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nently veined. Stem erect, smooth, branching, spotted. Pasture land 

 May, June, July. Parasitic. Annual. 



HEDGE CALAMINT, CALAMINTHA CLINOIODIUM. Nat. 

 Ord., Labiate. Calyx tubular, two-lipped, thirteen-veined, nearly 

 equal at base, five acute teeth. Corolla monopetalous, hypogynous, 

 irregular ; upper lip straight, nearly flat, three-lobed; lower lip, two- 

 lobed. Flowers in dense, sessile whorls in the axils of the leaves. 

 Stamens four, the two anterior the longest. Ovary one, four-lobed. 

 Stigma two-lobed. Bracts linear, numerous. Stem square in section, 

 weak. Leaves opposite, ovate, stalked, slightly serrate, soft to the 

 touch. Hedges, borders of copses. July, August, September. 

 Perennial. 



DOVE'S FOOT CRANE'S-BILL, GERANIUM MOLLE. 

 Nat. Ord., Geraniacece. Calyx of five persistent sepals. Corolla 

 regular, five deeply-notched, heart-shaped petals, clawed, pink, 

 fugacious. Stamens ten, alternately long and short. Ovary five-lobed, 

 terminating in long awn or beak. Stigmas five. Flowers in pairs on 

 peduncles. Leaves round, deeply lobed, hairy ; lower leaves numerous, 

 on long stalks, freely lobed ; upper leaves fewer, smaller, less cut into 

 segments. Stems weak, spreading, often red in colour, hairy. Dry 

 pasturage, banks, and roadsides. May, June, July, August. Annual. 



CREEPING THISTLE, cxicus ARVEXSIS. Nat. Ord., Com- 

 j>osit(K. Florets tubular. Pappus sessile, deciduous, plumose. Eecep- 

 tacle bristly. Achenes compressed, glabrous. Flower-heads rather 

 small, in terminal corymbs, globose. Involucre ovate, scales large, 

 appressed, terminating in slight spine. Leaves alternate, narrow, 

 pinnatifid, spinous, waved, shining, embracing stem. Eoot creeping. 

 Stems erect, slightly branching. Fields and roadsides. July, August. 

 Perennial. 



MELANCHOLY THISTLE, emeus HETEROPHYLLUS. Nat. 

 Ord., Composite. Flower-heads large, crimson, growing singly on long 

 peduncles. Bracts of involucre glabrous, lanceolate, imbricate, ap- 

 pressed, acuminate. Involucre flask-like. Stems high, much furrowed, 

 covered with a white cottony down. Leaves on under side downy. 



