Our other example of leguminous flowers is the Bush Vetch (_Vicia sepium_)--a climbing plant with stem two or three feet long, very common in hedges, flowering from April to August. The leaves are pinnate, with from twelve to eighteen oval, blunt leaflets which increase in size towards the base. The flowers are pale purple, and are arranged in axillary racemes of from four to six, on very short peduncles. The style is tufted on one side, and the pods are smooth and erect. We have now to note a flower of the Rose order (_Rosaceæ_), but since it is common for a beginner to be confused by the general resemblance of some of the flowers of this group to some of the _Ranunculaceæ_, it may be well to point out that in the latter the stamens are united to the receptacle of the flower, below the carpels, while in the rose order the stamens are attached around or on the ovary itself. [Illustration: THE GRASS VETCHLING.] The Strawberry-leaved Cinquefoil or Barren Strawberry (_Potentilla Fragariastrum_) is very similar to the Wild Strawberry, with which it is often confused; but no difficulty will arise if it be noted that the species we are now considering produces no running stems. The Barren Strawberry is a silky little plant, with a thick, prostrate stem; and, as one of its popular names implies, a ternate leaf resembling that of the Wild Strawberry. The flowers are white, half an inch or less in diameter, on slender peduncles, with notched petals. This is one of our earliest spring flowers, blooming from February or early March to about the end of May; and is very common on banks, in hedgerows, and in weedy wastes. The Tuberous Moschatel (_Adoxa Moschatellina_) is a very inconspicuous but an interesting little plant. It is sometimes placed in the same order (_Araliaceæ_) as the Ivy, while some botanists regard it as belonging to the Honeysuckle family (order _Caprifoliaceæ_). It has a scaly, creeping, thick, underground stem or rhizome, and a four-angled aerial stem; and the whole plant emits the scent of musk. The flowers are small, of a yellowish-green colour, and are clustered together into five-flowered, terminal heads. The petals are spreading, the stamens four or five in number, and the fruit is berry-like, with one-seeded chambers. The plant is only four or five inches in height, and though not common, may be found in shady places in many parts. It flowers during April and May. [Illustration: THE STRAWBERRY-LEAVED CINQUEFOIL.]