. Field and woodland plants. inches high, whichmay be identified at once by reference to our illustration. The smallwhite flowers are in lengthening racemes, and are often made less con-spicuous by the conversion of the four petals into stamens. This o 82 FIELD AND WOODLAND PLANTS weed is easily distinguislicd from all tlu> oilier plants of (ho order bythe form of the fruit, which is triangular and inversely ripe, it splits into two boat-shaped, keeled valves, which separate from acentral mem-brane to whichthe seeds areattached. The CommonScurvy Grass{ C o c Ji I e (I r i
. Field and woodland plants. inches high, whichmay be identified at once by reference to our illustration. The smallwhite flowers are in lengthening racemes, and are often made less con-spicuous by the conversion of the four petals into stamens. This o 82 FIELD AND WOODLAND PLANTS weed is easily distinguislicd from all tlu> oilier plants of (ho order bythe form of the fruit, which is triangular and inversely ripe, it splits into two boat-shaped, keeled valves, which separate from acentral mem-brane to whichthe seeds areattached. The CommonScurvy Grass{ C o c Ji I e (I r i aofficinalis) is tobe found chieflyon the sea shore,but it often ex-tends for milesinland, especi-ally along thebanks of the es-tuai-ies of is a smooth,succulent plant,from foiu toeight incheshigh. The littlewhite flowershave S2:)readingpetals, and arearranged in ashort raceme ;and the fruit isglobular or oval,nearly a quarterof an inch long,pointed at thetop, with severalThis plant commences to flower in May, and. 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 seeds.
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