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phous. Styles three, short. Ovary three-celled. Fruit baccate ; seeds 

 numerous. Leaves in pairs, sessile, cordate at base, obtuse, large, with 

 small pellucid dots. Stalk short, woody. Hedges, copses, open woods. 

 June, July, August. Perennial. 



BLACKTHORN, PRUNUS COMMUNIS. Nat. Ord., Rosacece. Calyx 

 inferior, deciduous, five-lobed. Flowers of five petals, equal, small, 

 white; nearly stalkless, appearing in early spring before the leaves 

 develop. Stamens perigynous, numerous. Style one. Carpel one. 

 Anthers conspicuous, two-celled. Fruit globular, black, with purplish 

 bloom, very astringent to taste. Leaves alternate, stipulate, ovate, 

 stalked, serrate. Stem much branched. Stipules free, in pairs. A 

 small tree. Hedges, copses, woods. Flowering in April. Perennial. 



WALLFLOWER, CHEIBANTHUS CHEIRI Nat. Ord., Crudferce. 

 Calyx erect, bisaccate, of four sepals. Corolla of four petals, large, 

 varying in colour, fragrant. Stamens six in number, two shorter than 

 the other four. Style and ovary one. Stigma two-lobed. Fruit, a 

 flattened, two-celled pod, two to three inches in length. Leaves 

 alternate, lanceolate, entire, acute, slightly hairy. Stems erect, woody, 

 forking. Old walls, ruined buildings, rocks. May and June. Per- 

 ennial. 



CREEPING BELL-FLOWER, CAMPANULA HAPUKCULOIDES. 

 Nat. Ord., Campanulacece. Calyx segments five, conspicuous, deeply 

 cut, recurved. Corolla campanulate, with five deeply-cut segments. 

 Flowers unilateral, drooping, axillary, racemose. Estivation valvular. 

 Stamens five ; filaments dilated at base. Anthers distinct, spreading. 

 Stigma three-cleft, recurved. Fruit a capsule, dry, globular, opening 

 by clefts at base. Leaves alternate, exstipulate ; lower leaves large, 

 heart-shaped, on long stalks; upper leaves small, acutely pointed, 

 and btalkless. Stem erect, slightly branching. Boot-stock creeping. 

 Woods and shady hedges. July, August. Perennial. 



HEATHER, ERICA CINEREA. Nat. Ord., Ericacea. Calyx of four 

 small and narrow sepals, persistent. Corolla ovoid, foiir-lobed, 

 crimson, drooping. Flowers in dense terminal racemes, whorled. 

 Stamens eight; anthers two-celled. Style and stigma one. Fruit 



