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stalked, broadly ovate, shining. Stem prostrate, creeping, rooting. 

 Moist shady banks. June, July. Perennial. 



RED VALERIAN, CKNTJIAXTHUS RUBER. Nat. Ord., Valeri- 

 anacecc. Calyx adherent to ovary, its border developing with the 

 ripening fruit into a feathery pappus. Corolla five-cleft, spurred, 

 tubular, monopetalous, crimson. Stamen one. Style filiform. Ovary 

 one-celled. Leaves opposite, exstipulate, ovate-lanceolate, entire. 

 Stem smooth, slight bloom on it, and this bloom often extends to the 

 foliage. Plant branching and bushy. Chalk-pits, old walls, cliffs. 

 June, July, August, September. Perennial. 



DEADLY NIGHTSHADE, ATROPA BELLADONNA. Nat.Ord.- 

 Solanacece. Calyx deeply five-cleft, cup-shaped. Corolla campanulate, 

 regular, monopetalous, five-lobed, hypogynous, deciduous, dull purple. 

 Flowers axillary on short stems or at the forking of stems. Stamens 

 five, shorter than corolla and inserted in it. Style one. Stigma 

 obtuse. Fruit a berry, two-celled, large, globular, poisonous, black, 

 shining. Leaves large, entire, in pairs of unequal size, ovate, stalked, 

 exstipulate. Stems spreading and branching. Waste places, ruins. 

 June, July, August. Perennial- 



YELLOW LOOSE-STRIFE, LYSIMACHIA VULGARIS. Nat. 

 Ord. Primulacecc. Calyx deeply five-cleft. Corolla large, bright 

 yellow, rotate, deeply five-lobed. Stamens five, connected at base, 

 unequal. Style one. Stigma capitate. Ovary one-celled. Fruit a 

 globular capsule, opening at summit. Inflorescence paniculate, freely 

 branching. Stem erect, branching, often downy. Leaves in twos, 

 threes, or fours, entire, conspicuously veined, ovate-lanceolate, almost 

 or quite sessile. Bracts large and conspicuous. Water-sides. July, 

 August. Perennial. 



TANSY, TANACETVM VULGARF.. Nat. Ord., Composite. Flower- 

 heads discoid, numerous. Florets tubular, uniform, homochromous, 

 bright yellow. Inflorescence corymbose. Involucre hemispherical, 

 imbricated. Achene angular. Leaves large, pinnate, each segment 

 deeply toothed and divided, alternate, strongly smelling when bruised. 

 Stem erect, stout. Root-stock large and creeping. Roadsides and 

 hedgerows. August and September. Perennial. 



