This section is from the book "British Wild Flowers In The Four Seasons", by Thomas Moore. Also available from Amazon: British Wild Flowers.
A. - Myosotis palustris, Withering: p. 107.
1. The corolla laid open, showing the stamens and the scaly appendages of the throat.
2. The pistil with its four-lobed ovary. B. - Pinguicula vulgaris, Linnaeus: p. 114.
1. A flower with the corolla removed.
2. The two-valved one-celled capsule. C. - Armeria maritima, Willdenow: p. 109.
1. A flower removed from the head.
2. One of the petals with a stamen attached to its base.
3. The pistil, with five hairy styles. D, - Plantago media, Linnaeus: p. 110.
1. A flower, separate.
2. The pistil.
Plate 18

Myosotis palustris.

Pinguicula vulgaris

Armeria, maritima

Plantago media.
W.Fitch del. et lith
Vincent Brooks, Imp
 
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