. Field and woodland plants. The shepherds Purse. seeds in each cell. continues in bloom until August. The Common Whitlow Grass [Draha vcrna) is a very small andinconspicuous plant, abundant on banks and hedgerows, bearingminute, white flowers in April and May. It has a cluster of narrow, WAYSIDES AND WASTES IN SPUING 83 toothed, hairy, radical leaves, from a quarter to half an inch long,tliat spread horizontally close to the ground ; and a leafless stem,from one to four inches long, bearing a raceme of flowers on slenderpedicels. The petals of the flowers are deeply notched ; and thefruits ar
. Field and woodland plants. The shepherds Purse. seeds in each cell. continues in bloom until August. The Common Whitlow Grass [Draha vcrna) is a very small andinconspicuous plant, abundant on banks and hedgerows, bearingminute, white flowers in April and May. It has a cluster of narrow, WAYSIDES AND WASTES IN SPUING 83 toothed, hairy, radical leaves, from a quarter to half an inch long,tliat spread horizontally close to the ground ; and a leafless stem,from one to four inches long, bearing a raceme of flowers on slenderpedicels. The petals of the flowers are deeply notched ; and thefruits are oblong, about a quarter of an inch long and half that width,containing many
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