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Wild flower quiz (cryptic clues)

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GRUMPY | 11:51 Sun 18th Dec 2011 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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10) Mattress filler from calcareous banks and pastures is an honarable pillar of society (7,8)

13) Misplaced while cute,led me back...to a now rare,wall-dwelling caryophyllacean (10,9)

24) Small,structurally simple plant, having distinctly 3 pointed leaves,and which floats in still water (3,8)

26) Chalmer's blind? 10,10)

29) Raised in Yorkshire river,then scrambled to reveal a handsome waterside plant,although this one is specifically lacking any forks (10,3-4)

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10 Upright bedstraw
26 Enchanters nightshade
Havent worked out Nos. 2, 13,24 or 29 yet.
2 begins with an E, 13 with U, 24 with I & 29 with U
24 Ivy Duckweed
13. While cute led me back - is an anagram of Umbellate chickweed which would seem to fit...

http://www.calflora.o...n=Stellaria+umbellata

..but is 9 9 - I wonder if there is a mistake in the Quiz.
29 Unbranched Bur-Reed. (Sparganium emersum)
raised = bred
Y. River = Ure
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Thanks Spudnick and Slaney.By the way Slaney no other mistakes in the quiz but you could be right.
Hi spudnick I am doing your quiz can you help me with NO2 please .

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