsule pale- 

 | brown. 3-angled. ovate, beaked. 1-3 ft. Julv. 



Herbaceous perennial. 



White Wood -rush iLttsula nftnorvsa. E. Mey. 



= Z. albida. DC. = Juncfidfs nfnorpfum, O. 



Kuntzei. Cyme doubly compound, flowers in 



clusters of 2-4, whitish or pinkish. Bracts nearly 

 I as lonef as cyme. Anthers hardiy stalked. June. 



Herbaceous perennial. 



ROADSIDES AND HEDGES 

 ORDER CARYOPHYLI.ACE.C 



Chickweed (SitHaria timbrosa, Opitr. = 5. 

 Eiisabffkae, SchultzX. Differs from 5. rnstfia. L., 

 as follows: Stem erect or ascending. Ultimate 

 flower-stalks twice as long as calyx, smooth : when 

 in fruit, turned down below, straight above, at 

 length erect. SepaJs smooth, with raised points. 

 Seeds with acute tubercles. 



