WILD FLOWERS OF THE BRITISH ISLES 
contracted in the middle and so fiddle-shaped, and the stipules are large and white. The whole 
plant is covered with a bluish bloom (glaucous) and is very acid. 
Very rare. On old walls and in pastures ; in Yorkshire, Cumberland, and near Edinburgh. 
June — July. Perennial. 
15. Sheep’s Sorrel. (Rlimex Acetosel'la. Linn.)— A very similar species to the 
Common Sorrel (Rumex Acetosa) but smaller in all ways, differing in the inner perianth-lobes 
having no warts at all and in the outer being erect, not reflexed ; and in the stipules being silvery- 
white and torn. The whole plant is only 3-10 inches high and often turns a glorious red in 
the autumn. 
Very common. In dry gravelly places ; throughout England, Scotland and Ireland. May — 
August. Perennial. 
