x FAMILIAR WILD FLOWERS. 



HEDGE STACHYS, STACHYS SYLVATICA. Nat. Ord., Labiate. 

 Calyx sub-campanulate, five-toothed, ten-ribbed. Corolla mono- 

 petalous, hypogynous, irregular, tubular/ upper lip erect, entire, 

 concave ; lower lip lobed and spreading. Flowers in whorls, forming 

 terminal spikes. Stamens four, two larger than the other two. Ovary 

 one, deeply four-lobed. Stigma two-lobed. Achenes four. Leaves 

 opposite, large, cordate, crenate, stalked, hairy. Strongly smelling. 

 Boot-stock creeping, Stem hairy, square in cross section. Woods and 

 shady banks. June, July, August. Perennial. 



YELLOW WATER-LILY, KUPITAR LUTE A. Nat. Ord., 

 Nymphacece. Calyx of a varying number of sepals, five or six, concave, 

 yellow, fleshy, much larger than the petals. Petals numerous, fragrant, 

 inserted on receptacle, yellow. Stamens numerous. Anthers linear, 

 inserted on receptacle, yellow, often passing into more or less petaloid 

 forms. Stigma peltate, rayed. Fruit baccate, globular or flask-like, 

 crowned by disk of stigma. Leaves cordate, floating. Stems thick and 

 succulent. Lakes, ponds, and gently moving streams. July, August. 

 Perennial. 



SHEPHERD'S NEEDLE, SCANDIX PECTEN. Nat. Ord., Tim 

 lelliferce. Calyx adherent, teeth obsolete. Corolla of five unequal 

 petals ; petals obovate, with inflected points; white, minute. Stamens 

 five. Styles two. Carpels two, with five obtuse ribs. Universal in- 

 volucre wanting, or represented by a single leaf. Partial involucre of 

 several leaves. Umbels of only two or three rays, terminal or springing 

 from axils of upper leaves. Fruit ribbed, oblong, linear, with very 

 long beak. Leaves alternate, triply pinnate, embracing the stem 

 with their sheathing bases. Fields. June, July, August, September. 

 Annual. 



LEOPARD'S-BANE, DORONICUM PARDALIANCHES. Nat. Ord. t 

 Composite. Florets collected into one head on receptacle; central 

 florets tubular, outer florets ligulate, numerous. Heads heterogamous. 

 Florets of the ray without a pappus. Receptacle naked. Involucre 

 hemispherical, clothed with double row of equal linear scales. Achene 

 terete. Flower-heads on long peduncles, few in number. Leaves few 

 in number; radical leaves on long petioles, cordate ; intermediate leaves 



