Part 4

XXXVI. 1. Common Bugle,.................... 112 2. Ground Ivy,...................... 113

PINK FLOWERS

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XXVIII. 2. Common Butterbur,................ 88

XXXVI. 3. Hairy Water Mint,................ 114

XXXVII. 1. Common Fumitory,................. 115 2. Ragged Robin,.................... 116 3. Red Campion,..................... 117

XXXVIII. 1. Dove's-foot Crane's-bill,........ 118 2. Herb-Robert,..................... 119 3. Stork's Bill,.................... 120

XXXIX. 1. Rest Harrow,..................... 121 2. Saintfoin,....................... 122 3. Red Clover,...................... 123

XL. 1. Dog Rose,........................ 124 3. Lousewort, or Red Rattle,........ 126

XLI. 1. Great Wild Valerian,............. 127 2. Small Bindweed,.................. 128 3. Foxglove,........................ 129

XLII. 1. Broad-Leaved Willow Herb,........ 130 2. Corn Cockle,..................... 131 3. Cross-Leaved Pink Heath,......... 132

BLUE FLOWERS

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XLIII. 1. Blue Meadow Crane's-bill,......... 133 2. Milkwort,......................... 134 3. Corn Flower or Blue Bottle,....... 135 4. Tufted Vetch,..................... 136

XLIV. 1. Wild Succory,..................... 137 2. Blue Bell or Harebell,............ 138 3. Sea Holly,........................ 139

XLV. 1. Germander Speedwell,.............. 140 2. Brooklime Speedwell,.............. 141 3. Great Water Forget-me-not,........ 142

XLVI. 1. Common Borage,.................... 143 2. Evergreen Alkanet,................ 144 3. Wood Hyacinth,.................... 145

XLVII. 1. Field Gentian,.................... 146 2. Sea Aster,........................ 147 3. Viper's Bugloss,.................. 148

RED FLOWERS

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XLVIII. 1. Red Poppy,........................ 149 2. Scarlet Pimpernel,................ 150 3. Common Sorrel,.................... 151

PLATE I

1. LESSER CELANDINE

This is one of the first flowers you will see in springtime. It covers the ground in patches in every wood, and you will find it too under the hedges and on banks by the roadside.

The flower has eight long narrow petals, which are much narrower and more pointed than those of the Buttercup.

When the Celandine is still in bud the outside of these petals is beautifully streaked with purple. But when the flower opens in the sunshine, the petals are a bright yellow colour, and are as glossy as if they were wet.

In the centre of the flower there is a ring of yellow stamens with a cluster of green seed-vessels amongst them.

Behind the coloured petals are three narrow pointed sepals. These protect the flower when it is in bud.