Popular field botany; containing a familiar and technical description of the plants most common to the various localities of the British Isles, adapted to the study of either the artificial or natural systems . Ijclims dioica^zrj. GaleolDdolon luteiim, Suv. jlsevB litL et iiE-p APRIL. 143 Ghrysosplexium alternifolium. Alternate-leavedGolden Saxifrage. Boggy places about springs, in wet,shady woods, produce this species, which is more rare thanthe other. It leaves are alternate, the lower ones kidney-shaped, on long foot-stalks. Elowers in small umbles, deepyellow, and more striking than the fo
Popular field botany; containing a familiar and technical description of the plants most common to the various localities of the British Isles, adapted to the study of either the artificial or natural systems . Ijclims dioica^zrj. GaleolDdolon luteiim, Suv. jlsevB litL et iiE-p APRIL. 143 Ghrysosplexium alternifolium. Alternate-leavedGolden Saxifrage. Boggy places about springs, in wet,shady woods, produce this species, which is more rare thanthe other. It leaves are alternate, the lower ones kidney-shaped, on long foot-stalks. Elowers in small umbles, deepyellow, and more striking than the former species, the plantis also earlier in producing its blossoms. Decandria. Caryophyllace^. STELLARIA. (Stitchwort.)Generic Character. See page 94. Stellaria nemorum. Wood Stitchwood, Leaves large,pear-shaped, and stalked, upper ones oval and sessile; oneto two feet high, stem weak. Calyx-leaves with white narrow, deeply divided in two, and pure white. Thechief distinguishing mark of this plant is that of having itsleaves rough, with extremely minute elevated dots. It growsin moist woods, principally in the north of England. Stellaria graminea. Lesser Stitchvort. A morecommon species,
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