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green above, clasping the stem, bordered with small teeth, undivided, 

 not prickly, not decurrent. Damp mountain pasturage. July, August. 

 Perennial. 



LILY OP THE VALLEY, CONVALLARIA MAJALIS. Nat. 

 Ord., Liliacece. Perianth campanulate, six-cleft, segments recurved at 

 extremities, drooping, fragrant, white, deciduous. Stamens six, 

 inserted on sides of perianth. Ovary three-celled. Style one. Stigma 

 one. Inflorescence racemose. Berry three-celled, globular. Bracts 

 at the base of the pedicels. Peduncle radical, leafless, twisted, semi- 

 cylindrical. Eoot creeping. Leaves two, radical, large, ovate, united 

 at their bases in a scaly sheath, veining prominent. Woods. May, 

 June, July. Perennial. 



NETTLE-LEAVED BELL-FLOWER, CAMPANULA 

 TRACHKLIUM. Nat. Ord., Campanulacece. Calyx tube adnate with 

 ovary, five broad, erect, and deeply-cut hairy segments. Corolla cam- 

 panulate, five-cleft, regular, aestivation valvular. Stamens five. Style 

 one, its upper half pubescent. Stigma trifid. Flowers variable in 

 inflorescence, sometimes in short axillary racemes, at others solitary. 

 Fruit a dry, turbinate capsule, opening at base by lateral clefts. 

 Leaves alternate, exstipulate; lower leaves large, on long stalks, 

 cordate, coarsely serrate ; upper leaves lanceolate, small, almost stalk- 

 less. Stem erect, tough, angular. Woods. July, August, September. 

 Perennial. 



CORN CROWFOOT, RANUNCULUS AKVENSIS. Nat. Ord, 

 Ranunculacece.C&lyx of five spreading sepals. Petals, five, small, 

 pale yellow. Stamens numerous. Carpels few, large, flattened, very 

 prickly. Leaves alternate, three-cleft into long narrow segments ; 

 these segments either entire or again triply divided; dull green. 

 Upper leaves very simple in character, linear. Stem erect, branching, 

 glabrous. Corn-fields and amongst crops. May, June, July. Annual. 



RED MEADOW CLOVER, TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE. Nat. Ord., 

 Leguminoser. Calyx hairy, of five unequal teeth, the lowest being the 

 largest. Petals papilionaceous, reddish purple, turning brown after 

 flowering. Flowers sessile, fragrant, in dense ovoid terminal heads. 



