This section is from the book "Wild Flowers And How To Identify Them", by Hilderic Friend. Also available from Amazon: Wild Flowers And How To Identify Them.
This group includes N.O. Caryo-phyllaceae, and forms the class Decandria.
No. | Botanical Name. | Common Name. | Season. | Situation. | Structure and Habit. |
117 | Monotropa . | Bird's-nest . | July-Aug. | Woods . . | Stem scaly, succulent, yellow racemes. |
118 | Pyrola . . . | Winter-green | June-Sept. | Woods . . | White racemes. Several species. |
119 | Andromeda . | Wild Rosemary | June-Aug. | Bogs . . | Shrubby, less than a foot, leaves glaucous below. |
120 | Arbutus . . | Strawberry tree | Sept.-Oct. | Ireland. | Shrub, fruit like strawberry in winter. |
121 | Saxifraga . | Saxifrage . . | May-Aug. | Various. | Many species, chiefly mountainous. |
122 | Chrysosplenium | Golden Sax. . | April-July | Marshes | Yellow. 2 species, leaves opposite or alternate. |
123 | Saponaria. | Soapwort . . | July-Sept. | Hedges. . | 1 to 2 feet, rose coloured, glabrous. |
I24 | Dianthus . | Pink . . . | June-Sept. | Banks . | Pink or rose. Half a dozen species. |
125 | Stellaria . | Stitchwort | May-Aug. | Hedges. . | Straggling plants, white flowers. Several species. |
126 | Silene . . . | Catchfly . . | June-July | Fields . . | Often viscid, catching insects. Several species. |
127 | Lychnis . | Campion . . | May-July | Hedges. . | Rose or white, the latter fragrant at night. |
128 | Cerastium | Mouse-ear | April-Aug. | Banks . . | Diffuse, small white flowers. Several species. |
I29 | Oxalis . | Wood sorrel . | April-June | Banks . . | Delicate rose colour, acid, trefoil leaves. |
130 | Cotyledon | Pennywort . | June-Aug. | Walls . . | Fleshy, simple stem, pendulous creamy bloom. |

Fig. 27. -Wood Anemone.

Fig. 28. - Enchanter's Nightshade (Circaea, Group i).

Fig. 29. - Musk Mallow (see Group xviii).

Fig. 30. - Dandelion in Fruit.
 
Continue to: