. Field and woodland plants. The White ]3ryony, Cllmuixg oveka Beij ofNettles. WAYSIDES AND WASTES IN SPUING 97 primary or secondary bracts ; and the fruits are oblong, about asixth of an inch long, with the two diverging styles curveddownward. The plant flowers from ]\Iay to THE WILD PAHSLEY. On dry banks by the wayside we may commonly meet with theCrosswortor Mugwort {Galium Cruciatum) of the Bed-straw Family{Eubiacece). It is a prostrate plant, with stem from six to eighteen 98 FIELD AND WOODLAND PLANTS inches long ; and soft, dow ny. elliptical leaves arranged crosswisein
. Field and woodland plants. The White ]3ryony, Cllmuixg oveka Beij ofNettles. WAYSIDES AND WASTES IN SPUING 97 primary or secondary bracts ; and the fruits are oblong, about asixth of an inch long, with the two diverging styles curveddownward. The plant flowers from ]\Iay to THE WILD PAHSLEY. On dry banks by the wayside we may commonly meet with theCrosswortor Mugwort {Galium Cruciatum) of the Bed-straw Family{Eubiacece). It is a prostrate plant, with stem from six to eighteen 98 FIELD AND WOODLAND PLANTS inches long ; and soft, dow ny. elliptical leaves arranged crosswisein whorls of four. Its fragrant little yellow flowers are in whorled,axillary cymes, each cluster having from six to eight lower flowers have stamens and no pistil, and the upper onesj)istil only. The fruits are smooth. The time of flowering is fromApril to June. Composite flowers (Order Compositce) are mostly summer-bloomers, but tliree at least arevery common by waysides inspring. One of these is theMouse-ear Hawkweed (HieraciumPilosella), a slender plant withleafy runners, rendered silky inappearance by long, soft stem is almost leafless, butthere are elliptical-lanceolate,entire, radical leaves covered,especially on the under side,by starlike haus. The
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